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Archibald Douglas & Margaret Jane Wray

‌Archibald and Margaret were married before April 14th, 1871.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- married between 1865 (sister's wedding where she was a witness) and 1871

They had a son named William.

Personal Details
- Archibald Douglas
  - Birth Notes
    - See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/douglas.htm
  He died before December 5th, 1872.²
  - Death Notes
    - Died before 1901, prob. before 05-12-1872
  Margaret Jane Wray
  Margaret was born in July 1843 in Raphoe and her baptism took place there on July 16th, 1843.³⁴
  - Birth Notes
    - death cert. implies born between 1-mar-1846 and 28-feb-1847
      Marriage cert. to James Henry implies born between 22-Nov-1850 and 21-Nov-1851
      41 in 1891 census implying born between 6-apr-1849 and 6-apr-1850
      57 in 1901 census, implying born between 1-apr-1843 and 1-apr-1844
      61 in 1911 census implying born 3-apr-1849 and 3-apr-1850
  She died due to natural causes or old age, degeneration, changes accompanying old age, at the age of 83 on February 28th, 1927 in Port Glasgow. She was buried in Port Glasgow.⁵⁶⁷
  - Death Notes
    - Cause of death: degenerative changes caused by old age
      
      Reported death of mother (as Margaret Wray) - but did not know the name of Rebecca's mother.

Children
- William John Douglas
  
  Will and Agnes
  
  William was born on April 14th, 1871 in Derry.¹⁸
  - Birth Notes
    
    Born in Rosemount, Derry, Ireland.
    between 1870 and 15-apr-1871
    19 in 1891 census
    29 in 1901 census so born between 6-apr-1871 and 31-mar-1872 i.e. between 6th and 15th Apr 1871
    27 at wedding is clearly wrong
  He died due to a medical problem, Prostetic enlargement, suprapubic cystostomy, uraemia, at the age of 79 on April 15th, 1950 in Bellshill.⁹
  - Death Notes
    
    Died 230 Main St, Bellshill, Lanark, Scotland, 79 yrs old
    Death reported by daughter, Margaret McClounan

Family Timeline

¹ Wm John Douglas birth cert.
² Wray McCarthy marriage
³ Henry 1901
⁴ Margaret Jane Wray baptism
⁵ Margaret Jane Wray death notice
⁶ Henry burial record
⁷ Margaret Jane Wray death cert.
⁸ Douglas 1911
⁹ William John Douglas death cert.

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