1853 - 1920 (66 years)
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Name |
John Douglas |
Birth |
18 Dec 1853 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
21 Oct 1920 |
224 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Person ID |
I194111 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
21 May 2024 |
Father |
John Douglas, b. 1806, Perthshire, Scotland d. 13 Nov 1874 (Age 68 years) |
Mother |
Christina Chalmers, b. Bef 1853, Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland d. 18 Jan 1872, Muirhead of Liff, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 19 years) |
Marriage |
18 Mar 1853 |
Family ID |
F79954 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- An only son,he was educated Aberdeen University, and graduated M.A. in 1874. He then enrolled as a divinity student in New College, Edinbugh, and was living in Rankeillor Street when his father died.
John was ordained as a foreign missionary in 1878 and was sent by the Free Church Presbytery of Dundee to Nagpur, Maharashtra, in India, and served there for three years before being transferred to Bhandara. However, in 1890 he was re-appointed to Nagpur and remained there until his retirement in 1918. He died in 224 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, on 21st October 1920.
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