1811 - 1868 (57 years)
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Name |
James Douglas |
Birth |
19 Apr 1811 |
Stranraer, Wigtonshire, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
2 Jul 1868 |
Rhydding Grange, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England |
Person ID |
I78876 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
11 Jan 2024 |
Father |
John Douglas, b. 2 Apr 1778, Hillhead of Drumfad, Stoneykirk Parish, Wigtonshire, Scotland d. 5 Sep 1849, George St, Stranraer, Wigtonshire, Scotland (Age 71 years) |
Mother |
Jean McCombling, b. 1780, Co Down, Ireland d. 2 Aug 1842, Stranraer, Wigtonshire, Scotland (Age 62 years) |
Marriage |
16 Jun 1800 |
Stranraer, Wigtonshire, Scotland |
Family ID |
F28781 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Sara Herbert Rodgers, b. Abt 1811 d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
20 Oct 1841 |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Children |
| 1. Jane Douglas, b. 16 Feb 1843 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Sarah Patricia Douglas, b. 18 Sep 1745 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. Jane Douglas, b. 16 Feb 1843 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Margaret Douglas, b. 26 Mar 1844 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. James Herbert Douglas, b. 28 Sep 1847 d. 1911 (Age 63 years) |
| 6. Robert Milligan Douglas, b. 28 Mar 1849 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Elizabeth Jemima Clark Douglas, b. 17 Oct 1850 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 8. Claude Douglas, b. 24 Aug 1852 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 9. Edward Sholto Douglas, b. 31 Mar 1855 d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F28789 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
11 Jan 2024 |
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Notes |
- Surgeon
James Douglas
(1811-1868)
Our great grandfather James Douglas, second son of John Douglas and Jane Camlin, was born at Stranraer on the 19th of April 1811. A month before his 16th birthday he was apprenticed by his father for a three year period to Robert Wilson, a Stranraer surgeon - aspiring surgeons did not go to medical school in those days. There is an unexplained gap following the successful completion of this first indenture, after which he apprenticed himself for two years to John Clayton Cooper, a surgeon in Bradford, Yorkshire. It is not known what took him to Yorkshire but it was the popular move for the Scots at that time: his two brothers and two of his sisters also emigrated to Yorkshire. He qualified LRCS Edinburgh and was licensed by the Society of Apothecaries of London in 1833. In 1841 he was in practice as a surgeon at 8 Rawson Place at Bradford by 1847 he was a general practitioner and surgeon to the Bradford Infirmary; by 1858 he had become one of the two consultants at the Infirmary and was also a Certified Factory Surgeon. In 1861 whe was in practice as a surgeon at 19 Houghton Place in partnership with David Kay and (unknown) Bernie. He had retired by 1867.
Iin 1841, in Edinburgh, he married Sarah Herbert Rodgers. They had eight children: Jane born 16th February 1843, Margaret born 26th March 1844, Sarah Patricia born 3rd September 1845, James Herbert born 29th September 1847, Robert Milligan born 28th March 1849, Elizabeth Jemima Clark born 17th October 1850, Claude born 23rd August 1852 and Edward Sholto born 31st March 1855.
In 1851 the family were living at 14 Drewton Street, Bradford [Document ends]
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