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Robert James Douglas

Robert James Douglas

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert James Douglas (son of James Harry Douglas and Margaret A. Magahey).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Harry Douglas (son of William Bryan Douglas and Catherine Laverne Goodman).

    James + Margaret A. Magahey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret A. Magahey
    Children:
    1. Leanne Margaret Douglas
    2. 1. Robert James Douglas


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Bryan Douglas was born on 5 May 1913 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; was christened on 5 Apr 1942 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana (son of Burley Greely Douglas and Ada Belle Herald); died on 6 Nov 1995 in Ocala Marion Co., Florida; was buried on 9 Nov 1995 in Forest Lawn Cemetery , Pompano Beach, Broward Co., Florida.

    Notes:

    He grew up on a farm in Warren County, Kentucky His father moved the family to Jeffersonville, Indiana In in 1931 were he took a job with the Colgate Palmolive company. In 1946 he moved his family to Ft. Lauderdale Fl were he lived until he retired to Ocala, Fl in .......


    Birth:
    He was born at 4:00 PM in the afternoon.

    He was baptized in the First Christian Church in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana

    Died:
    William B. Douglas died at the Ocala Gereatric Center, Ocala, Marion Co., Florida at 9:10
    in the morning.


    Buried:
    The Forestlawn Cemetery, 200 W. Copans Road, Pompano Beach, Florida

    William + Catherine Laverne Goodman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine Laverne Goodman
    Children:
    1. William Howard Douglas
    2. Dr. Ralph Douglas, Sr. Esq.
    3. Helen Ada Douglas
    4. 2. James Harry Douglas


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Burley Greely Douglas was born on 30 Nov 1891 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky (son of George Washington Douglas and Helen M Morgan); died on 17 Mar 1964 in Plantation, Broward Co., Florida; was buried on 24 Mar 1964 in The Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.

    Notes:

    Burley G. Douglas was born Burleough G. Douglas, however he went by the name of Burley his entire life. He was raised by his grandparents, James T. and Celia Douglas after his mothers death when he was only five months old. This brought about a confrontational situation between the Douglases and the Morgans, parents of his mother Helen Morgan Douglas. This situation apparently still exist today.

    Burley sold insurance for many years in Jeffersonville and New Albany Indiana and he retired as a district manger of the Georgia Life Insurance company

    Birth:
    Three months after his birth, his mother was killed by lighting and he was raised by his grandparents, Celia and James T. Douglas. It is not known why his father, George W. Douglas who remarried, did not raise him with his second family.

    Died:
    He died of a heart attack after an illness of four years at 9:30 PM at his home, pronounced dead at Broward General Hospital.

    Burley married Ada Belle Herald on 21 Dec 1909 in Warren Co., Kentucky. Ada was born on 25 May 1893 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 25 Mar 1974 in Mt. Vernon Nursing Home, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida; was buried on 29 Mar 1974 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ada Belle Herald was born on 25 May 1893 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 25 Mar 1974 in Mt. Vernon Nursing Home, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida; was buried on 29 Mar 1974 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Ada died in the Mt Vernon Nursing Home nursing Home in Ft. Lauderdale, at 7:45 am.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Ada and Burley Douglas were married at the Methodist Parsonage Residence in Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky.

    Children:
    1. Ruby Belle Douglas was born on 25 May 1911 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 13 Nov 1943 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
    2. 4. William Bryan Douglas was born on 5 May 1913 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; was christened on 5 Apr 1942 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana; died on 6 Nov 1995 in Ocala Marion Co., Florida; was buried on 9 Nov 1995 in Forest Lawn Cemetery , Pompano Beach, Broward Co., Florida.
    3. James Clifton Douglas was born on 2 Jan 1915 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 17 Apr 1989 in Bullit Co., Kentucky.
    4. Harold Greely Douglas was born on 16 Jul 1920 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 26 Oct 1992 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
    5. Mary Elizabeth Douglas, R.N.



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