William Douglas's Comments

Yes mate I am still in that hole ,Have I sent you a copy of out Family Book (The John DouglasFamily of Mississippi ) if not I can do that for you to use as a referance ,it is170 pages printed in 1962 ! What say you

Hello William, the death dates I gave for Mary And Archibald were the baptism dates not deaths, please correct, but Mary Jane Lived ony for (1day 1 month ). Walter Michael Aubrey Douglas took his mothers name , his father/mother were Walter Richard Barnes Esquire a Captain on half pay in Her Majesty's Indian Army and Christiana Isabella daughter of John Kearsley Douglas Willan. Will reply again soon. Lilian

William
Thankyou for the info. But unfortunately I was stonewalled earlier today. It is evident now that my information was incorrect and this Edward Douglas is indeed not the Edward Douglas I was looking for.
The search continues and so too does the stonewalling. I'm trying ancestry.co.uk in order to find something.. anything on Edward or his father James and I'm drawing a blank. With the info I got (which has proven to be unreliable enough) it certainly looks to be a long road ahead.

Hi William.
The picture is taken at my home town called 'Nambucca Heads', which is on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Yep, I have been a busy boy here. So far I've only got information passed down from my mother which has unfortunately proven to be very unreliable in its accuracy and left with LOTS of gaps - particularly pre settlement in Australia.
But so far so good. I'm getting some remarkable information and the whole experience has been thrilling. :)

Thank you William. If you come across any info please let me know.

hi william,
elbert carlysle douglass born:7 june 1850-lovelton,pa.
died:12 july 1937- seattle,washington.
eureka,montana roy douglas

And my goodness but you look like my dad. There has to be som connection or an incredible coincidence.

John Donald Douglas was born Feb.9, 1850 at Hanover Park, Peckham. His father was a steward to the Royal Scottish Society (I believe that is more commonly known as the Royal Scottish Corporation, a charity in London). He married Martha Margaret Williams (b. sep 2/1850) on december 12, 1869 at St. Lukes Parish, Holburn.

William:
Thanks for the note ,Will post all I gather on our John By the way my kit # is 142606 !@
Ruil

I don't know if your website includes information on the Douglas line I descend through. I don't really know how to check that other than by poking around the site - and I will. Though at this point it would be speculation as to whether any Douglas' in your Archives were kin to mine. It will be a big day when I can establish connections between the Douglas' of early 19th century in Quebec and wherever they came from before that.
Mark

Hi again William, it appears, after further reading, that you know a hell of a lot more about my ancestors than I do! In hindsight my previous post will be of no use to you at all. But never mind....is nice to make contact! :-) Regards, Claudine.

Hi William, many thanks for your message. I have the Douglas-Willan connection in my family tree. As you will already know John Kearsley Douglas married Isabella Maria Willan and they then changed their name to Douglas-Willan. They were my 4xGreat grandparents. I have very limited information going back another 4 generations prior to that....the father of John Kearsley Douglas, being Robert Douglas (Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1779, Colonel Commandant of the R.A and a Lieutenant General in the Army, died 1827. I have a copy of his Will dated 14 November 1826) and HIS father also being Robert Douglas (Major of Marines). (I have an abstract of his will dated 1780). HIS father was James Douglas (died young in Abermarle's Regiment at Gibralter) and HIS father was John Douglas (a Colonel in the Army).

I'm not sure any of this is of any interest to you but just thought I would pass it on.

I only arrived back from Scotland yesterday. I was staying in Falkirk for 3 weeks. Where do you live in Scotland? And where do you 'fit in' with the Douglas/Willan connection?

Again, many thanks for the message. Hope to hear from you.
Regards,
Claudine Douglas.

Thank you William for providing all of us with a means to work together to knock down the brick walls.

William, I am increasingly admiring your site. Today I read the moving and interesting story about the "Paupers' Cemetry". Who could have thought that that murder in Delhi in 1857 would bring me here and would learn me so much...

Me again, yesterday i found that Douglas Park was named after HG. Also the Douglas name comes down the family line as second names, such as John Douglas de Daunton. HG is certainly a bit of a character. Thanks again, F

Hi William, I think we have our lines crossed, Margaret Douglas was married to Dr Henry de Daunton. She was who i am seeking the imformation on, & yes she could be a grandaughter of HG maybe, when i put Dr Henry Grattan Douglass into computer his history comes up. By giving you what i know of Henry de Daunton junior thought you may have been able to track their marriage. Thank you for your time Regards Francene

Hi William,I will give you what i know. Henry junior, was born 1848 Menangle Douglas Park NSW au,(cannot find a birth cert for him) have a exerpt frm marriage cert,father medical Doctor, on his grave in Pentland Qld Au, son of Dr de Daunton grandson of Dr Douglas, Henry Jr married a Margaret Marsden b 1858 Portadown Armagh Ireland, married 21st dec 1883 Charters Towers Qld Au, RC Church,witnesses Thadeus & Charlotte McKinley think she could have been his sister as name comes down to children of jr, also think i was told he also had a sister Marguarite, which was my grandmas name also. In Pioneers Index Qld name as D`Daunton (miner). Henri/y his father Dr de Daunton a french Dr, the story goes gave up doctoring as he could not handle the amputations, but still practiced on the gold fields,( also was a witness in a murder case )also told he went back to Scotland. Could he have done his doctorate in England or Scotland ? another bit of interest a Dr Henry Grattan Douglas had a son & two daughters but cannot find their names, In Colonial Secretary Index NSW Au 1788-1825, think Douglas Park was named after him. From here i am stumped just cannot find anything on Henri & Margaret Douglas. Tank You for your time & quick reply. Regards Francene

Hi William,
The background is actually one of your own I picked oput. It is Area 51 (the secret UFO base in the Navada? desert). With my lack of ANY success in tracing my William (George) Douglas, and not getting ANY matches with 37 yDNA markers, I figured he must be in there somewhere

Cheers
Daryl

Hi William thank you for yor most interesting website which you have sent me. At the moment my friend Alan Mitchell from Somerset and I are digging into a family connection and we have around 3,000 entries which we have collated