Brief Life History of John
When John Douglass was born on 3 June 1815, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Douglas, was 30 and his mother, Jane Herbert, was 24. He married Ann Johnson in 1840, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1862, his occupation is listed as brick maker & farmer. in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 2 November 1900, in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- John Douglas in household of Jane Douglas, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Douglas, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Douglass, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1823
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1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
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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