William Douglas's Page

Hi William, thank you for the information on John Douglas. Yes the John I'm speaking of married a native american woman and was on that ship and the records from my Great grandfather show him as a being a young lad that was supposed to be going to England. Somehow he ended up coming to America. Do you have more information on him before his trip to America? We have been on Ancesorty.com and seem to have built a tree leading all the way back to William 1. My great grandfather was William Willis Douglas, and my Grandfather Willis Granville Douglas

Yes, On my mother’s side we can go back to family on the islands north of Scotland. But on my dad’s side we stop with “crossing the big pond”.

Well I'm not sure. I am hoping DNA will answer that.

I am the great-grandson of Perry Douglas Roe (1863-1926). He founded the Port Moody area outside Vancouver B.C. Canada. The family records stop there. His parents died when he was just a child, Indian attack in Texas. Their names are not recorded. All we know is that he came from Edinburgh Scotland. My grandfather once told me that I was the last of the "Black Douglas" that all the others had been killed off, and to protect our self we changed our last name to Roe. I was about five years old, but it stuck in my head. The story goes "that long ago a black Douglas rescued a princess from captivity and went into hiding, changing his last name to Roe. All the remaining Douglas family was killed off. With only one male in each generation, I was all that was left of the line".  As I grew up I rarely spoke of the story, as I felt it was very odd. None the less, I often look for record of it in history books, and find nothing. So He had too much to drink, combined with my poor memory.  When DNA came about, I thought it would answer everything.  I stumbled onto your site.  Wow! hundreds of thousands of Douglas's. If I get a DNA print of myself can it be compared to a known Black Douglas??

Thank you, Sean

Yes I am the grand-daughter of George Charles Douglas and Kathleen Gaffney. The family usually call her Catherine Gaffney which is the name on her birth registration.

It must be a fairly challenging task trying to tie links together.

I have looked up your article   about James Douglas, cattle breeder, and found it most interesting. He did very well for himself indeed, especially as a tenant farmer competing with the wealthy landowners.

I am trying to  contact  Maurice Hart Douglas, if you are in touch with him, is it possible for him to contact me on charlottepaton@onetel.com regarding his late father.  Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Charlotte Paton

Charloote Paton

William - Thank you for the welcome note and for the follow up question on Joseph Douglass from Mecklenburg Co., NC., whose was in the NC House of Commons.   I don't believe the Joseph Douglass we are trying to trace is the same person.  Their dates of birth are within 3 years of each other but our Joseph lived until 1843 and died in Sumpter Co., GA.  There may be a family connection here but I can not document it at this time.   I will keep searching the extensive "The Douglas Archieves" for other known relatives to see possible connections.  Hopefully there is a connection out there.  Best regards, Bill Dolezal

Hi William

I am a silent member of the Douglas group on FTDNA and I listen to the chatter every day!! It was through the list that I came to your groups/site. My Kit no. is 153271.

I have a direct line of Scottish Mortons back to 1711 but haven't done any research for a few months. I was brought up as a "Douglas"  - still wearing my father's kilt and my grandfather's sporran!!

My interest lies in making a direct link to the Douglases. I wonder if my GEDCOM file would be of any interest to anyone.

Thank you; William, for your e-mail.

It's McClune (F11586)