Notes:

Lt-Col. 85th Regiment of Foot (ret. 1802).
Elsewhere recorded as dying 1834
Green Croft was recorded as a property in Annan, owned by Col. Douglas, on an 1826 map of the town.

(Research):Mr. Douglas Cox's godfather was Colonel William Douglas, brother to that most excellent officer and worthy man, the present Vice- Admiral John Erskine Douglas,

William married Catherine Johnston on 27 Oct 1795 in Kelhead. Catherine (daughter of William Johnstone, daughter of William (of Lockerbie) Johnston and Mary Or Janet Henderson) died in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Wilhemina Douglas on 29 Nov 1824. Wilhemina (daughter of Erskine Douglas and Eleanor Wetters) died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

2nd cousin to her husband

Mary married Lt Gen Sir Charles William Maxwell on 5th April 1821 in Locksley House, Dumfries. Charles (son of Charles Maxwell and Helen Douglas) was born in 1775; died on 23 Sep 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived at Camp de Cesar, Pouzac, France.
He retired from the military in 1839, with the rank of Captain, late of the 20th Foot.

David married Catherine Cledou in 1829. Catherine (daughter of Fran?ois Cledou) died on 15 May 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Marguerite Suzan in 1834. Marguerite (daughter of Charles Suzan) died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was educated at Ecole d'Evangelique, France.
He graduated from Lille University, Lille, France, in 1847 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
He emigrated to Victoria, Australia, arriving on 1848.
He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) [Victoria] between 1876 and 1895.
He lived at Victoria, Australia.

Gavin James Saturn Douglas was sent to Australia on a family allowance to further his experience in colonial teaching. Came with his tutor on the SS Anne Milne arrived April 6th 1848 and stayed with family Winter Irving who acted as guardian at Ballarat. He chose to stay on while is father journeyed to Mexico with his second wife and then to New York. Gavin became a pioneer of the western districts of the state of Victoria and a magistrate for the area known as the Merino District. His twin sisters remained in France for many years.

He married Margaret Ethelda Moore and had 14 children (attached photo). The most notable of his descendants is Roland Douglas who became a police officer killed young in service and his son Clive Douglas who became a widely acknowledged composer and conductor of a number of orchestras.

One of his daughters was Agnes Blanche who married James Munn Chaston - they had 6 children including my Ethelda Margaret.

Ellen Louisa Douglas b. 1851
Margaret Catherine Douglas b. 1853
David Edward Douglas b. 1855
Mary Jane Wilhelmina Douglas b. 1859
Emily Gavina Douglas b. 1859
Gavin Moore Douglas b. 1860, d. 1943
William Robert Douglas b. 1863, d. 1933
Elizabeth Douglas b. 1863
Louisa Gabriella Douglas b. 1865
Agnes Blanche Douglas b. 1867
Delphine May Douglas b. 1869
Ethelda Jessie Douglas b. 1872
Rolland Edward Ellerman Douglas b. 3 Jul 1874, d. 27 Oct 1906
Victoria Rose Douglas b. 1876

Gavin married Margaret Ethelda Moore on 22 Jan 1851. Margaret (daughter of Edward Moore) died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died, unmarried

Notes:

unmarried

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Died:
She died in 1840, at sea.

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unmarried

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unmarried

Notes:

Known as Nellie

James & Nellie had issue:

I. Gavin Munn born 1874, died 8 May 1946, married Flora May Brighton who was born 30 May 1881, died 26 October 1961. They had issue:

[a] Eileen Olive Beryl Munn born 4 July 1914, married 10 February 1940 to Perce Sherlock Antcliffe.

[b] Stella Mirabelle Mary Munn born 4 September 1916, died 12 May 1991, married Alfred Bruce Usher who was born 1916, died 3 November 1952 [motor bike accident]



II. Ellen Louise Munn born 11 July 1878, died 17 September 1888



III. Ethelba [Hessie] Margaret Munn born 20 March 1881, died 23 December 1965,married Bertie Cecil James Handford [son of Ann Munn & Alfred George Hansford]. They had issue:

[a] Olive Ellen Hansford born 24 March 1904, died 6 November 1988, married Edward Francis McCallum who was born 4 July 1902, died 1 October 1946

[b] Alfred Hansford born 5 May 1907, died 1976 or 1977 [unm]

[c] Evelyn Margaret Ann Hansford born 19 April 1913, died 25 May 1991, married 18 August 1937 to Ernest Westland Davison who was born 28 April 1913, died 27 February 1986

IV. James Louis Victor Munn born 29 October 1886, died 7 April 1962, married 14 January 1911 to Elizabeth [Eva] Evelyn May McKay who was born 20 May 1884, died 24 October 1970. They had issue:

[a] Beryl Fraser Munn born 27 February 1912, married 25 July 1950 to Hugh Austin Eastman [no issue]

[b] Noel Douglas Victor Munn born 17 December 1913, died 29 January 1915

[c] Grace Millicent Munn born 16 June 1915, married 16 May 1942 to Geoffrey Gordon George Privett born 14 October 1917, died 19 March 1987

[d] Avice Mary Munn born 10 May 1918, married Arthur Ernest Kelly who was born 7 May 1906

[e] Arthur Lyle Munn born 28 August 1921, died 19 March 1984

[f] Alan Raymond Munn born 12 December 1923, died 19 March 1964

[g] Ellen Marguerite Munn born 5 December 1925, married Harold Walker

[h] Alex Louis Munn born 31 March 1927, married Kathleen Arnott

[i] Donald Max Munn born 20 August 1929

[j] James Darrel Munn born 13 November 1933, died 12 March 1960, married Norma Llewellyn Matheson who was born 29 October 1935



IV. James Albert [Tom] Munn born 24 September 1889 at Benyea Victoria, died 17 July 1973, married Honora [Gertie] Amelia Gertrude Bennett who was born 6 July 1890, died 31 January 1971. They had issue:

[a] Lauris Nancy Munn born 3 January 1921, married 4 April 1942 to Edgar John Gleeson who was born 3 March 1912 [no issue]

[b] Doreen Margaret Munn born 8 April 1923, married 10 July 1948 to Howard MacGowan who was born 10 October 1924

[c] Elaine Wilma Munn born 1 June 1931, married 31 December 1955 to Brian Charles Benjamin Pierson who was born 21 August 1930

V. Clara Emily Munn born 25 February 1892, died 10 June 1985, married Vernon Miles Huntley who was born 1898, died 10 June 1963. They had issue:

[a] William Andrew Huntley born 9 May 1929, married 29 November 1952 to Audrey Florence McDougall of Horsham, Victoria

VI. Thornton Douglas [TD] Gordon Munn born 1895, died 30 December 1976, married Miriam Jane McIntosh who was born 1894, died 21 December 1985, buried at Apsley.




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The following district soldiers are reported wounded in the 430th Victorian casualty list :- Private S. HUTCHINSON Nurrabiel ( third occasion ), Sergeant T. G. D. MUNN Apsley ( third occasion ), Lance Corporal H. OVERALL Quantong ( second occasion ), Private J. D. SCHURMANN Morea ( second occasion ). "



TD & Miriam had issue:

[a] Keith Lawrence Munn born 7 December 1923, married 3 February 1947 at Bristol, England to Fay Rosalie Pettit

[b] Phyllis Jean Munn born 27 March 1926 [unm]

Ellen married James Munn on 10 Apr 1873. James (son of James Munn and Philadelphia Shadwell) was born on 30 Jun 1846 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 13 Dec 1928 in Apsley, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Apsley, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Munn Chaston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]