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At 2:43 on January 17, 2024, Kerry Bryant said…
Thankyou Russell 🤗
At 9:40 on November 20, 2023, EllieEliza said…
Hi Russell, thanks for the message. That’s great! Are you able to provide me with the email address please? If you have any information on that line of the Douglas family please let me know. Many thanks!
At 14:55 on October 4, 2023, Wilma Hamilton-van der Garde said…

Thank you Russel!

have to find out how it works all. But I signed in because I was confronted with a picture of the Drysdales and my aunt Sonja Sauerbier (who is the unknown person).searching more I got more and more flabbergasted because i saw the death certificate of my grandmother Eleonore Drysdale married to J.F. Sauerbier. and another registration card on which my grandparents and their children of whom my mother is Frieda!  
Then all the names from the Drysdale's mentioned: Tom, Suze,Ben , Boy, Dee Edith,

uncle and aunt and cousins to my mother, by me all addressed as uncles and aunties.

a bit overwhelming this . So bisar more… there is a scan from a newspaper stating an orphanage in Batavia during the war in which is mentioned a Miss Drysdale? That was my great aunt “ tante Ellie” Manuela Drysdale. Sister of Eleonore and Tom Drysdale.

long story , very excited to learn where you got all these documents and how you are connected .

In all my excitement totally forgot to introduce myself: My name is Wilma van der Garde, married to Hans Hamilton born and raised in The Hague In The Netherlands now living in Veenendaal in the middle of the Netherlands. 

so far for now, think many more questions will pop up🙂

kind regards

Wilma Hamilton

At 21:01 on September 25, 2023, Richard William Maginis Douglas said…

Thanks Russ!

At 19:51 on September 23, 2023, Richard William Maginis Douglas said…

Nice job Russell, I was looking for a way to accomplish it and didn't see it!

At 21:23 on April 19, 2023, Ronald Drysdale said…

Hi Russell

Yes, this is exactly what I'm looking into at the moment.

When I come up with something that hopefully adds to the current knowledge base I will post my findings here.

Best regards

Ron

 

At 23:08 on April 17, 2017, Robert Wang said…

Hi Russell Lynn,

Thank you for your message! I noticed that your earliest ancestor is William Drysdale, Dunfermline area. My earliest is James Drysdale, born 1821 in what is now called Dalgety Bay, just south of Dunfermline. James' first born son was named William. Years later, he was apparently living with his wife Ann at Malcolm's Beath Farm, Dunfermline. I think therefore that there is a good chance we have a connection from that region.  

Best,

Robert

At 22:23 on April 4, 2016, Danae' Leigh Douglas Christensen said…

Hi Russel! Thank you for the welcome! According to what my family has found so far our George Douglass lived in North Kingstown, R.I. I'm assuming that is where his grave is, it is not listed on the information I have. We're not even 100% sure of his date of death. It's listed between Oct. 15, 1754 and Nov. 1754. We are wanting to find more information on him and validate what we have found but we haven't had much luck so far.

At 5:03 on December 4, 2015, Wayne Ross Douglass said…

Russell,

Sorry, no Alexanders in my line.  Very interesting that you was born in Utah. My line of Douglass's (starting with William Mochrie Douglass) came to Utah originally and then some of his children went to Idaho to settle.  From Idaho some of my line went to California where my dad, Dan Douglass was born. Dad's family moved back to Idaho while he was in elementary school and then moved to Utah while he was in 8th grade.  I was born here in Utah.  For me that kind of takes my Douglass line full circle as far as Utah goes. 

At 18:04 on June 23, 2015, James David Douglas said…

Thanks Russell !  If you ever come across anything that links the two lines of Col Edward Douglas of Tennessee and Lt Col Edward Douglas of Virginia let me know.  There is a lot on the net regarding the ancestors of Col Edward Douglass of Tennessee but I think most of it is just guess work and wishful thinking.  Perhaps DNA will prove to be helping in answering some of the questions regarding his line.

At 21:40 on June 19, 2015, James David Douglas said…

nice to make the connection ... looks like you are very active here

At 18:45 on January 4, 2015, charlotte douglas said…

Hi Russell,

you posted on my wall, I only got part of the message, your Grandmother was a jeffs.. this is where it ends, what was her name?

At 20:40 on January 2, 2015, Eddie Roberts said…

Thanks Russell

Looking forward to putting some information up soon !

At 7:31 on December 29, 2014, Shannon Drysdale Gilson said…

Thanks Russel.

At 23:04 on August 20, 2014, Rhonda Sprague said…

Thankyou for accepting me Russell, I hope to make some connections soon of our genealogy.

At 17:55 on August 3, 2014, Helena Provan said…

Hello Russell

Nice to have you as a friend.  Although I have not been doing genealogy recently, I hope to get back into it again in the near future.  

I was looking into my gr-gr-grandfather who was born in Glasserton, Wigtown.  You have probably noticed it in my blog - his name was Hugh Douglas going back to the early 19th century.

A little family story re Drysdale.  My uncle, now deceased, called John Douglas took over a former Manse and made it into a guesthouse.   He named the house Dryfesdale.  My aunt and uncle's good friends were called Drysdale so they must have talked about the old name and that is where they got the idea.  (I think he actually went out with the lady before my aunt, so my mother told me!) Anyway, I passed the house recently, still a guesthouse, and they have changed the name from Dryfesdale to Drysdale.  I used to visit regularly and doesn't seem the same without the old name.   

Just a little snippet.  

Regards

Helena

At 14:44 on July 1, 2014, anne marie benoit said…
Hello Russel I am visiting Vancouver from the island. My grand father William Drysdale was English and live in Miramichi. Nelson New Brunswick is very close to Chatham and Newcastle as well as Douglastown which is right before Newcastle all on the Miramichi river. That is where I grew up, near Tabusintac not far from Wishart Point. I wonder if your family or William is the same William? My very,very great grand father has a different wife than your grand father. William senior is my grand father on my mom and my dad. One of my brother's wife is possibly related to my father side Drysdale. Nice connecting with you this morning. Anne Marie Benoit
At 2:59 on December 12, 2013, Bernadine Douglass said…

Thanks Russell, good to be here.

At 23:54 on November 10, 2013, William Douglas said…
At 6:24 on October 10, 2013, Robert Davic said…

Russell.  Thank you for the salamander links to Clan Douglas. 

There are three salamander species (newts) known from Scotland...(source is E. N. Arnold, 2002, 'Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe').  Any one of them could have been the motivation to use the salamander on crests by Douglas leaders.  Another reference is that Archibald, 8th Earl of Douglas, put the salamander on his helmet for a crest (source:  Henry Laing, "Descriptive Catalogue of Impressions from Ancient Scottish Seals...).  It would be interesting to know what motivated Archibald to select the salamander for his helmet crest ? 

I see that Wikipedia, under CLAN DOUGLAS, indicates the clan has adopted for a clan crest a "green salamander surrounded by fire".  I understand that lots of false information is posted on Wiki, but it does give a source why the salamander is so recognized on the Clan crest (source, George Way of Plean and Squire, 2000, p. 88, "Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia"). 

The salamander has mythological significance being associated with fire, as the lion is associated with earth (in reality, the poor creatures like to hide in wood and when a forest log is placed on a fire the salamanders run for their lives to escape the heat). 

I also read that in Scottish history the salamander = protection.  So, I think here is a possible reason a number of Douglas leaders, such as Archibald, the 8th Earl of Angus,  came to adopt the salamander as a symbol...to show that Clan Douglas will offer protection to those associated and loyal to the clan ?  Great fun whatever the answer why the Douglas Clan uses the salamander as a symbol of honor. 

Making conections

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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