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Obituaries from Omaha Guide Newspaper Omaha Guide is a (NE Black Newspaper) July 16, 1932 – March 15, 1958

Obituaries from Omaha Guide Newspaper Omaha Guide is a (NE Black Newspaper) July 16, 1932 – March 15, 1958 The Omaha Guide Newspaper is a North Omaha newspaper so, I took all the obituaries out of this newspaper so you can find your love one. I hope you will stop by and see if your ancestry live on the north side of Dodge Street. These surround neighborhood are East Omaha, Carter Lake, Valley, Elkhorn,Waterloo, Florence Boulevard.…

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Added by Nancy Mancuso on May 19, 2015 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A Confusion of Lyons

I received an interesting enquiry today (through my website) regarding a connection between John Lyon of Ryslippe and the Douglas family. I immediately recognised John Lyon (1510-1592) as the founder of Harrow School, but was not aware of his connection, through the Lyons of Glamis Castle to the Douglas family.

For those not clued up with British geography, Ruislip, to give it the modern spelling, is but a short ride on the…

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Added by William Douglas on January 17, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

Angus Douglas-Hamilton, the 15th Duke of Hamilton, dies

One of Scotland's most senior noblemen, the Duke of Hamilton, has died, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Angus Douglas-Hamilton, the 15th Duke of Hamilton, died in his wife's arms in his home in the early hours of Saturday.

He was the premier peer of Scotland. The Duke's eldest son and heir uses the courtesy title Marquis of…

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Added by William Douglas on June 7, 2010 at 3:47am — No Comments

The Douglas/Douglas-Willan/Willan connection

I have been working with others in an attempt to unravel some of the missing bits in the links between the Douglas and Willan families.

There are two major links:

Colonel Frank Willan married Louisa Marguerita Douglas, daughter of Captain Charles Robert George Douglas, late 32nd Bengal Light Infantry (Killed Dehli, 1847) and Louisa nee Robinson, both grandchildren of Major General Robert Douglas.

Thomas Willan, a stagecoach proprietor, left Twyford Abbey and estate to his… Continue

Added by William Douglas on September 22, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Cemetery clearance reveals Douglas graves

Source: Nebraska City News-Press, Nebraska City, Otoe Co., Nebraska, Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Joshua Goebel assembled volunteers from Boys Scouts Troop 246 Thursday to clear Otoe County’s pauper cemetery.

"Located on high ground at the edge of what once was the Otoe County Poor Farm, Goebel said a 1927 report indicated there were 30 graves there."

Amongst them were the graves of James and Mary (Molly) Douglas.

"After removing enough dead-wood to fill… Continue

Added by William Douglas on September 20, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

The Christiana Resistance Precursor to the Civil War - Christiana Pennsylvania

The Christiana Resistance thought of in some corners as a precursor to the Civil War. It is one of the many events in American History that is not widely known.

"A major episode in African-American history, along with John Brown’s raid, was the Fugitive Slave Rebellion in Christiana. This event was a harbinger of the Civil War. Frederick Douglas referred to the Christiana Riot as “… the battle for liberty.”

On September 11, 1851, Slave owner Edward Gorsuch, his son… Continue

Added by Anita Wills on August 27, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments