Robert Guthrie (Douglas) Douglass (1820 - 1908)

Born 28 Nov 1820 in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 9 Sep 1908 at age 87 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Robert Guthrie Douglas was born in 1820 to Andrew Douglass and Elizabeth Fletcher.

In 1844, Robert, along with his sister Margaret, were heirs to receive the bulk of their uncle Samuel Douglass' estate upon his death. The stipulation was they were to care for their grandmother Isabella Orr Douglass "she to be well maintained out of my property during her life time"^[1]

After his marriage to Ann Jane Patterson, they had children; Andrew W Douglass, Mary Jane Douglass, John P Douglass, Elizabeth E Douglass, James Bowman Douglass and William Lincoln Douglass

He passed away at the age of 87 on 9 September 1908 in the home of his son William Lincoln Douglas 56 Charles St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

Census

1850 Robert lived with wife Ann, son Andrew W and daughter Mary Jane in Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. ^[3]

1860 Robert lived with wife Ann, son Andrew, sister Martha Patterson and father John Patterson lived in West Newton Borough, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States^[4]

1870 Robert, Ann, sons Andrew, James B and William had moved to Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania^[5]

1880 Robert, Ann and William changed location again to Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania^[6]

Research notes

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:^[7] Robert married Jane Patterson.

According to his obituary, Robert married Ann Jane Patterson on April 15, 1845. He was a cooper, or cabinet maker. (copy of obituary attached to profile)

The website of West Newton Cemetery Association provides a searchable interment file. [1] some members of the Robert Guthrie Douglass family are buried in plot 115. It contains the remains of:

Ann J Douglass buried/died 1/0/1900 age is 0 Grave 4, the documentation(1/0/1900 tends to indicate her remains may have been reburied) she died 4/1/1898

James B Douglass buried/died 5/2/1880 at age 19 Grave 3

John P Douglass buried/died 6/11/1851 at age 0 Grave 1

Mary Jane Douglass buried/died 8/16/1851 at age 3 Grave 2

RG Douglass buried/died 9/12/1908 at age 0 Grave 5

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-TLM1?cc=1999196&wc=9PM6-ZNL%3A268499101%2C281780701 : 3 July 2014), Allegheny > Wills 1832-1845 vol 4-5 > image 540 of 579; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/41381_2421406260_0570-01362?pId=1687068Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 for Robert Guthrie Donglass, Ancestry.com
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M446-7N1 : 21 December 2020), Ann Jane Douglass in household of Robert Douglass, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRK-327
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLX-R8W : 29 May 2021), Annie Douglass in entry for Robert Douglass, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW68-6W4 : 14 January 2022), Ann J. Douglas in household of Robert G. Douglas, Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 980-982)

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 November 2018, 20:08), entry for Robert Guthrie Douglass(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWXT-R2L); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 February 2018, 05:47), entry for Robert Guthrie Douglas(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWXT-R2L); contributed by various users.
• Death Certificate
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 980-982)