Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland
1829
DOUGLAS Andrew watch maker h.Hilton Terrace Whitehaven
DOUGLAS
Francis farmer Row Cleator
DOUGLAS Henry yeoman Winscales
DOUGLAS Isaac farmer Howe Dyke Setmurthy
DOUGLAS Jas
boot/shoemaker Caldewgate Carlisle
DOUGLAS Jas corn miller/flour
dealer Egremont
DOUGLAS Jas grocer/tea dealer Egremont
DOUGLAS Jas yeoman Whinfell
DOUGLAS John cabinet maker George St
Whitehaven
DOUGLAS John farmer Middle Farm Brampton
DOUGLAS
John master of Free School Reagill
DOUGLAS John vict Globe Low
Houses Bolton Lowside
DOUGLAS John vict Huntsman 81 George St
Whitehaven
DOUGLAS John yeoman Lazonby
DOUGLAS Jon farmer Low
Field Embleton
DOUGLAS Jon governor of workhouse Nelson's Lane
Maryport
DOUGLAS Jos yeoman Edenhall
DOUGLAS Matthias flour
dealer/shopkeeper Harrington
DOUGLAS Nath watch/clock maker 66
King St Whitehaven
DOUGLAS Ralph wholesale/retail
wine/spirit/porter dealer Keswick
DOUGLAS Rev John perp curate of
Nether Wasdale
DOUGLAS Richard vict Sun Parton
DOUGLAS Thos
farmer Pickthall Ground Dunnerdale
DOUGLAS Thos ship master
Harrington
DOUGLAS Thos yeoman Greysouthen
DOUGLAS Willoughby
shopkeeper/flour dealer Greysouthern
DOUGLAS Wm farmer Low Moss
Broughton
1847
DOUGLAS (KITCHIN &) corn/flour merchant 62 Market Pl
Whitehaven(1847)
DOUGLAS Dan clog/patten mkr/currier Pow St
Workington (1847)
DOUGLAS Dan currier 21 Scotch St
Whitehaven(1847)
DOUGLAS Dan currier Whillimoor Foot (1847)
DOUGLAS Hannah Mrs John St Maryport (1847)
DOUGLAS Henry farmer
Winscales (1847)
DOUGLAS Henry vet surgeon 10 Kirkgate
Cockermouth (1847)
DOUGLAS Isaac cartwright Low Lorton (1847)
DOUGLAS Jas beer house Aspatria (1847)
DOUGLAS Jas corn miller
Egremont (1847)
DOUGLAS Jno cooper Greenfoot Bolton High (1847)
DOUGLAS Jno vict Odd Fellows Arms Low Houses Bolton Lowside (1847)
DOUGLAS John 1 Irish St Whitehaven(1847)
DOUGLAS John beer house
Dearham (1847)
DOUGLAS John Crofts Whillimoor (1847)
DOUGLAS
John linen/woollen drpr 60 King St Whitehaven(1847)
DOUGLAS John
master mariner Harrington (1847)
DOUGLAS John police constable
John St Maryport (1847)
DOUGLAS John Rev Parsonaqe Netherwasdale
(1855)
DOUGLAS John Rev perp curate Nether Wasdale (1847)
DOUGLAS John vict John Bull/house agent 30 Chapel St
Whitehaven (1847)
DOUGLAS Jon farmer Unthank (1847)
DOUGLAS Jon
vict Old Buck 32 Market Pl Cockermouth (1847)
DOUGLAS Jos
blacksmith Mealsgate (1847)
DOUGLAS Jos corn merchant Cross St
Whitehaven(1847)
DOUGLAS Ralph wine/spirit merch Keswick (1847)
DOUGLAS Robt vict Spur 52 Roper St Whitehaven(1847)
DOUGLAS Sarah
acadmey Fleming Sq Maryport (1847)
DOUGLASS Adw Wt farmer Common
Bowness (1847)
DOUGLASS Henry cow doctor 10 Kirkgate Cockermouth
(1847)
DOUGLASS Henry farmer Row Cleator (1847)
DOUGLASS John
yeoman Lazonby (1847)
DOUGLASS Mat farmer Common side Distington
(1847)
DOUGLASS Wm farmer Eaglesfield Cragg (1847)
Additional names:
DOUGLAS- In Affectionate Remembrance of ANN DOUGLAS, Who died at Low
Mill on June 18th, 1888, AGED 81 YEARS. Will be interred at
Broomfield on Friday, the 22nd Inst., leaving Low Mill at 7-30 a.m.,
and arriving at Broomfield at 11-30 a.m.
Verse with card- none**
DOUGLAS-Florence, the dearly beloved daughter of Joseph and the
late Dorothy Ann Douglas, who died on Saturday, May 2nd 1931, at 12,
Mill Street, Whitehaven. Interment at Hensingham Cemetery.
DOUGLAS-At 76 Wakehurst Road, London, on the 10th April 1932, Mrs A
S DOUGLAS, late of 82 Main Street, Cockermouth
DOUGLAS,
Tuesday last, in the Market Place, Mr. John DOUGLAS, porter, aged
78. (August 1798).
DOUGLASS - In Union-street, Carlisle on
Sunday, the 18th Nov. 1855, of scarlatina, SARAH DOUGLASS, aged 10
years.
DOUGLAS-HARTLEY-On the 28th December 1876, St. Mary's Church,
Harrington, Mr. Hugh DOUGLAS, to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. John
HARTLEY, both of Harrington.
DOUGLAS-OSTLE-JOHN DOUGLAS,
police officer, to Miss Ann OSTLE, dressmaker, youngest daughter of
MR. Henry OSTLE, of Greysouthen. Nov. 1844
DOUGLAS-PROUD, At
the Register Office, Cockermouth, 22nd March 1884, Mr. William
DOUGLAS, Kirkgate, Cockermouth, to Miss Ellen PROUD, Cockermouth.
DOUGLAS-STAINTON. At the Evangelical Union Church, Carlisle, 3rd
June 1884, by Rev J. McILDOWIE(?), Robert DOUGLAS, gardener,
Whitehaven, to Margaret STAINTON, Carlisle.
Jane Douglas b1813. She lived in Whitehaven in Cumberland but at
some time she and her brother John had come from Edenburt in Lurgan.
(In 1821 Census with their mother Ann, who was at the tender age of
just 30, a widow).
Whitehaven-based Lilian Douglas (1895 - 1989) was a life member of
the Royal Photographic Society and although an amateur photographer,
won many awards for her work (son, Peter Douglas)
George Douglas (b 1831, d. 1915) emmigrated to Canada from
Cumberland, England. Possibly son of Andrew
John Douglas, 21 at time of marriage to Susan Conaway on 13 Oct
1874. Possibly on the census until 1901, still in Hensingham (a
suburb of Whitehaven). John's father was Matthew Douglas,
occupation Carter.
John Douglas and his wife Mary Ann nee Casson brought up the
Casson children up after the mother died. Mary Ann Douglas was
Thomas Cassons sister. 1851 census
Alexander Douglas born
1860 New Abbey married Margaret Chisholm. He moved to Whitehaven
1888c and worked in the pits. One of his brothers was John
Douglas born 1851 and lost at sea 1890 aged 39yrs (buried
in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, or just a memorial?). There
may have been Douglas cousins in Whitehaven before this Douglas
family came to Cumbria.
John Douglas who married Susan
Conaway in 1874, in Whitehaven. John's father is Matthew Douglas
a Carter.
Inland Revenue Succession and Estate duty forms, forms of
residuary account and income tax vouchers re the Douglas Trust,
on the deaths of Daniel Douglas (1821), John Douglas (1855),
John Douglas (1885), Hannah Taylor Douglas (1878), and Dr Thos.
Sadler Douglas (1889); fire insurance policy 1822 - 1900. Held
by: Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
Daniel Douglas,
clockmaker,
c1820 Whitehaven
Andrew Douglas,
clockmaker,
Whitehaven; and Nathaniel. Both working in 1829.
Death - Daniel Douglas, Esq. aged 67, late of
Whitehaven.—Yesterday, at Croft 10 September 1821
4th Cumberland Artillery Volunteers. Thomas Sadler Douglas,
gent, to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. Dated 7th June 1860
(?qualified 1854)
11 Mar 1777- BORN:1 Mar, the wife of William Douglas Esq. of
Arkleby Hall (MP for the boroughs of Dumfries, Sanquhar, Annan
etc.) "was safely delivered of a son". Sir William was
subsequently Marquis of Queensberry. (Arkleby Hall, Arkleby,
Wigton, Cumbria)
There is a puzzling entry in the Finsthwaite register, recording
the burial of
Clementina Johannes Sobiesky Douglass of Waterside,
spinster, on 16 May 1771. She was known locally as 'the
Princess,' and as she was named after the Old Pretender's wife,
Maria Clementina Sobieski, it was supposed she had some
connexion with the exiled royal family
Births - Bridekirk, which lies between
Cockermouth and Maryport
1775 May 8. Catharine Heron d. of
William Douglas of Papcastle Esq. and Grace h.w. (?his wife)
1786 Oct. 1. Joseph s. of John Bell of Fieldside, yeoman, and
Christian h.w. (late Douglas)
Marriages - Bridekirk
1780 Dec. 24 24. John Bell, widower, aged 57 and Christian
Douglas, spr. aged 34, both of this psh.
1793 Jan. 13.
Jeremiah Douglas of Workington psh. batch. and blacksmith, aged
23 and Jane Studart of this psh. spr. aged 24.
Burials - Bridekirk
1788 June 6. Jane wife of Edward
Douglas of Dovenby, aged 85
1790 May 7. Edward Douglas of
Dovenby, aged 78.
If you connect with any of these families, please get in touch. Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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