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Comment by William Douglas on October 23, 2015 at 16:19

Leslie Bernard (Toby) Barraclough (1922-1988), born on 30 June 1922 in Cunnamulla, Queensland, was a drover.

He was the 5th child of William Arthur Barraclough, labourer and bullock-cart driver, who came from Wilcannia, New South Wales, and his Queensland-born wife Florence Ethel, nee Reid. 'Toby' moved with his family to Cloncurry where his father worked in a copper mine. Leaving school at 12, he beagn droving at 18 and became head stockman at 23. In World War II he tried to enlist into the armed forces but was not accepted because his droving skills were considered important to the war effort.

He met Alma Douglas, a domestic, whose mother was Aboriginal, when they were both working in Corella Park station, near Cloncurry; she was 17 when they married on 15 October 1945 at Cloncurry Presbyterian Church.

Who was Alma's father?

Comment by William Douglas on October 21, 2015 at 11:31

Convict John Charles Douglas was born in 1819 at Shoreditch, London, England. He was the son of John Douglas and Ann Hacker. John Charles Douglas was baptized on 26 May 1822. He was (an unknown value) on 11 May 1840 at England. He arrived on the convict transport ship 'Lord Lyndoch' Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, Australia from Plymouth, England on 5 February 1841. He married Hannah Peacock, daughter of Edward Peacock and Catherine Peed, on 14 June 1862. They had 10 children. John Charles Douglas died on 6 February 1884 at Tasmania, Australia.

Does anyone have more information on this family?

Comment by Daryl John Douglass on August 25, 2014 at 14:00

Hi,

Just having another dabble in the books.

further to William's mention of Henry Douglass, He was born in 1835 in Pitt Town NSW and married Catherine Hickson in 1858. He died on the Goldfields in Sofala in 1890 and had 9 children, Elisha John, Henry Charles,Evangeline,Albert,Wiliam R.,Rowland, Frederick, George Horace and William E.(?)

Comment by Lauraine martinus on January 10, 2014 at 22:07

Kim
My g uncle was Buchanan Douglas my grandma was Flora Isabel Douglas
She lived at Redfern

Comment by Tammie Arundell Foster on October 22, 2012 at 23:38

Just letting you all know that the DNA test is done and posted, for Convict Joseph Douglass sent from Scotland to Sydney Cove on the Baring in 1815. I have been looking for a male from Josephs line for over 6 years, talk about hard work. But i did it....found Orrs (My Line) Brother James GGG Grand son to take the test for me....Thanks so much Cousin Jason. http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/joseph_douglas.htm I will let you know the out come of the test  as soon as i get it in my hot little hands.

Comment by Kelly Hinds on May 27, 2012 at 6:13

My husband is a 5 x great grandson of Lady Janet Douglas of Glenbervie c1740, a descendant of the Douglases of Angus & the Black Douglases. Who are heavily connected to the royalty of Scotland & England & many others. Her daughter Janet Mackenzie married Rev John Snodgrass, they lived in Renfrewshire. They're daughter Margaret married Major Benjamin Sullivan, & moved to Portugal around the time of the Napoleonic wars where they had 3 children, including Margaret Isabella Sullivan. The Sullivan's arrived in Sydney in 1828, but immediately moved to Port Macquarie where the Major became Australia's 1st civil magistrate. By 1836 the family moved to Wollombi where the Major was also a magistrate, coroner etc. I would love to know how Margaret Isabella met a convict named John James Andrews,  but they married & had 7 children. He died within 8 years of the marriage. She never remarried. But in later years left Wollombi & followed some of her children to Northern NSW where she lived out her life. Her son Charles was my husbands great grandfather. This branch of the family became everyday folk of little means. I don't know if Margaret kept in contact with her well-to-do family after her marriage to a convict. Janet Mackenzie & Rev Snodgrass' son Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass also migrated to Australia from Portugal with his family. His son the Hon Peter Snodgrass was elected to the first Victorian Legislative Council. Peters daughter Janet Snodgrass married Sir William Clarke. She is associated with the creation of the Ashes Trophy.

Comment by Kim Douglas-Reid on September 10, 2011 at 6:48

Hi, My GGGGfather was transported from inverness to Dungog as a convict on the Hive in 1834.  His son who he had left behind in Lanarkshire Scotland was John Black Douglas who immigrated with wife and family to Sydney in 1851. His father is listed as a relative in the Colony on the ships records and my Great Grandfather Buchanan Douglas was born in Maitland. John Black Douglas lists his religion as Socialist on the ships records and ran for a parliamentary position in east sydney in 1888.  it is believed Hugh Douglas remarried although we aren't sure whether he actually divorced his first wife Euphemia black in scotland, but he didn't return to scotland after he obtained his ticket of leave.

 

Comment by Grant McDuling on July 7, 2011 at 9:43

Hi, By way of introduction, my family and I arrived in Brisbane from Dublin, Ireland in 1994. My mother's grandfather, William Allen Douglas Russell, was born in Oct 1854 in Airdrie, Scotland. He was married to Elizabeth Cummings in Wallsend, NSW, date unknown. The family's surname used to be Allen-Douglas-Russell and today the eldest son is always named Allen Douglas Russell. I'd be interested in finding out if there is any other information known about this branch of the family.

Comment by William Douglas on October 28, 2010 at 15:41

I thought it about time I added some detail to the Douglas Archives about the very early arrivals in New South Wales.

No sooner had I done so, than I received a copy of an 'essay' written by Carol Baxter entitled 'The Douglas Controversy'.

She writes: The Douglas Controversy deals with one such situation (uses of "circumstantial evidence"). The controversy centres around three fathers and two sons and raises the question of "who begat who". The three fathers were convicts who arrived in the colony in its early years: William Douglas on the Alexander in 1788, Thomas Douglas on the Canada in 1801 and William Douglas on the Coromandel in 1804. They were the only men in the colony with the surname Douglas who appear to have been fathering children prior to 1810. .... The two sons were born in the colony prior to 1810, ... Thomas Douglas and William Douglas.

A key finding is that William Douglas, arr 1788, married Mary Groves and only had one child, Elizabeth.

Answering Francene's question (below), it appears William, arr 1804, did have as his 11th child, Henry, b13 March 1835 in Pitt Town. He appears on his wife/partners.

Looks like lots more work is needed!

Comment by Lyndon Todd Douglass on July 11, 2010 at 6:36

My great Grand father John James Douglass was born on 29/03/1859 in Sunderland, England. He died on 19/10/1928 in Ardrossan, South Australia, Australia.

He was married Margaret Jane Storey. They had 10 children, the last child to be born in England was Mary Storey Douglass born 06/11/1888 and the first child to be born in Australia was Jane Graham Douglass born 03/11/1890 in Ardrossan, South Australia, Australia.

I am interested as to when they arrived in Australia, where and how. Any help would be appreciated.

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