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| Record Last Updated On:
3/31/2014 |
| Name: ROBERT SR DOUGLAS |
| Death Date: JAN/31/1897 |
Interment Date:
DEC/4/1897 |
Birth Date: JUN/1/1835 |
| Age at Death: 61 |
Cause of Death:
HIT BY TRAMWAY, DIED FROM SHOCK |
| Location at Death:
DENVER, COLORADO |
| Physical Location at Death:
HOME 1409 GILPIN STREET |
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Nativity: AMERICAN |
Ethnicity: WHITE |
| Occupation:Senior member of the firm of Robert Douglas & Co., crockery dealers, 1625 California St., Denver, CO |
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| Spouse of: Mary M. Booth |
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| Father of: Robert Douglas Jr., P.S. Douglas, & Helen Douglas |
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| Brief Biography: Death of Robert Douglas, Sr
The Tramway Car Accident Saturday Proved Fatal.
Robert Douglas, Sr., who was struck by an Eleventh Avenue tramway car at Fifteenth and California Streets at 6:15 o,clock on Saturday evening, died at 9 o,clock last night. His death occurred at his home, 1409 Gilpin Street, where he was taken immediately after the accident. In stepping from a Colfax Avenue car while it was moving, he was struck and dragged by a car on the other track. Five ribs were broken on the left side and his nose and left hand were badly injured. Death occurred from the shock.
Robert Douglas was the senior member of the firm of Robert Douglas & Co., crockery dealers, 1625 California Street. He was born in Ferryden, Scotland, on June 11, 1835, and was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in January, 1865, to Miss Mary M. Booth. Last November he moved to Denver from St. Joseph, where he was an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Douglas and three children Robert Douglas, Jr., P.S. Douglas, and Miss Helen Douglas comprise the family.
After the coroner's inquest the body will probably be interred in the Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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| Other Relatives in Plot: WIFE MARY MATILDA DOUGLAS,
CHARLES B DOUGLAS, MARTHA DOUGLAS,HELEN DOUGLAS,PETER S DOUGLAS, |
| Lot Owner: RDOUGLAS |
| Lot Location: 2 |
| Block Location: 8 |
| Section/Range Location: 6 |
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