daphne bogart

Female

United States

Profile Information:

Which Douglas line are you researching? Dates and places help making connections.
Deacon William Douglas 1610-1682
Who is your earliest known Douglas ancestor?
William Dayton Douglas 1858-1926

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  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi Daphne,

    There is an entry on the FamilySearch website for your relative:

    William Dayton Douglas 1858–1926    Familysearch ID 9WM9-246

    However, the ancestors indicated in the FS family line for William appear to be erroneous.

    In the sources associated with this entry there are two US census forms for 1900 & 1920.

    In these forms it is recorded that William's father was from England and his mother from Pennsylvania, so his father must have emigrated to the US in the period up to 1858  -  I have attached the census forms for your info.

    Hope this helps

    Best regards

    Apr 2

  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi again Daphne,

    I don't know what sources you have, I'm just going on what I see on the  Familysearch website.  You say that you have confirmed his mother and father - that is a good and positive step,

    As far as I can see there's no birth record for William Dayton Douglas on FS, a birth record would be helpful provided it was the correct one, instead FS indicates his father was a James Studebaker Douglas who was born in Ohio in 1818 (but no source to confirm this relationship & this also goes against  the census entries where William records that his father was born in England), Also in the late 1800s census entries for James Studebaker there is no mention of a   William Dayton Douglas,

    I also checked a few people way back in the family and saw discrepancies along the way - people with no source info etc.

    If you don't get the right father & mother then all subsequent ancestral records  have no value

    Best regards

    Apr 3

  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi Daphne,

    I've done some further checking and found some census data (1860,1870 & 1880) that could fit your William D. Douglas with an English 'Douglas' father & a mother that was born in the US:

    1860 census

    James Douglas 28  England
    Elisabeth Douglas 25  Ohio
    William Douglas 3  Indiana
    Jacob Douglas 1 month

    1870 Census

    James Douglas 40  England
    Eliza Douglas 35  New York
    William Douglas 13  Indiana
    Freeman Douglas 9
    Annabell Douglas 4
    James E Douglas 1 month

    1880 Census

    James Douglas 50  England
    Hannah E. Douglas 44  New York
    William D. Douglas 22  Indiana
    Andrew Fr. Douglas 18
    Anna B Douglas 14
    James E. Douglas 10
    Nera G. Douglas 8

    If you accept that these are your relatives, the next stage stage would be to look for a marriage certificate for James Douglas and Hannah Elizabeth ---? and then also migration details for James from England (passenger lists etc)


    Images copied below fo info.

    Best regards

    Apr 3