ORMISTON AND CAMPBELL AND DOUGLAS all of Scotland
ClaireVincent
looking for parents of Thomas ORMISTON B22 May 1853 at Crofthead, Glasgow, Scotland and his wife Mary Ann CAMPBELL b02 Dec 1858 at Dundee, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland. Her parents are Thomas Rattray CAMPBELL b1823 at Glenisla, Forfarshire and Martha DOUGLAS b1831 at Forfarshire. Mary Ann always told her Grand daughter (my mother) that a black DOUGLAS should never have married a DOUGLAS. Does anyone know what she meant?
Also mary Ann's brother Stewart Robertson CAMPBELL b 23 Mar 1873 was assistant Station Master in London at the time of Jack the Ripper. Is there any way of confirming this?
by ClaireVincent
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SilverVixen on 2012-05-31 11:13:24Information supplied by : Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clan Douglas is an ancient Scottish kindred from the Scottish Lowlands taking its name from Douglas, South Lanarkshire, and thence spreading through the Scottish Borderland, Angus, Lothian and beyond. The clan does not currently have a chief, therefore it is considered an armigerous clan.
The Douglases were once the most powerful family in Scotland. The powerful Douglas chiefs held the titles of the Earl of Douglas (Black Douglas), Earl of Angus (Red Douglas) and at one point the Earl of Morton.[2]
Many Douglases married into Scottish and other European royal and noble houses, thereby ensuring Douglas power within Scotland, as a result of their accumulated wealth.
The family's original seat was Douglas Castle in Lanarkshire, but they spread to many properties throughout Scotland.[3]
There are many Douglases buried throughout the world, such as the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pr?s in Paris, Vreta Abbey in ?sterg?tland, and at Melrose Abbey. Perhaps most notable of all is at St Bride's Kirk in Douglas. Dedicated to St Bride, the patron saint of the Douglas, it holds the mausolea of many distinguished Douglases, including that of the Good Sir James Douglas.
SilverVixen on 2012-05-31 11:35:05Are you sure of DOB, looking on the Scottish Records I can find only 1 Thomas Ormiston born in 1853 and that was 12 April 1853 in Whitekirk and Tynninghame, East Lothian to John Ormiston and Alison Robertson
ClaireVincent on 2012-05-31 17:43:03than you SilverVixen. Fairly sure of my dates, he married on 08 Jul 1879 at Glasgow, Scotland to Mary Ann CAMPBELL b02 Dec 1858 Dundee, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland and d 30 Aug 1944 5 Kingsley St, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. (they emergrated to New Zealand on their honeymoon) she was a child of Thomas Rattray CAMPBELL b c1823 Glenisla, Forfarshire married Martha DOUGLASS b c1831 Forfarshire and it is her parents I am also looking for
Thank you also for you post regarding the DOUGLASS's. GGrand mother always said she was related to Duke of Argile and Rob Roy McGregor. Are either of them connected to the Douglas's?