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Some Douglases involved in
the Scottish sugar trade:
| DOUGLAS |
George |
- |
(age 25) |
Leith North |
Leith |
1841 |
1841 census online |
| DOUGLAS |
James |
- |
(age 20) (clerk) |
(90 Gilmour Pl) |
Edinburgh |
1881 |
1881 census CD |
| DOUGLAS |
John |
of Argyll |
(age 22) (lab) |
(68 Holmscroft St) |
Greenock |
1881 |
1881 census CD |
| DOUGLAS |
Robert |
- |
- |
- |
Leith |
1695 |
Hutcheson |
??? Is this the 'Robert Douglas of
Leith' mentioned elsewhere???
William Douglas b. 1864 in Ayrshire d. 29 Oct 1942 was connected with
demerera sugar. He was the son of William Douglas(1)
who was said to have lost his house and livelihood after the city of
Glasgow Bank crash in 1878.
Plantation owners in the West
Indies were probably connected with the trade, as were those who
were merchants
Note:
1. Only one Douglas was a shareholder
(Archibald Douglas, a Lanark shepherd, who owned £600 of stock), so
presumably this William Douglas was an account holder.
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