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John Douglas

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Death: June 21, 1935 (78)
Hereford, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of John Douglas and Mary Ann North
Husband of Sophia Smith
Brother of George Douglas
Half brother of Edward Musto; Sydney (or Sidney) Prosser; Emily Prosser and Robert Prosser

Occupation: Farm servant / Coal miner / Timberman / Agricultural labourer / Farmer
Managed by: Alan J. White
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Immediate Family

About John Douglas

  • 1856: born to Mary Ann North and (possibly) John Douglas. No father named on birth certificate, but Mary named as Mary Douglas.
  • 1861 census: age 4, living with mother and 2 siblings in Llangovan - surname taken from mother (Musto).
  • 1871 census: age 15, outdoor farm servant at Trecastle farm of Blower family in Llangovan - mother Mary Ann (Prosser) in nearby cottage.
  • 1881 census: age 25, a coal miner, boarding with Isaac family at Hafod, Llanwonno.
  • 1881: a timberman, marriage to Sophia Smith in Llantillio Pertholey.
  • (teapot handed down through family inscribed "Sophia Douglas, Jenkins Street, Parth, 1886" - Parth presumably Porth - Jenkins Street was where Edward Musto senior and family lived in 1891, with Robert Prosser).
  • 1891 census: age 37, agricultural labourer, living with Sophia at 11 Eriw Road, Brittania Hafod, Ystradyfodwg.
  • 1901 census: farmer, living at Tynant Cottages, Lantwit Fardre, with Sophia and Edward Musto (half-nephew).
  • 1903?: George (E.G.N.) Simpson, brought up by Douglas family after his mother Emily's death. His daughter Emily was given the middle name Sophia.
  • 1911 census: Head of household (4m, 2f) at Llettyrafel Farm, Cadoxton. Listed as age 53, married, farmer. Living with wife Sophia, half-nephew George Simpson (listed as Douglas), Ila Simpson ( George's sister Illa Florence Simpson) - a domestic servant, plus a farm labourer and a vistor (Engine Driver)
  • 19??: moved to Lock Cottage, Withington, Hereford.
  • 1927: described as a retired farmer on wife's death certificate.
  • 1935: died in Hereford district, age 79. Left £274 10s 4d in will.
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John Douglas's Timeline

1856
September 17, 1856
Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1935
June 21, 1935
Age 78
Hereford, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom)