Abt 1846 - 1907 (~ 61 years)
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Name |
William Douglas |
Birth |
Abt 1846 |
Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
15 Aug 1907 |
Llanfyllin, North Wales |
Person ID |
I78050 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
2 May 2015 |
Family |
Jane Greenshields, b. 27 Jul 1855, Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1899 (Age 43 years) |
Marriage |
14 Sep 1881 |
Falkland Islands |
Children |
| 1. Robert Greenshields Douglas, b. 30 Aug 1882, Falkland Islands d. 14 Aug 1916, Egypt (Age 33 years) |
| 2. John William Douglas, b. 16 Apr 1884 d. 28 Jul 1943, Netherwood, Newbury, England (Age 59 years) |
| 3. James Thomas Magellan Douglas, b. Abt 1889 d. 20 Feb 1923, Metropole Hotel, London (Age ~ 34 years) |
| 4. Alexander Clarence Douglas, b. Abt 1892 d. 10 Mar 1902, 38, Blenheim Gardens, London (Age ~ 10 years) |
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Family ID |
F28427 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
2 May 2015 |
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Notes |
- 1865 hired by Falkland Islands Company; 1866 living at Darwin Harbour; c1883 moved from Falklands to Patagonia; 1889 inherited half-share of Useful Station, Estancia Esperanza, Prov. Santa Cruz, from brother-in-law Thomas Greenshields;
Greenshields, Thomas
Member of a Scottish family which owned 42,000 acres in the Falklands. He arrived in Patagonia in 1884, where he had a ranch at Monte Dinero on the south-east tip of Santa Cruz. He married Ann McMunn in 1889 but he died a few months later aged 29, leaving no children. He was buried in Punta Arenas Public Cemetery, leaving a will bequeathing William Douglas half of Useful Hill, the other half to his brother George Greeshields and a share in Douglas Station in the Falklands to his brother James.
- (Research):Posibly brother of Thomas, also born c1846
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