Wife of
James Elbert Douglass
— married
1 Dec 1949 (to 11 Mar 1976) in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Descendants
Mother of
David Douglass, [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)] and [private son (1950s - unknown)]
Doris Chisholm was born April 15, 1927 in Meridian, Mississippi to Hoy L Chisholm and Bettie Irene (Hinson) Chisholm. She was the 2nd of three children born to Hoy and Bettie. She attended Dallas High School. She married James E Douglas on December 1, 1949. They had 5 children. She was employed at Texas Instruments until she and James divorced in 1976. [1] Doris moved to Granbury, Hood, Texas, bought a home where she lived the remainder of her life . She passed away June 3. 1999 in Granbury and was interred at Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas. Texas in the Chisholm family plot, next to her brother and parents.
DNA Matches
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 30.7 cM match between David Douglass GEDMatch T824570 and his third cousin Lucy Scott Walker GEDMatch T835613.
[2]
Comparing Kit T824570 (David Douglas) and T379443 (Martha Brown)
(Full Siblings). Match on 51 segments, and all 22 Chromosomes, Largest segment = 153.0 cM, Total of segments > 7 cM = 2,507.4 cM, 51 matching segments. [3]
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/HP16-K6Z : accessed 22 July 2015), Doris V Chisholm in household of Hoy L Chisholm, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0147, sheet 8A, family 48, line 9, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2321; FHL microfilm 2,342,055.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKH-WRGF : accessed 22 July 2015), Doris Vernell Chisholm Douglas, 1999; Burial, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Grove Hill Memorial Park; citing record ID 34625517, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V9NV-CZN : accessed 22 July 2015), Doris V Douglas, 03 Jun 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Doris by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: