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Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Suzanne Crowe
"Hi Suzanne Glad to be of assistance. One point that may be worth considering - one of the 1900 census forms states '1865' under the heading "Year of Immigration to the US" (but the 1900 form also states he had been in the US for…"
May 1
Suzanne Crowe left a comment for Ronald Drysdale
"Thank you so much Ronald!  I will be following up with the census links that you have sent me to continue my search. They are very helpful!  I wish that Nova Scotia had more complete census data from 1850, I may have to make a trip there…"
May 1
Suzanne Crowe posted a status
"Thank you to both Ronald and William! It is possible that William did not have a middle M in his name as his obit lists him as Wm Douglass."
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Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Suzanne Crowe
".........a few 1870 US census forms. Hope this helps"
Apr 29
Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Suzanne Crowe
"Hi Suzanne, Welcome to Douglas History. I've checked out the Familysearch website and picked up a few US census sources which may (or may not) be applicable to your William (note it's possible the middle 'M' may be an error as WM…"
Apr 29
William Douglas left a comment for Suzanne Crowe
"Welcome to our Douglas hsitory community, Suzanne. I have not progressed very far - not far at all, in fact, researching William and Zarilda. I think William may have been Zarilda's second husband. I think that, in addition to their children…"
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William M. Douglass Born 1852 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died March 4, 1812 in Atchison Kansas USA
Married to Zarilda Jane Elder Born Oct. 27, 1853
Died June 13, 1884 Atchison Kansas
They had George A. Douglas born1878 in Kansas and Bessie Leona Douglas born 1882 in Kansas
George A. Douglas married Marie Miller and they had Ruth M. Douglas born 1906 in California and died 1999. Ruth was my grandmother.
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At 16:20 on May 1, 2025, Ronald Drysdale said…

Hi Suzanne

Glad to be of assistance.

One point that may be worth considering - one of the 1900 census forms states '1865' under the heading "Year of Immigration to the US" (but the 1900 form also states he had been in the US for 45 years?). In 1865 William would be about 13 years old, so I would expect that he migrated with his family - at 13 he would have been too young to travel by himself.

The form also indicates that he was a naturalised citizen so there should be a record of that somewhere.

A couple more census forms for info:

William Douglas & family 1860 census Clinton New York

Sanilac. Census 1870 william Douglas & family

Good luck!

At 17:40 on April 29, 2025, Ronald Drysdale said…

.........a few 1870 US census forms.

Hope this helps

At 17:35 on April 29, 2025, Ronald Drysdale said…

Hi Suzanne,

Welcome to Douglas History.

I've checked out the Familysearch website and picked up a few US census sources which may (or may not) be applicable to your William (note it's possible the middle 'M' may be an error as WM is short for William):

1880 Census - Atchison City William's Father & Mother born Canada?

1895 Census - Atchison City new wife named Mary E Douglas

1900 Census - Atchison City William - Born Jan 1852 - Father born Scotland, Mother born Ireland

1900 Census - Atchison City (2) William - born March 1852 - Father born Ireland Mother born Scotland - entry into US in 1865

1910 Census - Atchison City William's Father born Canadian English Mother born Ireland

To find out where William's parents originated from you really need a birth certificate for William & some earlier census data


I'll put a couple of 1870 Census forms in another post which may give a clue

Best regards

At 10:17 on April 29, 2025, William Douglas said…

Welcome to our Douglas hsitory community, Suzanne.

I have not progressed very far - not far at all, in fact, researching William and Zarilda. I think William may have been Zarilda's second husband.

I think that, in addition to their children George and Bessie, they had Henrietta and possibly Zarilda.

As for William's parents - I know nothing.

I hope that someone here can contribute.

Yours aye,

William

 
 
 

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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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