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I have received a message saying: 'trying to find a connection for Frances Elizabeth Douglas, born 179,1 Petersham, London; died 1839, Brentford. I believe her father was Archibald Douglas, mother Frances, she married a James Templeton McGarrah. Both James & his wife Frances died in 1839 december 1/4. They had about 9 children, nearly all were taken in by various well to do people like the Queen's housekeeper at Kew Palace, the local school master, a Mrs Hawes at the Cumberland Arms Hotel at Kew'.
I like to follow up all enquiries, but this one has particularly caught my attention because Archibald, 3rd Marquess of Douglas and his wife Frances Scott had a daughter Frances Elizabeth who lived about that time. But that line of enquiry proved wrong.
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James Templeton (he didn't always use McGarrah) was not only a foreman in the arboretum at Kew Gardens but was also Clerk there at the time of his death.
James' wife was Frances, daughter of Richard and Anne Douglass. I believe the Douglass family may have lived in or near the County of Antrim. James himself was born there in 1781. After moving to London he joined the Westminster Regiment of the Middlesex Militia in 1804 and toured around Britain with the regiment until about 1815. Around 1812 the Militia was in Northern Ireland and I think it is likely it was then that he met Frances. They had a son James in Scotland in September 1813 when the militia was near Penicuik. I have not been able to confirm the date and place of birth of Frances or of her marriage to James. After the birth of James junior there followed eleven daughters.
Thank you so much for this info.
What is now Glencorse Barracks is situated near Pencuik, Midlothian. In 1813, it was used to house 6,000 prisoners taken in the Napoleonic Wars, mostly the crews of privateers.
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.
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'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.
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