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At 15:52 on July 28, 2012, David Dannemiller said…

Hi William,

Thanks for the reply - I attach (hopefully) my family tree which shows how I go back to Deacon William of 1610. Not sure if that is helpful for filling in some of the blanks (I have some blanks to fill in myself!), but if that is the best way to expand my line in this database, than that would be great! If you need more info, let me know.

I'm off to London next week to attend the Olympics with my English wife and our three adopted brothers from Ukraine.

Cheers,

Dave

DOUGLAS%20FAMILY%20TREE.pdf

Dave%20Dannemillers%20Douglas%20History.pdf

At 20:23 on July 21, 2012, David Dannemiller said…

Thanks William - I am the great great grandson of the Hon. Samuel Townsend Douglas (b. 1814 to Benjamin-6, Daniel-5, Robert-4, Thomas-3, Robert-2, Deacon William-1) of the Michigan Douglas line (Grosse Isle). Looking at the Douglas Archives website, my line doesn't even make it past Benjamin-6. How do we go about adding information?

Also - are you still looking for funds for your search to determine Deacon Williams lineage? Or have we resolved that? I would love to contribute to the effort - very interesting stuff! 

At 8:58 on July 1, 2012, Jennifer Bell said…

Hi William Thank you for your message, yes I have run out of steam at present short of  a miracle I am stumped, do you have any suggestions where I can Look.Monica has been a wonderfull help she deserves a medal

At 1:34 on June 21, 2012, Catherine Douglas said…

Kudos to you, William, for all your work on this!  I definitely wish to attend - wish I'd known about the 2009 gathering - thoroughly excited about this - yes, prices may be high, but why would we elect to miss the spectacle?!? 

SUGGESTION - can we get a hotel to set aside some rooms - those of us who are serious could then start booking now - not when it's too late!  Our motto is to be 'never behind' - correct?

 

At 19:27 on June 10, 2012, Rene Marie Douglas Lawell said…

Ref to the comment of the family line Hess Douglas. My great great grandfather married a Hess out of Germany, and he gave that as a middle sure name to my great grandfather Charlie Hess Douglas -That is all I know. I am still trying to get more info out of my father.

At 1:31 on June 10, 2012, Jonathan Douglass said…

If I knew more about it and the ties the Douglass's have within I would find a way to write even just a little bit about it, but, alas, I don't. :p That's a great idea though.

At 15:02 on June 9, 2012, Colin Ian Douglas said…

Good Afternoon William

As you will be aware the Douglas(s) were very fond of Border raiding and removing anything from England that could be herded or carried they were also not very fond of the English . At some point they occupied an area in England from Upper Weardale down to the coast at Hartlepool and north back up to Scotland. In Northumberland they had stiff opposition in the form of the the Duke of Northumberland and his merry band . In County Durham however they were up against the Balliols who try as they might could not get them out of upper Weardale  from were the Douglas's  harried and plundered the surrounding areas. There was a notable battle at Stanhope which almost resulted in the English King being caught and disposed of. (King  Edward  (Longshanks )) . My ancesters are stem from that time & Place the first record I can find is of John Dowglasse ( Douglass) who was born in Durham in 1595 In the Parish of St Oswalds, Durham City. By coincidence my own father was born and baptised in the same church in 1920. and I can trace my tree back to 1595. 

At 7:01 on June 9, 2012, Jonathan Douglass said…

My dad and I (along with some people on The Douglas Clan FB Group) are actively trying to piece everything together. My dad was able to do some more digging this past week and found out that one of my ancestors was actually in The War of 1812....which is pretty cool. Still trying to find that Douglass who crossed the Big Blue.

At 8:05 on May 28, 2012, janet elizabeth fields said…

i would love to find out more about my family  my branch of the douglas family came from rotherham yorks my side of family ended up in lincoln because my grandfather and his brothers came to get work in the foundarys and i really know no more .    

At 20:22 on May 15, 2012, Carman M Douglas said…

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

At 13:50 on May 15, 2012, Douglas Sean Roe said…

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”.

At 18:04 on May 14, 2012, Douglas Sean Roe said…

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

At 1:06 on May 14, 2012, Maria McElroy said…

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.

At 14:06 on May 9, 2012, Charlotte Paton said…

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

At 3:05 on May 8, 2012, William E Dolezal said…

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

At 11:24 on May 7, 2012, Bruce Stewart Morton said…

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.

At 21:43 on April 21, 2012, d'Estutt d'Assay said…

Thank you; William, for your e-mail.

They were Stutt, sometimes, spelled Stot, or Stoch;and were granted a castle in the valley of the Loire as a retribution of their fights for the King of France. Within the end of the XIX century, a genealogisit  worked on the archives of the family, wend to the national archives, and traced the family up to Walter Stutt. Unluckily the familial archives burnt in 1968.  But they a recorded in the genealogy.
Walter is supposed to come from Roxburgh. His full name may have been Walter Stutt de Laggan. The Laggan part was not kept by his son Thomas when he was naturalized by king Louis XI in 1474. Walter may have been named Stutt and come from from a place called Laggan. His crest was a heart that the family always called the heart of Douglas. This does not bring facts much into light. The fact is that he became "archer de la garde écossaise" for King Charles VII, And Thomas after him for Louis XI.
Walter Is said to have married Elisabth de Herries, daughter of Jean (John) de Herries de Jerreagles and of Jeanne de Bruce de Clackmann. I Doubt that we can establish a sure lieage after so much time. I am interested in knowing more about the circumstancesof the departure of the scots to France, and, possibly, the links of the Stutt with the clan Douglas, their situation and position in that period. If nothing is to be found about the Stutt, I shall have to study the history of Roxburgh and area, a far and distant place from the valley of the Loire.
L
At 13:35 on April 18, 2012, Alasdair Robert Sholto-Douglas said…

It's McClune (F11586)

At 12:14 on April 18, 2012, Alasdair Robert Sholto-Douglas said…

Dear William

Is it possible that my ggg grandfather, William's parents were Robert and Marion (McClune), to whom I found a reference in the genealogy section?

Regards

Alasdair

At 22:53 on April 9, 2012, Maria McElroy said…

I really don't know. I do note that there are several Douglas males with the middle name Primrose. I have been trying for sometime to determine the reason for this. Does it denote a connection with the "Primrose" clan at some stage? Primrose as a first name for a male is very rare indeed.

Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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