John Gordon Douglas
1916 - 1975 (59 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Gordon Douglas was born on 16 Mar 1916 (son of William Wallace Douglas and Clara Bessie Ida Maude Shaw); died on 23 Apr 1975. Notes:
ack joined the airforce and eventually located in Campbellford, Ontario where owned an ESSO service station, raised three sons and two daughters. He died suddenly from a heart defect in 1975.
John married Frances Geraldine Third [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. William Wallace Douglas was born on 12 Apr 1884 in Warkworth, Ontario (son of John Henry Douglas, MPP and Clara Jane Boyce); died on 8 Oct 1958 in Weyburn, Sask. William married Clara Bessie Ida Maude Shaw on 14 Oct 1911. Clara was born on 27 Aug 1883; died on 31 Jul 1975 in Weyburn, Sask; was buried in Weyburn, Sask. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Clara Bessie Ida Maude Shaw was born on 27 Aug 1883; died on 31 Jul 1975 in Weyburn, Sask; was buried in Weyburn, Sask. Notes:
Clara travelled extensively after Will's death. She was a very well read, knowledgeable and sophisticated lady. She continued to live in the house they built on Second Street until her death in 1975. She died in that house during an asthma attack. At age 92 she had been working in the back yard earlier that day.
Children:
- Albert Bruce Douglas, MP was born on 2 Sep 1912 in Briercrest Sask; died on 6 Mar 1971 in Weyburn; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Sask.
- Donald Shaw Douglas was born on 14 Mar 1914.
- 1. John Gordon Douglas was born on 16 Mar 1916; died on 23 Apr 1975.
- Elmer Wallace Douglas was born on 16 Sep 1918 in Briercrest, Saskatchewan; died on 3 Aug 2004 in Gleichen, Alberta.
- William James Murray Douglas
Generation: 3
4. John Henry Douglas, MPP was born on 22 Jun 1851 in Warkworth, Ontario (son of Donald Douglas and Elizabeth Waters); died on 20 Dec 1930 in Toronto, Ontario. Notes:
MPP (Ontario Liberal Party) March 01, 1898 -- April 19, 1902
Riding
Northumberland East
February 01, 1899 - April 19, 1902
Northumberland East
August 03, 1898 - October 12, 1898
Member, Standing Committee on Municipal Law
January 14, 1902 ? March 17, 1902
Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization
January 13, 1902 ? March 17, 1902
Member, Standing Committee on Private Bills
January 13, 1902 ? March 17, 1902
Member, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
January 13, 1902 ? March 17, 1902
Member, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
February 13, 1901 ? April 15, 1901
Member, Standing Committee on Private Bills
February 13, 1901 ? April 15, 1901
Member, Standing Committee on Municipal Law
February 13, 1901 ? April 15, 1901
Member, Standing Committee on Municipal Law
March 01, 1900 ? April 30, 1900
Member, Standing Committee on Private Bills
March 01, 1900 ? April 30, 1900
Member, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
March 01, 1900 ? April 30, 1900
Member, Standing Committee on Private Bills
February 14, 1899 ? April 01, 1899
Member, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
February 14, 1899 ? April 01, 1899
Member, Standing Committee on Municipal Law
February 14, 1899 ? April 01, 1899
John married Clara Jane Boyce on 21 Oct 1880. Clara was born on 22 Feb 1861 in Warkworth, Ontario; died on 24 Jul 1945 in Warkworth, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Clara Jane Boyce was born on 22 Feb 1861 in Warkworth, Ontario; died on 24 Jul 1945 in Warkworth, Ontario. Children:
- Donald Waters Douglas was born on 22 Dec 1881; died on 19 Mar 1967.
- 2. William Wallace Douglas was born on 12 Apr 1884 in Warkworth, Ontario; died on 8 Oct 1958 in Weyburn, Sask.
- Elizabeth Isabel Douglas was born on 25 Dec 1886; died on 3 Apr 1961 in Toronto; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetary.
- Helen Marietta Douglas was born on 18 Nov 1890; died on 14 Oct 1964.
- John Fraser Ross Douglas was born on 3 Nov 1898; died on 2 Sep 1977.
Generation: 4
8. Donald Douglas was born in 1813 in Scotland (son of George Douglas and Jeanette Gunn); died in 1892 in Warkworth, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Warkworth. Notes:
Left Scotland with parents and three brothers in 1851 to join brother John who immigrated to Canada in 1842 settling in Northumberland County, near Warkworth, Ontario.
Donald married Elizabeth Waters in 1847. Elizabeth was born in 1819; died on 21 Oct 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Elizabeth Waters was born in 1819; died on 21 Oct 1881. Children:
- George Douglas was born in Feb 1847; died on 4 Dec 1868.
- Isabella Douglas was born on 27 Nov 1848; died on 24 Mar 1863.
- 4. John Henry Douglas, MPP was born on 22 Jun 1851 in Warkworth, Ontario; died on 20 Dec 1930 in Toronto, Ontario.