Douglas DeWitt Southgate (1920 - 2010)

Born 23 Jul 1920 in Mount Carmel, Wabash, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Sue (Wilson) Southgate — married 1949 in Georgia, United States

Died 5 Jan 2010 at age 89 in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States

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Biography

Douglas was born in 1920. He was the son of Rev. George Southgate (1876-1922) and Esther Barclay. His father died when he was young and his mother moved to Normal, IL, where he grew up.

He served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII, as a C-46 and C-47 command pilot for the 374th Carrier Group. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois in 1947 and worked in Chicago for two years.

He married Mary Sue Wilson in 1949. They moved from Georgia to Portland, OR, where they raised their family of three children.

He passed away in 2010.

Sources

• FamilySearch
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSBP-BRY : accessed 2 September 2022), Douglas Southgate in household of Rufus Roberts, Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 14A, line 44, family 397, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 536; FHL microfilm 2,340,271.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWRX-Q1T : 8 January 2021), Douglas Southgate in household of Geo Southgate, Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-73, sheet 13B, line 76, family 328, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 842.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GW-QSM : 5 December 2014), Douglas D Southgate, enlisted 25 Feb 1943, Miami Beach, Florida, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQS4-3Z8 : 12 January 2021), Douglas D Southgate, 05 Jan 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWM-GGTM : 13 July 2017), Douglas D Southgate, 05 Jan 2010, Whatcom, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
• Oregonlive obituary