JOHN DOUGLASS

[trchilds]

Hi Monica,

I had not seen this. Thank you!

tom

[trchilds]

Monica,

I just received today a copy of some names from an old family bible. A distanct cousin said it was brought from Ireland in 1946. I am transposing what is written in the bible exactly as they are written and one name will pop out as one you mentioned to me in a post to on Jan 9.

It says at the top of the page..Henry Douglass 1854

Henry Douglass and Jane Agnes McCalla, married in the Eglinton Presbyterian Church by The Rev'd James Martin - 1 November 1864

Leah Spence Born in the year 1797

Francis McCalla Douglass 5 January 1866

Leah Spence Douglass Born 5 June 1867

Leah Spence Douglass, daughter of Henry Douglas Died 26 November 1883

Leah Douglass, mother of Henry Douglass died 1 January 1885

Francis McCalla died 24 February 1894
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This bible was in the possession of my Gr-Grandmother who was born Leah Douglass in Paisley in 1862. My best guess is the Henry Douglass was Leah's fathers (James Douglass) brother. According to the information in the bible Henry and his wife Agnes only had 2 daughters who died young. That would mean the information you gave for a Christening of William Douglass on 10 November 1822 at St Annes Parish, Belfast (Parents James Douglass and Leah Spence) links with my family tree. My Gr-Grandmother's grandparents seem to be this James Douglass and Leah Spence.

It would be interesting to see if I can find where James Douglass/Leah Spence were born. With the information in the bible I have Leah as 1797-1885. There seems to be no indication about James or where either one was born.

I am excited to have gotten this information out of the blue. I had to relook at my posts as the name Leah Spence seemed to be familiar---Thanks!!

Tom

[MonicaL]

That's fantastic Tom  Never ceases to amaze me how information can surface.

There is one more son showing to James Douglass and Leah Spence on IGI. It would seem that a James was christened at the same time as William:

JAMES DOUGLAS  Christening: 10 JUN 1821 St Annes Parish, Belfast, Antrim

Both William and James' entries on IGI are submitted by members and would need to be verified but something to work on.

From google searches, one other potential sister to William:

Joseph Trickey 18, c1837 - 1926 #2646 aged 89 wed 1865 #1867 to Agnes Cameron nee Douglas 1839 - 1874 #8142 aged 35 dau of Leah Spence and James Douglas of Ireland, and lived at Durham Lead then Amhurst

www.geocities.com/mepnab/t/t5.html

Monica

[MonicaL]

Tom

I meant to add this earlier. Given the age of Rachel at the time of the marriage in 1860, it would be good for you to be able to confirm the age of William John probably through his marriage cert in Belfast. I would imagine that the christening entry we have found for a William in 1821 is likely to be for an older brother who may have died and the name could have been re-used (a quite common practice in those days for important family names). Given the very likely census entry that Wozzle found in 1861, your William John is likely to have been born early 1830s.

Monica

[ljc4]

Hi,
I am a descendant of this Jane Agnes McCalla, she was my gggrandmother's sister. I'm wondering if there was any more information noted in your Bible regarding the McCalla family? I have some information regarding them if you are interested.

Thanks very much,
ljc