2.3.4.1. John Douglas (1867-1930)

John Douglas was born in Millrodgie in the parish of Crieff to Charles and Jane "Jean" Ann (Clark) Douglas. His father worked as a blacksmith. By 1871 the family had moved to Fowlis Wester, a small village nearly four kilometers from Crieff.

In 1881 14-year-old John was working as a sheep herder on Auchinglen Farm. The farm was 116 acres and employed four other people and was managed or owned by Catherine Stewart. Ten years later, John worked for Andrew Davie, the keeper of the Drummond Arms Hotel in Comrie as a stableman. The hotel building dates back to the Jacobite era.

Drummond Arms Hotel; photograph courtesy of Panda Rooms

By 1901 John Douglas and Agnes Riddell McCormick were living together in the St. George area of Glasgow as husband and wife and John worked as a railway carter. Carters worked with horses and carts on farms, towns, and cities, hauling lighter loads than would a lorry man. He and Agnes had their first child later that year.

On 1 January 1903 John Douglas and Agnes married at their home on 31 Renfrew Lane in Glasgow according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. John was 17 years older than Agnes, but neither had been married before. The couple had five more children before 1911. When the census was taken that year, the family lived at One Rutherford Lane in the Govan area of Glasgow.

In 1915 John paid 7 pounds, 10 shillings annual rent to Train & McIntyre, Limited for the house at One Rutherford Lane. In 1920 the rent for the same house was 9 pounds, 15 shillings. Between 1920 and 1925 John moved his family to 5 Rutherford Lane and paid 11 pounds, 15 shillings annual rent.

John and Agnes had nine known children and Agnes died in 1929. After his wife's death, he lived with his daughter Catherine. John died a little more than a year later on 29 November 1930 at the Royal Infirmary in Dennistoun of a cerebral hemorrhage. John worked as a carter for most of his working life.

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1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Fowlis Wester; ED: 5; Page: 2; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1871_63
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Muthill; ED: 4; Page: 6; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1881_108
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Comrie; ED: 9; Page: 3; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_109
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow St George; ED: 13; Page: 20; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1901_294
1911 Scotland Census 02/04/1911 Douglas, John (Census 1911 644/09 038/00 025)
1915 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1915 Douglas, John (Valuation Rolls VR102 / 1080 / 128)
1920 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1920 Douglas, John (Valuation Rolls VR102 / 1277 / 292)
1925 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1925 Douglas, John (Valuation Rolls VR102 / 1368 / 298)
Community Rallies Round to Save Historic Drummond Arms Hotel, The Courier, 6 February 2014
"Drummond Arms Hotel," Panda Rooms
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1867, Douglas, John
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1867 Douglas, John (Statutory Births 342/00 0069)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1903 Douglas, John - McCormick, Agnes (Statutory Marriages 644/07 0053)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1930 Douglas, John (Statutory Deaths 644/07 0053)