William Douglas Migrated from UK 1839

[rbell35]

Seeking any likely record of a William DOUGLAS (b.1798) & his wife Ellen Douglas nee PATTERSON. I believe they migrated from Northumberland England in 1839. I have been told by a cousin that he died in Canada in 1859. Seeking any information to help confirm these bits of information. Much appreciated. Thanks Rob

[*Sandra*]

William Douglas and Ellen are both mentioned in Beer's History of Lambton County - 1906
If you have access to ancestry there are many family tree's is showing part 1 and 2 of Douglas history plus other extensive info.  Although it appears no one was able to find the burial of William in 1859 and Ellen 3 years later.

Sandra

[dbree]

Hi,

Just adding a previous post about this family by "Ken S" to which you have replied.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=479691.9

Reply #9 has the J.H. Beer History of Lambton County link that Sandra found.

Not sure exactly what you are looking for, but you can see Canadian census' here
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx
To start,  this is the 1851 census, Fredericksburg, Ontario, transcribed as Douglass
Douglass, William, farmer, b. Scotland, age 54
Douglass, Ellen, b. Scotland, age 48
Douglass, Thomas, b. Scotland, age 28
Douglass, Anthony, b. Scotland, age 22
Douglass, Jane, b. Scotland, age 20
Douglass, Oliver, b. Scotland, age 16
Douglass, James, b. Scotland, age 14
Douglass, Samuel, b. CW (Canada West) age 4
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002357373.jpg

You can find Ontario marriages and deaths at Family Search
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1929952?region=Canada&englishRegion=Canada

Canadian passenger lists pre 1865, few lists survive
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/Pages/introduction.aspx#a
Database for for pre 1865, not seeing a listing for William and family
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-before-1865/Pages/search.aspx


Cheers,
DB

[rbell35]

Thanks DB cheers Rob

[56wesaust]

Hi

Try "A Dictionary of Scottish emigrants to Canada before Confederation', by D Whyte" - if you can't find a copy maybe you can get some one to lookup. 

It might be best to include the names of the children in the lookup request.