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British Families in Southern Patagonia

DOUGLAS--TENNANT

Thomas DOUGLAS; b. 1846 Dumfriesshire, Scotland; c.1880 emigrated to Falklands [Malvinas]; 1885 immigrated to Magallanes; d. 1898; bur. Punta Arenas (fragment of house purchase deed, 1886)

m.

Ann ["Annie"] Easton TENNANT, b. 1850 Scotland; from Newcastle-on-Tyne?; apparently, the first qualified nurse to practice in Magallanes; d. 1933

Children:

1. Thomas Jr., b. Scotland (see DOUGLAS--OJEDA, below)
2. William, b. Falklands [Malvinas] (see DOUGLAS--TOLENTINO, below)
3. Margaret, b. Falklands [Malvinas] (see WEBBER--DOUGLAS, below)
4. Walter, b. Falklands [Malvinas], did not marry; d. 1938, Chile Chico
5. Jessie Olivia, b. Falklands [Malvinas] (see NIELSEN--DOUGLAS, below)
6. Mary Ann, b. Falklands [Malvinas] (see RUDD--DOUGLAS, below)
7. John M., b. 1887 Punta Arenas (twin of Annie)
8. Annie Jamieson, b. 1887 Punta Arenas (twin of John); m. William Thomas GARNHAM; d. 1949, Ipswich
9. James Magellan, bapt. 1890

NIELSEN--DOUGLAS

Harold NIELSEN Oro

m. 1909

Jessie Olivia DOUGLAS Tennant, b. Falklands [Malvinas]; (see DOUGLAS--TENNANT, above)

Children:

1. Alberto
2. Judy; m. Herman HENKES Boom
3. Harold ("Paddy"); killed in 1945 while serving in the RAF in WWII
4. Guillermo Eduardo; m. Gloria MORENO De Laire

RUDD--DOUGLAS

William Thomas Darwin RUDD; b. 1865 Stanley, Falklands [Malvinas]; son of John Rogers RUDD, native of Exeter, & Ellen ROACH; brother of John Edward RUDD ; family moved to Argentina; 1912 to England, then Canada; d. 1947 Calgary, Canada

m.

Mary Ann DOUGLAS Tennant, b. 1873 Falklands [Malvinas]; family emigrated to Edmonton, Alberta; d. 1955, Calgary, Alberta; (see DOUGLAS--TENNANT, above)

Children:

1. William, b. 1893 Cape Fairweather; d. 1960 Washington DC
2. Ann Mary, b. 1895 Cape Fairweather; d. 1992 British Columbia
3. Ellen Laura, b. 1896

WEBBER--DOUGLAS

Frederick WEBBER Evans

m.

Margaret DOUGLAS Tennant; b. Falklands [Malvinas]; (see DOUGLAS--TENNANT, above)

Children:

1. Frederick Segundo, b. 1896; d. 1961, Puerto Natales
2. Anny, b. 1897 (see GWYNNE--WEBBER)
3. Ada/Ida
4. Jessie Margarita; m. Ramón PAVEZ Suzarte
5. Juan Guillermo

DOUGLAS--OJEDA

Thomas DOUGLAS Tennant, b. Scotland; d. 1939 (see DOUGLAS--TENNANT, above)

m. 1903 Punta Arenas

Celia OJEDA Ruiz, b. c1881; dtr. of Pedro OJEDA & María RUIZ

Children:

1. Tomás Oscar, b. 1904; m. Catalina DOBSON Ritter; d. 1972 (see DOBSON--RITTER)
2. María Ana Ester, b. 1905
3. Celia Julieta, b. 1909; d. 1996 San Julián
4. Violeta Alborada, b. 1911; m. Luis AZZARELLI
5. Walter, b. 1914; d. 1954
6. Amanda Eloisa, b. 1916; d. 1995 Río Gallegos
7. Tomás Mario, b. 1918;
8. Haydée, b. 1920; m. José WALKER ; d. 1994 San Julián

DOUGLAS--TOLENTINO

William DOUGLAS Tennant, d. 1942; (see DOUGLAS--TENNANT, above)

m. 1912

Ana TOLENTINO Gallardo

Children:

1. Guillermo
2. Arturo; m. Annie POOL
3. Héctor (see DOUGLAS--OYARZUN, below)
4. Alfredo, m. Sonia BARRIA

Tennant
William Douglas Tennant, 1903

DOUGLAS--OYARZUN

Héctor DOUGLAS Tolentino, (see DOUGLAS--TOLENTINO, above)

m.

Elena OYARZUN Herrera

Children:

1. Héctor, b. 1945; m. Hilda MUÑOZ Roa
2. Rubén (deceased)
3. Nelson (twin of Omar); d. 1956; m. Mónica AUBEL
4. Omar (twin of Nelson); died very young
5. Nancy

Douglas
Héctor Douglas Tolentino

Sources:
(1)  "Inmigrantes Malvineros en Magallanes" (Apéndice II), Mateo Martinic B., Punta Arenas, Chile 1996
(2)  Héctor Douglas M. (photo + additional information, III-2003)
(3)  Eduardo Moreno
(4)  Joni Wells
(5) "I Remember, Reminiscences of Donald Alistair MacLeod", (private edition?), Edinburgh, 2009
(6) Marriage Register, Civil Registration, Magallanes
Last updated: 15-XI-2016