A Douglas of Inverness?

[Ken S]

 My rellie was a James Douglas .. who died in Ontario Canada in 1928. His death report in the local Ontario newspaper stated he was born in 1838 Inverness, Sutherlandshire Scotland .. plus the one Canadian census, gave his birth in Scotland as 15 April 1838 .. plus his tombstone states died 1838. Here is my problem ..... I don't think the Inverness, Sutherlandshire can be geographically correct.
 Can anybody find a baptism record for him .. his parents were a William Douglas & Helen Patterson.. they had married at Tongue in Sutherland.

[MonicaL]

Hi Ken

As you say, likely something may have been lost in the translation regarding James' birth place you would think.

From IGI, although James' entry doesn't show, some siblings do:

1. Jane DOUGLAS Chr. 26 JUN 1826 Tongue, Sutherland
2. Anthony DOUGLASS b. 25 APR 1829 Farr, Sutherland
3. Jane DOUGLASS b. 13 APR 1831 Farr, Sutherland
4. Oliver DOUGLASS Chr. 18 FEB 1836 Farr, Sutherland

Can't easily see the family in 1841. Had they already left for Canada?

Monica

[MonicaL]

Ken, sorry, see I gave some of this info earlier  www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,479691.0.html

Not sure, unfortunately, that there is more to be found than we had on the previous post... Without an entry in the Old Parish Registers for James' birth or christening, hard to be certain as to where James was born isn't 

Monica

[Ken S]

 Yes I was already looking at this same subject before. The family seems to have come to Canada about 1840. They eventualy settled in Lambton County Ontario. A history book that was done on the Ont County in 1906 .. said for the Douglas's ... "after a long stormy voyage of thirteen weeks they landed in Quebec" Sooooo James may have been born just before the family left for the new-side of the world.