1824 - 1875 (51 years)
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| Name |
Daniel Douglas |
| Birth |
1824 |
Fermoy, Cork, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1875 |
160 Rose Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Person ID |
I194975 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Father |
William James Douglas, b. Abt 1804, Galway, Ireland d. 28 Apr 1849, General. Hospital, Fort William, Bengal, India (Age 45 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Augusta Smith, b. 1808 d. May 1844, Bengal, India (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1823 |
Ireland |
| Family ID |
F80362 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Ritchie, b. Abt 1894, Glasgow, Scotland d. 17 Mar 1914, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland (Age 20 years) |
| Marriage |
1866 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F80364 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
8 Oct 2024 |
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| Notes |
- William and Mary's first child, Daniel, was born about 1824 in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland, where the 10th Regiment was then stationed. Daniel joined the Regiment on 18 Sep 1838, a 14-year-old boy soldier, at Templemore, Tipperary, Ireland. Infantry regiments were permitted to enlist up to 50 boys for each battalion and a significant proportion of them, like Daniel, likely had fathers in the army. Many were drummers and band boys, and they were required to attend school in preparation for ultimately becoming non-commissioned officers.
On coming of age in 1842, Daniel attained the rank of Private before being promoted to Corporal in 1845 and then Sergeant in 1852. He was discharged to pension in 1863 with 21 years' service, including 16.5 years in the East Indies where he was awarded several medals for various campaigns in the Indian Mutiny and Punjab war.
After leaving the army, Daniel settled in Glasgow, Scotland, where, at age 41, he married Margaret Ritchie, a cotton factory worker about 20 years his junior, in 1866. The marriage record lists Daniel's occupation as "musician."
Musician (1866); Chelsea pensioner (1871
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