Name Info

Percell R. DOUGLASS 1877-1949
Fathers:Archibald,GEORGE,CYRUS,JOSEPH,DOMINI

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09113053
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............72y 0m 0d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......DOUGLASS
Fam-ID.........DOUGLASS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......2
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......1
#Children......2

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Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Archibald Stone DOUGLASS, male, born:1849-11-30 Vermilion county, Illinois, died:1925-01-26 (75y 1m 27d) ?Multnomah county, Oregon, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  2. Parent: Mrs. Elizabeth DOUGLASS, female, born:1854 Wisconsin, died:1874-1944 (20y 0m 0d) , #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. Sibling: Bertha DOUGLASS, female, born:1876 Nebraska, died:1930-1966 (54y 0m 0d) ?Oregon, Dad:Archibald Stone DOUGLASS, Mom:Elizabeth DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1905 ?Oregon
  2. Spouse: Mrs. Laurel B. DOUGLASS, female, born:1884 Illinois, died:1904-1974 (20y 0m 0d) Oregon, #SrcDocs:1
  3. ..Child: Helen M. DOUGLASS, female, born:1906 Oregon, died:1906-1996 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Percell R. DOUGLASS, Mom:Laurel B. DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:1
  4. ..Child: Dorothy DOUGLASS, female, born:1916 Oregon, died:1916-2006 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Percell R. DOUGLASS, Mom:Laurel B. DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1877 , Nebraska
Census
: 1880 , Age:3y 0m 0d, North Bend, Dodge county, Nebraska, Role:census federal, Percy age 3 b.NE living with his parents
Married
: ?1905 , Age:28y 0m 0d, ?Oregon, Role:groom
Census
: 1920 , Age:43y 0m 0d, Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, Role:census federal, Percy R. age 41 b.NE father b.IL mother proprietor at a plaining(?) mill, Laurel B. age 36 b.IL father b.IL mother b.MA, Helen M. age 14 b.OR, Dorothy age 4 b.OR. This family lived at 410 W. Johns Ave. in a house that Percy owner mortgage-free.
Job
: 1949 , Age:72y 0m 0d, Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, Role:owner, lumber yard owner/operator, a large lumber mill
Death
: 1949-1967, Age:72y 0m 0d, ?Oregon

Places In
North Bend, Dodge county, Nebraska
Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon

Sources
1880 census Nebraska
Letter by May (Douglass) xxxxxxxx, Lompoc California, 03-19-1949


Data Issues
Born after Parent Died

Historical
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902