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John Douglas was a brother of Gabriel Douglas 1822 Muirkirk, Ayrshire. John was a Snuff Box painter and Portrait painter in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire (Pigot's 1837); and a Portrait Painter and Photographer including Carte-de-Viste in Glasgow (St Georges Road, Sauchiehall Place and Renfield Street) and at Helensburgh (Seafield Place, West Bay) from 1861 to 1881 and presumably till his death in 1893 in Glasgow. Some of his six sons also became Photographers and were with him in his Studios.
Re the surname Morton - the youngest of John's four daughters (with his wife Mary Lorimer 1814 Auchingilsie, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire) Maria Margaret Douglas 1860 Blytheswood, Glasgow married Andrew Bowman Morton 1858 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire in September 1883 in Glasgow - children Agnes Hamilton 1884, Mary L 1885, Penelope D 1887, William 1891, Betsy 1894 and Margaret 1897 - all born in Glasgow
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