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David Ormond Doig

M, #3761, b. 13 June 1846, d. 1890
Last Edited: 22 May 2018

Parents:

Father*: William Doeg b. 17 Sep 1805, d. 8 Mar 1873
Mother*: Betty Cable b. 27 Jan 1809, d. 27 Oct 1865
  • Birth*: David Ormond Doig was born on 13 June 1846 at Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • He was the son of William Doeg and Betty Cable.
  • (Groom) Marriage*: David Ormond Doig married Helen Stewart on 1 January 1872 at Parish Manse, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; David and his brother Adam arrived from Glasgow to New York City on the ship "Iowa" on 23 Aug 1869. In 1870 David was a stonecutter in the 8th Ward, Paterson, NJ (page 668) with his brother Adam and Andrew Kidd (55 Scotland), weaver in a cotton mill with land valued at $3,000 and personal assets of $100, and his wife Ann Kidd (55 Scotland). David appears to have fled from Helen Stewart who was with child, but he decided to do the honorable thing and returned to Scotland to marry her. In 1871 David was a journeyman mason living at 3 Charles Street, Forfar. In 1881 he was a mason in Forfar. Helen was a factory worker living at 10 West High Street when she married. Her mother was deceased at the time of her marriage.1
  • (Deceased) Death*: David Ormond Doig died in 1890 at Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1

Family:

Helen Stewart b. 1847

Children:

John Doig b. c 1870
David Doig b. 18 Oct 1872
Marjory Doig b. 25 Nov 1873
William Doig b. 27 Nov 1875, d. 1877
Sarah Low Doig b. 1877
Mary Ann Doig b. 1879
Frances Annie Doig b. 21 Aug 1881

Citations

  1. [S40] From JBW [Sept 2007].