Name Info

Mrs. Mame DOUGLASS 1882-1960

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09113060
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............78y 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......1
#Siblings......0
#Children......2

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1908 ?Nebraska
  2. Spouse: George G. DOUGLASS, male, born:1880-04 Nebraska, died:1953 (72y 9m 0d) ?California, Dad:John Orson DOUGLASS, Mom:Abbie L. DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:3
  3. ..Child: Gwendolyn O. DOUGLASS, female, born:1909 ?Emerson, Dixon county, Nebraska, died:1961-1999 (52y 0m 0d) , Dad:George G. DOUGLASS, Mom:Mame DOUGLASS, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  4. ..Child: Georgia DOUGLASS, female, born:1913 Nebraska, died:1938-2003 (25y 0m 0d) , Dad:George G. DOUGLASS, Mom:Mame DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:2

Events
Birth
: 1882 , Iowa
Married
: ?1908 , Age:26y 0m 0d, ?Nebraska, Role:bride
Death
: 1960 , Age:78y 0m 0d, ?California

Places In
California
Nebraska
Iowa

General

Mame's father was from the Netherlands.


Sources
Letter by Gwendolyn (Douglass) Smith, Santa Barbara California, 02-08-1961
Letter by May (Douglass) xxxxxxxx, Lompoc California, 03-19-1949


Historical
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