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Douglas Memorial School, Kolkata

There is an undoubted Scottish connection with the Douglas Memorial School, in the Barrackpore district of KolKata (Calcutta) in India. I am not sure that the tartan is Douglas! I am hoping to find which Douglas had the honour of having this school named after them.My research became confused when I discovered there is also a Barrackpore in Trinidad and Tobago where…See More
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"Also, your Alexander Drysdale and Christian Donaldson couple are about 100+ years down the line. regards Ron"
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"I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson. https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143430&tree=tree1  I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and…"
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Douglas Memorial School, Kolkata

Posted on March 18, 2024 at 10:00 0 Comments

There is an undoubted Scottish connection with the Douglas Memorial School , in the Barrackpore district of KolKata (Calcutta) in India. I am not sure that the tartan is Douglas!


I am hoping to find which Douglas had the honour of having this school named after them.

My research became…
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The Debutante

Posted on February 19, 2024 at 12:54 0 Comments

Carmen, the daughter of Mrs James Douglas, was presented at court in 1925. 

A debutante presentation at court is a formal ceremony where young women of high social standing are introduced to the monarch or head of state. It marks their official entry into society and is often seen as a rite of passage.

The presentation is not…

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Corps of Artillery Drivers

Posted on February 17, 2024 at 11:30 0 Comments

Until 1794, the Royal Artillery hired civilian horses and drivers to haul its guns. In that year, the Corps of Captains' Commissaries and Drivers was formed to provide these services. This was reformed as the Corps of Gunner Drivers in 1801. In 1806 these became the Royal Artillery Drivers. In 1822 these were disbanded and from that date all men…

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Italy

Posted on February 14, 2024 at 12:09 0 Comments

As you know, there has been much discussion on the Douglas Scotti of Italy in this forum.  This has generated many articles on the extended family.

I have been restructuring the pages on Italy in an attempt to bring some cohesion. It will take time for the search engines to catch up.

Here is the main page: https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/italy_home.html you should be able to find everything else…

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Bruce raises his standard at Castledykes, Dumfries, 1306

Posted on January 11, 2024 at 20:25 0 Comments

Here at Castledykes, with the rivers Nith and Criffle visible, can be seen Robert Bruce raising his standard at the Castle of Dumfries, freshly seized from its English garrison. Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn with sword in hand, and Sir John Lindsay acclaim their leader.

Earlier on the same day, February the 10th 13O6, and at the other end of Dumfries within the Greyfriars' Monastery, Bruce had imperiously stabbed Sir John Comyn of Dalswinton, his rival claimant of the…

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At 17:48 on March 16, 2024, Ronald Drysdale said…

Also, your Alexander Drysdale and Christian Donaldson couple are about 100+ years down the line.

regards

Ron

At 23:42 on March 15, 2024, Pauline Baker said…

Thanks for the add everywhere, William. I am looking forward to meeting some people! 

At 16:21 on January 17, 2024, Nicholas Timothy Pink said…

Thanks for your help, that looks interesting. I will read that when I get a moment to myself. Thanks for your help on my behalf. 

At 11:44 on January 17, 2024, Nicholas Timothy Pink said…

Hi William, sorry about the delay in getting back to you but I am busy at work. I run a Financial Consultancy in the South of England and still work full-time, even at my age.

I am 2/3 viking by DNA and 25% Celtic, which is where I think the Douglas link comes from. I guess some of my viking ancestors had relations with people in the North of the UK i.e. Scotland now. I have not as yet traced things back, but I am aware my family name were big land owners in the Yourkshire area years ago, which makes sense with the viking bit as that is mostly where they landed. I need to sit down and do a bit of ancestry tracing one day if I can.

At 16:00 on January 16, 2024, Terry Douglas Irons said…

It is definitely Orval Douglas. He is my paternal grandfather. His father is James David Douglas. They are from West Virginia. I can track back to a John Dowgals married to Bethia Dennis.  I am then stuck.  Thank you for the welcome! Terry

At 20:37 on January 6, 2024, Sarah Douglas said…

Thanks William.  I will try and upload the family tree as far as I have got.  There's one place where there were about three "George"s to choose from so will try and add my reasoning for choosing the one I did!

At 3:07 on December 19, 2023, Karon "Jeni" Davis said…

I've tried to research this area too. My adopted uncle was a Lutz. There's a Freeland Camp in Saginaw, MI. where a woman named Adele Lutz did nurse mission flight to France and died there. He wasn't her child but info says she had several siblings. Wallenburg and Lutz (You can just put in your search bar) were in MI and Wisconsin for some reason. I don't know if there's a connection. My DNA shows a Cherinawski cousin and one was allowed to stay in England after the war for privacy reasons. There's more but this is things i've read over the years and my only connection is mostly names. My grandfather and his brother retired from Ford. His brother was in the corporate and mine was tool and die.or dye?

At 3:01 on December 19, 2023, Karon "Jeni" Davis said…

I also have pictures. One is on a carboard type substance. It says Grandma LaPointe on the back. My grandfather was in WWII- America - Navy. He had a funeral with the flag, etc. Gun Salutes but I don't know what he did. I had another letter from his dad to Clara. he asked her how much more weight did he need to lose to fly. I don't think he was in WWII. He and Clara divorced. He moved to Galveston, TX. They did bring him back for his burial - I think I was told that. I wonder how we could be related to the Cheverie boys that died in WWII. I think I read there was 3. One weird thing and I have no idea where it is. There was a social security card that had the name, Cora Rodgers. My great grandmother was Clara and none of her sisters were named Cora. There was also a "Brother Archer' that Elizabeth wrote about visiting in a letter.

At 2:54 on December 19, 2023, Karon "Jeni" Davis said…

William,

I'm not desperately trying to connect them. Mine says William from Ireland but I do have 14 letters from the mid 1800's my grandfather kept in a locked room. One letter, written by Elizabeth Matthews, Elizabeth states that she is taking care of Mr. Whitworth. I'd be happy to share. Most of the letters are from the sisters. Clara, Elizabeth's daughter and her sister wrote to each other about how their hens were laying. I do have letters from John II and Clara. He does write, "To My Favorite Cousin." I was trying to see if it's possible that there's a mishap because my grandmother's side is also Canada on her dads side. His was Kimmerly, Anderson, Aquire, Maxson. There's one letter written by Clara. She is in a Catholic hospital and says she's going to be very good to John. She wrote that she could hear "Sister Euphrasia praying in the next room." I have the family line. We are Joseph Lapointe and Nancy Fox. Our Cheverie was from PEI, Canada.

At 1:18 on October 27, 2023, Simon Daniel Owen said…

Hi sorry for the delayed reply, regarding Daniel Douglas and 

Letitia Dorsett (Dossett) they are my paternal 2nd Great-grandparents born 1854 and 1849 respectively. They are also my current brick wall as i have been unable to find any birth or baptism records for either of them, So far! 

May i ask how their names came to be listed on your site?

I actually came across the listing on your site while doing my research which prompted me to “bite the bullet” and join up, TBH i should of joined sooner,

Thanks also for the group suggestion, gonna have look tomorrow, if i can be of assistance regarding rural St Andrew Douglas’s let me know. 

 Simon

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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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