Herbert Lionel Douglass (1876 - 1951)

Born 18 Feb 1876 in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Son of William Douglass and Mary Ann Biggar

Husband of Sophia Winnifred (Robb) Douglass — married 6 Jun 1905 in York, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1951 at age 75 in Grey, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Herbert Lionel Douglas was born on 18 Feb 1876 in Glenelg Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada to William Douglas, gentleman and Mary Anne Biggar. ^[1]

• Fact: Residence (1911) Grey East Sub-Districts 1-27, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Burial (1951) Markdale, Grey, Ontario, Canada

When Ann Elizabeth was first born, just two years after her parents were married, they lived in the same farmhouse as her maternal grandparents, William and Ann Biggar. As of the 1861 census, the family was counted as part of the same household, as well as her uncle, William‘s younger brother, Walter Douglass, age 20, also listed as a farm labourer. The seventh member of the household on the census was a 14 year old girl names Eliza Wherry, possibly a housemaid.^[2].

In 1871, Ann Elizabeth's father, William was now head of the household, her grandfather had passed away, and her grandmother was living with the family, which by now included six children, from 12 to 6 months in age.^[3]

In 1874, William and Mary Ann and their family moved to Grey County, where William had worked 17 years earlier, and in the area where now a number of his siblings lived.

As of 1881, William and Mary Ann were settled in the south of Grey County, and their family was complete, with the youngest having just arrived in 1878 (little Arthur). William continued to farm, but also helped out with the census this year, acting as the enumerator for the township of Glenelg where they lived.^[4].

By 1891 William and Mary Ann had moved to the village of Markdale, and still had 4 children at home.^[5]

In 1901, William and Mary Ann were down to just 3 children living at home. ^[6]

In 1911, William and Mary Ann were living in Markdale with only one daughter left at home, Mary, who worked as a storekeeper. They also had a hired hand, Charlie Warren, a lad of 14 who just arrived from England the year before.^[7][8]

William died of heart failure on Wednesday, 5 Aug 1914^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S7-GPZ?cc=1784212&wc=QZ3B-G3V%3A1584203503%2C1584204301%2C1584206901 : 15 January 2016), Births > 1876 > no 5519-13176 > image 141 of 803; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
2. ↑ 'Census of Canada, 1861', Library and Archives Canada, accessed online 12 Jul 2021, Reference RG31, Microfilm C-1045, Page 7 , Line 33, item 925176, William Douglas of Leeds County, Canada West, view PDF of census page
3. ↑ 'Census of Canada, 1871', Library and Archives Canada, accessed online 13 Jul 2021, Reference RG31, Microfilm C-10001, Page 92 , Line 2, item 2530530, William Douglass of Leeds Front and Lansdowne Front, Leeds South (transcribed as Willem Dougless), view PDF of census page
4. ↑ 'Census of Canada, 1881', Library and Archives Canada, accessed online 13 Jul 2021, Reference RG31, Microfilm C-13260, Page 1 , Line 1, item 4006895, William Douglass of Glenelg, Grey South, view PDF of census page
5. ↑ 'Census of Canada, 1891', Library and Archives Canada, accessed online 13 Jul 2021, Reference RG31, Microfilm T-6339, Page 1 , Line 1, item 1584137, William Douglass of Markdale, Grey South, view PDF of census page
6. ↑ 'Census of Canada, 1891', Library and Archives Canada, accessed online 13 Jul 2021, Reference RG31, Microfilm T-6339, Page 1 , Line 1, item 1584137, William Douglass of Markdale, Grey South, view PDF of census page
7. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98W-QKZW?cc=2143998&wc=SK6B-L24%3A1414206604%2C1414636401%2C1414312603 : 16 February 2018), Ontario > Grey East > 1-27 > image 430 of 440; Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
8. ↑ "Census of Canada, 1911", Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 3; Family number: 22; Microfilm reel number: T-20373; Image number: e001987878; Item ID number: 13902834, Library and Archives Canada (accessed 18 October 2023), Herbert Douglass (35), married head of household in Artemesia, Grey East, Ontario, Canada. Born in Ontario.
9. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHHQ-16L?cc=1307826&wc=3LV1-3TL%3A1584243504%2C1584256801%2C1584259101 : 27 April 2019), Deaths > 1914 > no 12461-15715 > image 714 of 1636; citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Greg Clarke, FTDNA kit # IN45890, and his 3rd cousin, FD, FTDNA kit # IN78532, match at a Genetic Distance of 4 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is William Douglass, the 2x great grandfather of both Greg Clarke and FD.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Greg Clarke and FredD, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are William Douglass and Mary Biggar, the great great grandparents of both Greg Clarke and FredD. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 39 cM across 1 segments.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 December 2017, 19:47), entry for Herbert Lionel Douglass(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKD5-N17); contributed by various users.

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• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Greg Clarke and William Douglass, his 1st cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are William Douglass and Mary Biggar, the great great grandparents of Greg Clarke and grandparents of William Douglass. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 78 cM across 3 segments.