Carl Ray Douglas was born 8 October, 1918 the youngest child of James Orville and Nora Wright Douglass. Like his siblings he was born in Fannin County,Texas. In the 1940 census he is found in Lamb County, Texas where his parents are living. He is married to Marie Opal Cantrell Douglass. [1] It is thought that her parents are Louis and Lillian Cantrell. Carl is 20, Marie 19. They would move to California and raise their family there.
Name
DOB
DOD
Burial
Douglas, Carl Ray
10-08-1918
12-11-1997
12-15-1997
Douglas, Marie Opal
04-19-1921
1-21-2001
01-22-2001
Source: Kingsburg Cemetery, Fresno County, California
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP3J-B6F : accessed 22 December 2015), Carl Ray Douglas, 11 Dec 1997; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2N-6MY : accessed 21 August 2015), Carl R Douglass, Littlefield, Justice Precinct 4, Lamb, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 140-8A, sheet 2A, family 24, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4091.
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFF1-CPZ : accessed 23 December 2015), Marie O Cantrell in entry for Louis N Cantrell, 1930.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHBL-FDP : accessed 19 July 2015), Sim Douglas, Bailey, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 255, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,802.
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBP2-29R : accessed 22 December 2015), Darrell R Douglas, Residence, Fresno, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
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