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Caroline Douglas

Caroline Douglas

Female 1845 - 1915  (70 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Caroline Douglas was born on 13 Mar 1845 (daughter of Archibald Douglas and Caroline Montague Scott Prentice); died on 23 Jun 1915 in Mossgiel, New Zealand.

    Notes:

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Archibald Douglas was born on 14 Sep 1802 in Sandown, Barracks, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England (son of Major James Douglas and Janet Torry); died on 3 Jul 1857 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried on 6 Jul 1857 in Dalry Cemetery, Edinburgh.

    Notes:

    Died shortly before the family was to come to NZ at 56 years of age - disease of the bladder. Douglas family were mainly in Dumfrieshire, north of Dumfries

    Knight Commander of the Order of the Priory of Lothians of Knights Templar

    Archibald married Caroline Montague Scott Prentice on 9 Apr 1833. Caroline (daughter of Capt Ebeneezer Prentice) died on 10 Nov 1886 in Mossgiel, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Caroline Montague Scott Prentice (daughter of Capt Ebeneezer Prentice); died on 10 Nov 1886 in Mossgiel, New Zealand.
    Children:
    1. John Torry Douglas was born on 6 Feb 1835 in 34 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh; died on 23 Dec 1887 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
    2. Elizabeth Campbell Douglas was born on 8 Nov 1836 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was christened on 29 Jan 1837 in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh; died on 13 Sep 1912 in Dunedin, New Zealand; was buried on 16 Sep 1912 in Northern Cemetary, Dunedin, New Zealand.
    3. Ann Jean Dunn Douglas was born on 4 Jan 1839; and died.
    4. Margaret Antoinette Douglas was born on 30 Jan 1842; died on 17 Jul 1909 in Mossgiel, New Zealand.
    5. 1. Caroline Douglas was born on 13 Mar 1845; died on 23 Jun 1915 in Mossgiel, New Zealand.
    6. Helen Bryden Douglas was born on 21 Jun 1849; and died.
    7. Janet Torry Douglas was born on 22 Dec 1851; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Major James Douglas was born on 25 Sep 1751 in Craufordmuir, Lanark, Scotland (son of Colonel, Ensign David Douglas and Margaret Bryden); died on 18 Jul 1820 in Balgowrie; was buried in Markinch Churchyard.

    Notes:

    Major James DOUGLAS 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion

    The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh is listed as below:

    Capt James, of Lieut. Coll. Commandment. Ilay Ferriers Battalion of the Scotch Brigade, Edinburgh Castle, and Miss Janet, St. Andrew, p. only daughter of the late Baillie James Torry, merchant, 29 May 1795; Mar. by Dr Henry Grieve

    James married Janet Torry on 29 May 1795 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Janet (daughter of James Torry and Jean Halliday) was born on 15 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was christened on 25 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 13 Mar 1836 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Janet Torry was born on 15 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was christened on 25 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland (daughter of James Torry and Jean Halliday); died on 13 Mar 1836 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Died at Gilmore Place near Edinburgh. St Andrew's Parish

    Some records have Janet listed as Terry

    Children:
    1. Jean Douglas was born in 1797 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1799; was buried in Alphen.
    2. 2. Archibald Douglas was born on 14 Sep 1802 in Sandown, Barracks, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England; died on 3 Jul 1857 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried on 6 Jul 1857 in Dalry Cemetery, Edinburgh.
    3. Douglas was born about 1803; and died.
    4. James Torry Douglas was born on 23 Feb 1804 in Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Island, England; died on 6 Jan 1877; was buried in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    5. Margaritta Christian Douglas was born on 19 Dec 1805 in London, England; died on 20 Dec 1805 in London, England; was buried in Buried In The Broad Walk.
    6. Alexander Douglas was born on 2 Apr 1807 in London, England; died in 1807 in London, England; was buried in Tower Of London.
    7. John David Wilbur Douglas was born on 5 Feb 1809 in Tower Of London, London, England; died on 15 Apr 1862 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

  3. 6.  Capt Ebeneezer Prentice and died.

    Notes:

    Scots Fusiliers in the service of Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal.

    Children:
    1. 3. Caroline Montague Scott Prentice died on 10 Nov 1886 in Mossgiel, New Zealand.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Colonel, Ensign David Douglas was born on 25 Dec 1725 in Scotland (son of Archibald Douglas and Jean Dickson); died in Dec 1821 in Bothwell Bank, Near Hamilton.

    Notes:

    Place of birth given as : Lockerbie, Moffat, Dunbarton, Scotland, which cannot be correct, given Lockerbie, Moffat, Dumbarton are three differnt places! Dunbarton is a county.

    Equally, he could have been both a Colonel and an Ensign - but not both at the same time.

    Some records have marriage listed as 8 Oct, others, 28th

    Served in Holland and in the British Scotch Brigade with his two sons, Lieutenant James Douglas and Ensign Queensberry Douglas.

    David married Margaret Bryden on 28 Oct 1750 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Bryden) was born about 1728 in Craufordmuir, Peebles, Lanark, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Bryden was born about 1728 in Craufordmuir, Peebles, Lanark, Scotland (daughter of Thomas Bryden); and died.

    Notes:

    Sometimes spelt Brydon

    Notes:

    Married:
    Midlothian Records: Marriage 28 Oct 1750. David Douglas, ensign in the Earl of Drum Lanerks regiment, now indw in S W P; Margaret Bryden, dau of Thomas B farmer in parish of Crawford, now indw in SSWp.

    Children:
    1. 4. Major James Douglas was born on 25 Sep 1751 in Craufordmuir, Lanark, Scotland; died on 18 Jul 1820 in Balgowrie; was buried in Markinch Churchyard.
    2. John Douglas was born in 1755 in Breda, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; died on as a boy.
    3. Antoinette Douglas was born about 1756 in Breda, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; and died.
    4. Margaret Douglas was born about 1760 in Breda, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; and died.
    5. Captain Queensbury Douglas was born about 1766 in Breda, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; died in 1803 in Glasgow.
    6. Major Stewart Home Douglas was born on 20 Nov 1771 in Breda, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; died in 1817 in Boxtel, Holland.

  3. 10.  James Torry (son of John Torry and Janet Miller); and died.

    Notes:

    Baillie of the City of Edinburgh

    James Torry was born about 1739 and died 11 Aug 1791 in Edinburgh. Merchant in New Kirk Parish. Had apprentices, clerks, shopmen. Robert Armstrong, coppersmith. John Walker, apprentice and later partner. William Richardson, clerk. John Miller, shopman. Partner to John Black, merchant 1769. Alexander Grieve, partner to James Torry, 1801. Married 23 Nov 1767 in Edinburgh, or 18 Dec 1767 South Leith,. Subscribed to: "Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland," by Hugo Arnot, Esq. Also: "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" (3rd Ed) by Robert Burns. Listed in Williamson's Directory of Edinburgh for 1773-74, 74-75, 75-76 (Merchant, Counsellor, Espquire, Exchange--Macer's Land, North End of the Bridge). James Torry and Jean Halliday were married 22 Nov 1767. James Torry was the son of John Torry and Janet Miller (Janet was the daughter of James Miller).

    James married Jean Halliday on 23 Nov 1767 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Jean (daughter of John Halliday and Janet) was born before 1767; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Jean Halliday was born before 1767 (daughter of John Halliday and Janet); and died.

    Notes:

    Married:
    or 18 Dec 1767 South Leith

    Children:
    1. 5. Janet Torry was born on 15 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was christened on 25 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 13 Mar 1836 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, Scotland.



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