Douglas Cavan

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Douglas Cavan of Dumfries, Scotland, owner of 1 enslaved person in Tobago.

Living at Nith Bank Cottage, Dumfries in the censuses of 1841 (age 60, occupation "Independent Means") and 1851 (age 75, occupation "Interest of Money"), with 1 female servant. Also living with him in 1851 was his daughter Ann Cavan, born c. 1813 in Tobago. No death of Douglas Cavan in the Scottish statutory records (from 1855).

Sources

T71/891 Tobago claim no. 98. T71/1606. T71/1610 letter from Douglas Cavan, Dumfries, Scotland, dated 31/10/1835.

1841 and 1851 censuses online.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Children

Ann (1813-)

Associated Claims (1)

Addresses (2)

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland

Nith Bank Cottage, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland

Further Information

People of Interest

Dorothy Diana Yates (née Smellie)

???? - 29^th Aug 1873

Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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'Douglas Cavan', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/27601 [accessed 22nd November 2024].

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