10. | Frederick Douglas was born on 8 Jul 1850 in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, England (son of Thomas Douglass and Phoebe Wisbey); died on 11 Dec 1916 in Claremont, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in Karrakatta Wesleyan Plot #BC296. Notes:
Coastal sea captain operating on south coast of Australia. Owner of Grace
Darling, Master of tug Bruce,
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
Birth, Marriage, & Death
Name: Frederick Douglass
Birth: July-August-Sep quarter 1850 - Linton, Cambridgeshire, Essex.
Notes from Lorraine Bale, Nov 2006, attributed to Coral Gladys Maude Orr (nee Douglas):
"Captain Fred Douglas brought his family - then consisting of 4 girlsand 2 boys - to Espperance in 1898, arriving in (his ship) the "GraceDarling". He lived in an eight room house for ten years, where the Esperance Land Development Company was situated, north side of the present Esperance Post Office.
Captain Fred built the big house Bayview in Dempster Street, his neice Agnes helped a lot"
Coastal sea captain operatying on south coast of Australia. Master of tug
Bruce,
Frederick married Priscilla Elizabeth Keyser on 7 Dec 1879 in Albany, Western Australia, Australia. Priscilla was born on 22 May 1851 in ?albany W.A.; died on 7 Mar 1889 in Albany, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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