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Robert Francis (Uncle Bob), son of John and Jessie Douglas nee Hodgson of St Helens,Lancashire.He was in the English Navy service number J49597 19/2/1918R.F.D.took assisted passage to Canada aboard…Continue
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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Welcome ,Robert !
Welcome to our group, Robert
Are any of these your ancestor?
April 1974 - Frederick Austin Douglas, unemployed, residing and lately
carrying on business in partnership with others as builders,
at 32 Mayland Avenue, Canvey Island in the county of Essex.
Austin Frederick Douglas, Circa 1943 - 2008
Austin Frederick Douglas was born circa 1943, to Frederick Austin Douglas and Elizabeth Ann Douglas (born Blake).
Frederick was born on August 11 1904, in St Helens Lancashire.
Elizabeth was born on November 16 1907, in St Helens Lancashire.
Austin had 3 siblings: John Douglas and 2 other siblings.
William
Possibly the Holy Cross Church Hall in St Helens. The photo was taken in the 1930s, and the banjo player is Frederick Austin ('Fred') Douglas (1904 - 1961).