Andrew Walter Douglas

Brief Life History of Andrew Walter

When Andrew Walter Douglas was born on 23 May 1888, in Wabash Precinct, Wabash, Illinois, United States, his father, Luther Morton Douglas, was 23 and his mother, Rhoda Emmaline Coons, was 20. He married Golda Shull on 26 October 1911, in Montgomery, Mendocino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Itasca, Minnesota, United States in 1935 and Moose Park Township, Itasca, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 26 July 1956, in Stanley, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Walter Douglas
1888–1956
Verva Louella Hower
1903–1991
Marriage: 12 October 1927
Dewey Richard Douglas
1922–2010
Marion L Douglas
1929–
Ruby Mae Douglas
1931–1995
Luther J. Douglas
1934–1973

Sources (17)

  • Andy W Douglas, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Andy Walter Douglas, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Andy W Douglas, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called from their situation on a river named with Gaelic dubh ‘dark, black’ + glas ‘stream’ (a derivative of glas ‘blue’). There are several localities in Scotland and Ireland so named, but the one from which the surname is derived in most if not all cases is Douglas in Lanarkshire 20 miles south of Glasgow, the original stronghold of the influential Douglas family and their retainers.

History: The family taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire were of Flemish origin. They rose to great prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries, controlling the earldoms of Douglas, Morton, and Angus, and later, Queensberry.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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