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John Douglas

Male 1762 - 1844  (81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Douglas was born on 11 Jul 1762 in Perthshre, Scotland; was christened on 14 Jul 1762 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 14 Jan 1844; was buried in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    After their marriage John Douglas and Margaret Robertson moved into one of the dwellings at Balchapel. According to the Old Parish Records for Blair Atholl, they produced at least seven children, and an eighth child, John, who was not recorded in the OPR.

    In 1795 he was in Balintepail

    John Douglas the elder, was a flax dresser or heckler. This work entailed 'carding' the flax with spiked wooden blocks to pull the flax fibres into the same direction so that is could be spun into a linen thread. He was probably working in the lint-mill at Milltown of Borenich which was quite close. The lint-mill was probably still being used by 1841

    Source: http://www.borenich.co.uk/

    (Research):The 1841 census for Muirhead provides the following information.

    Dwelling Name Age Occupation Birth-place
    Muirhead Angus Gillies 25y quarrier Not in Liff parish
    Janet Douglas 25y Not in Liff parish
    Flora Gillies 2y Liff parish
    John Gillies 1y Liff parish
    Muirhead John Douglas 35y linen handloom weaver Not in Liff parish
    Isabella Douglas 37y Not in Liff parish
    Margaret Douglas 30y linen handloom weaver Not in Liff parish
    John Douglas snr 78y Not in Liff parish
    Hendry Stewart 45y labourer Not in Liff parish

    Buried:
    Memorial stone to John Douglas and Margaret Robertson of Borenich
    "Erected by
    John Douglas
    feuar Muirhead
    in memory of his father
    John Douglas
    who died 14th January 1844
    aged 82 years.
    Also his mother
    Margaret Robertson
    who died 15th April 1823
    aged 54 years.
    Margaret D. Gillies
    died 20th June 1918 aged 76".

    John married Margaret Robertson on 30 Mar 1793. Margaret died on 15 Apr 1823; was buried in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Donald Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 18 Oct 1795 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.
    2. 3. Isabel Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1798 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 23 Dec 1798 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 25 Apr 1872 in Muirhead of Liff, Perthshire, Scotland.
    3. 4. Helen Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1801 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Jan 1801 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.
    4. 5. James Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jun 1803 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Jun 1803 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.
    5. 6. John Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1806 in Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 Nov 1874.
    6. 7. Margaret Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1808 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 5 Jun 1808 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 2 Jul 1858 in Muithead, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland.
    7. 8. Janet Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jun 1810 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1810 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Donald Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was christened on 18 Oct 1795 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.

  2. 3.  Isabel Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 20 Dec 1798 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 23 Dec 1798 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 25 Apr 1872 in Muirhead of Liff, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    1844 - Isabella Douglas, Muirhead - guilty of the sin of theft

    Died:
    died of pneumonia

    Isabel married David Coupar in 1852. David died on 16th January 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Helen Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 8 Jan 1801 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Jan 1801 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.

  4. 5.  James Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 10 Jun 1803 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Jun 1803 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.

  5. 6.  John Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in 1806 in Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 Nov 1874.

    Notes:

    Died:
    The last of the Douglases at Muirhead of Liff. The death certificate was witnessed by John Douglas, his son, who was now living in Edinburgh.

    John married Christina Chalmers on 18 Mar 1853. Christina (daughter of William Chalmers and Janet Anderson) was born before 1853 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland; died on 18 Jan 1872 in Muirhead of Liff, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. John Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Dec 1853; died on 21 Oct 1920 in 224 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.

  6. 7.  Margaret Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 28 May 1808 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 5 Jun 1808 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 2 Jul 1858 in Muithead, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Unmarried, she had been working as a domestic servant.


  7. 8.  Janet Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 1 Jun 1810 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1810 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.

    Janet married Angus Gillies on 24 Jun 1838. Angus was born about 1816; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. John Gillies  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1840 in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.
    2. 11. Flora Gillies  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1849 in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 9.  John Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (6.John2, 1.John1) was born on 18 Dec 1853; died on 21 Oct 1920 in 224 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.

    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.

    John married Jean Mackenzie on 11 Dec 1879 in India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Robert Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1880; died in 1932.
    2. 13. Rev. John Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1881; died in 1931.
    3. 14. Dr. Mackenzie Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1882; died in 1972.
    4. 15. William Chalmers Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1884; died in 1953.
    5. 16. Andrew Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1886.
    6. 17. Ross Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1890; died in 1932.
    7. 18. Rev. Archibald Matheson Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Oct 1893; died in 1968.

  2. 10.  John Gillies Descendancy chart to this point (8.Janet2, 1.John1) was born about 1840 in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Aged 1 in the 1841 census


  3. 11.  Flora Gillies Descendancy chart to this point (8.Janet2, 1.John1) was born about 1849 in Liff, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Aged 2 in the 1841 census



Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Robert Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born in 1880; died in 1932.

  2. 13.  Rev. John Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born on 4 Feb 1881; died in 1931.

    Notes:

    Residence: Strathmartine, Dundee

    John married Ada Oliphant Jeffrey on 21 Mar 1911 in Strathmartine, Dundee, Scotland. Ada (daughter of Rev. James Jeffrey and Mary Lang Whyte) died on 2 Aug 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 14.  Dr. Mackenzie Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born on 3 Aug 1882; died in 1972.

    Notes:

    Residence: Roehampton

    Mackenzie married Challis Hilda Ashford in 1915. Challis died in 1956. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  William Chalmers Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born in 1884; died in 1953.

    Family/Spouse: Maud Wood. Maud died in 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 16.  Andrew Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born in 1886.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died in infancy


  6. 17.  Ross Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born in 1890; died in 1932.

  7. 18.  Rev. Archibald Matheson Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 6.John2, 1.John1) was born on 30 Oct 1893; died in 1968.

    Notes:

    Youngest son

    (Research):Is this him? Archibald Matheson Douglas, RE Special Coy Cpl July 1915

    Family/Spouse: Gwendolen Carmichael. Gwendolen died in 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Archibald married Christina Cuthill Mungall on 2 Aug 1933 in Letham Church, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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