Cynthia L. Douglass

68, Female

Federal Way, WA

United States

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Which Douglas line are you researching? Dates and places help making connections.
The Line of Robert the Bruce and Sir William Douglass, who fought with William Wallace. You know the movie Braveheart.
"The Black Douglass's.....My GrandFather "Joshua Parkhurst Douglass"

Imigrated from Scotland at the end of the !800's or early 1900's to Chicago. He was born in 1871 0r 1872. Died in 1965 He settled in the to Oganagan Valley, Washington near Orville, Wa. My Fathers name was Robert B. Douglass. He was born in 1922 and died 1983 in Portland, Oregon.

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  • William Douglas

    Welcome the our Community Network, Cynthia.

    I do not immediately recognise your grandfather's name - that is to say it is not in The Douglas Archives as far as I can ascertain. Hoever, I am sure someone out there will have him in their tree, and that with some networking, more about him will come to light.

    Yours aye,

    William

    Jan 13, 2010

  • William Douglas

    There is no definitive answer to where the second s came from, but a widely held view is that many could not spell, and so the recording clerk spelt the name as he saw fit, and later generations followed the trend.

    However, I note that two ss are more common in Ireland than Scotland.

    Aug 18, 2010

  • William Douglas

    Maybe that is right!

    It certainly is a more interesting theory!

    William

    Aug 19, 2010