Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Douglass was born in 1837, in Chatburn, Lancashire, England, her father, Joseph Douglas, was 37 and her mother, Elisabeth Chatburn, was 38. She lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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Sources (5)
- Hannah Douglas in household of Joseph Douglas, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Hannah Douglas, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Hannah Douglas in household of Joseph Douglas, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
Parents and Siblings
1800–1856 Male
1799–1872 Female
Siblings (9)
1824–1894 Male
1828–1879 Male
1831– Female
1833–1846 Female
1833– Male
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World Events (8)
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
Age 5
1843
Age 6
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
Age 41
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Durham and Northumbria): variant of Douglas .
History: William Douglass, a physician recognized for his identification and description of an epidemic of scarlet fever, was born c. 1691 in Gifford, Haddington County, Scotland, and settled in Boston in 1718. The abolitionist, orator, and journalist Frederick Douglass assumed the name after escaping from slavery in 1838 and traveling to Massachusetts. Son of a white father and a slave with some Indian blood, he was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey c. 1817 in Tuckahoe, MD.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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