Mary Geraldine Douglass

[Gadget]

Hi Allan

Is this  your request thread for him:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,587265.0.html

terrianne and I had a look for him  on that one

It can get a bit confusing if you have  duplicates 


gnu

[Allan Robson]

yes it is i aplogise, still havent found him Though.

Allan

[Gadget]

How about getting his marriage cert:

looks as if James married an Alice Shipley in Sunderland Mar quarter 1852 vol 10a p 358. This should give his father's name.

[Allan Robson]

I have that his father was Robert Douglass trouble is there are a few with that name, the baptism will have Mothers name and that i need to confirm,

Thanks Allan

[Gadget]

How old was his brother, Robert (Mary's father) and do you have his baptism?

[Allan Robson]

I dont have his baptism, he was born around 1811

[Gadget]

I'm wondering whether they (Robert and Margaret)  were non-Church of Scotland. Did they (James and Robert,jnr)  have any other siblings?

[Gadget]

Baptism of Robert in Jedburgh:

30 Sept 1810 Robert s/o Robert Douglas and Margaret Dickieson

They also had Robert ( 28 Sept 1804), Betty (5 July 1806), Mary ( 2 May 1808) John 15 Sept 1812)  and  Thomas (17 March 1815). All b. Jedburgh

Given the gap between the first Robert and Betty and the baptisms in Jedburgh , maybe James wasn't their son.


gnu

[Allan Robson]

you have hit the nail on the head and yet Mary is living with James in 1851 in Sunderland and described as his Niece?

Allan