Brief Life History of William
When William Mochrie Douglass was born on 8 December 1835, in Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Douglas, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Mochrie, was 24. He married Cynthiann Record Merrill on 9 November 1862, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Smithfield Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 29 July 1916, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- William Douglas in household of William Mochrie, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Mochrie Douglass - birth: 8 December 1835;
- William Mochrie Douglass, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Mochriesinch near Airdrie (Lanarkshire), or perhaps from another place similarly named such as Mochrie Wood near Fern (Angus).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of William Mochrie Douglass
Written in 1961 by James W. Kirkbride, a Historian of Smithfield, Utah (The late Mr. Kirkbride was Superintendent of Schools in Smithfield and knew William Mochrie Douglass.) William Mochrie Douglass …
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