The death of the Rev. Alexander Douglas, a well-known
Methodist minister, took place on 1st February 1922 at his home,
Auchinleck, Sherwood-road, Toowong.
The late Mr. Douglas, who was born at Rocky River, New South Wales, in
1858, the son of John Douglas and his wife Ann Douglas (née Asher) who
arrived in Moreton Bay on the Conrad in 1855 from Morayshire in
Scotland, together with their three daughters Ann, Margaret and Jessie.
They joined the gold rush at Rocky River in New South Wales.
Alexander studied at Newington College, Sydney, and entered the Methodist
ministry when only 19 years of age. He arrived in Queensland in 1882,
and two years later married Miss Ada Edmonds, daughter of Mr- George
Edmonds, of South Brisbane. During his ministry he was stationed in
various circuits, including Townsville, Pimparaa, Bundaberg, Sandgate,
and Redland Bay, and at Clarence River and Junee, in New South Wales.
He opened the first Methodist Church at Southport, and took an active
part in all church affairs. During the past 20 years he had been a
supernumerary minister in the Brisbane district, and rendered good
service, especially at Toowong. He was favourably known for his
excellent preaching of the gospel, and for the felicitous phrasing and
beautiful imageries of his addresses, while his pastoral work was
characterised by great diligence. He leaves a widow, one daughter, and
five sons, four of whom including Dr. Douglas, saw service in the Great
War.
His descendants became a leading
medical family in
Australia.
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