I am looking for information re this family.
Robert Douglas married Mary Rodgers 24th June 1855. The marriage was reported in the Coleraine Chronicle. Robert was described as a merchant living in Catherine Street, Newtownlimavady. Robert Douglas, widower, then married Martha Hunter on 14th February 1861. Robert’s father was Matthew Douglas.
At GRONI I found two children with the surname Douglas and the mother’s name Hunter. One (name was not captured) was born 26th December 1864 and the other James was born 6th October 1866.
In 1901 Census the family of Robert Douglas is living in Catherine Street, Limavady. He is a merchant aged 67. Children are listed as Lizzie aged 41, Minnie aged 39, Jennie aged 36 (possibly the child born in 1864), Robert aged 34 and Matthew aged 32. The family were Methodist. The 1911 Census shows two families. One appears to be Robert Douglas, the son, aged 39, merchant living in Catherine Street with his wife Martha Elizabeth Douglas. The other family was Lizzie Douglas aged 46 and her sister Jennie Douglas aged 43. Both of these families were Methodist.
I have done a search at GRONI keeping an open mind about the discrepancies in ages between 1901 and 1911 but have been unable to find the birth of Robert and Matthew.
Any help would be much appreciated.