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Douglas Hugh MacFarlane¹

• Father: Duncan Michael MacFarlane^2,3,4,1,5,6 b. 3 Sep 1856, d. 11 Jan 1909
• Mother: Christine Coady^2,3,4,1,5,6 b. 22 May 1861, d. a 10 Mar 1941

• Relationships: 2nd great-grandson of Dougald MacFarlane, 2nd great-grandson of Margaret MacDonell, 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Donald James MacFarlane
• Charts: Descendants of Hugh Gillis & (?) MacEachern

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• Religion*: Douglas Hugh MacFarlane was Roman Catholic.
• Birth*: Douglas was born on 1 November 1887 in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.^{2,3,7,8,4,5,6,9}
• Occupation: He was a printer on 10 August 1920.¹
• Marriage*: He married Helen Rose Gouthro on 10 August 1920 in St. Ann's Church, Aberdeen, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.^2,4,1,10
• Name-Comm: His common name was Doug.⁴
• Name Variation: As of 1941, Douglas Hugh MacFarlane was also known as D. H. McFarlane.⁴
• Occupation*: He was Newspaperman and sports authority before 10 March 1941 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁴
• Residence*: He lived on 10 March 1941 in 6 Fletcher St., Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁵
• Death*: Douglas died on 10 March 1941 in home, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 53.^4,5,9
• Burial*: He was buried after 10 March 1941 in Saint Ann's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹¹
• Obituary: His obituary reads:
  
  McFarlane, D. H.                              89-1941-38-10
  Well-Known Journalist Is Mourned
  
       Glace Bay, March 10 - Death early today wrote "30" to the career of D. H. (Doug) McFarlane, one of the province's best known newspapermen and sports authorities. He died his at home here a few hours after suffering a stroke as he was about to leave his office at the end of the Sunday night "trick."
       A native of Southwest Margaree, he was 51 years of age and the greater part of his life had been spent at the work he loved so well. He got his start in Sydney with the Old Daily Post as a mere youth, selling papers and working around the newsroom before the turn of the century.
       When his parents moved to Glace Bay about 1900 he secured work at the Gazette there, remainig for 17 years before retiring to take over management of the Arcade bowling alleys and recreation centre here, a position he held until 1927 when he joined the Post Publishing Company, remaining with that firm until his death when he was its representative in the Glace Bay colliery districts.
       An authority on most sports his column "news and views" - published for the last time today - was widely read. Of all activities his favorite one was horse racing, followed, especially in later years, by hockey, baseball and boxing.
       His ability as a reporter, accentuated by his natural integrity and honesty won for him uncounted friends and followers throughout this Island as well as the rest of Nova Scotia.
       Among the sporting ventures he promoted was the famed Cape Breton marathon in 1926, which drew the largest attendance of any event staged here - a total of 6,742 persons paid admission and internationally known runners took part.
       He was also associated with the original Miners hockey team as manager for several years and under his direction the club captured the Cruise cup, emblamatic of the Maritime championship.
       Taken ill last fall as he started out on a vacation Mr. MacFarlane hovered between life and death for nearly two months before recovering and regaining strength. He returned to his desk in December.
       Fearing a recurrance of the illness he had planned to enter St. Joseph's Hospital today for an examination and further treatment and went to his office Sunday afternoon, as had been his custom for years, to make sure his column was ready for Monday.
       Shortly before midnight as he had called a taxi to retun home he was seized with the stroke, dying several hours later. He was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church and active in its affairs.     News of his passing spread rapidly throughout the colliery districts he had served for so long as well as to other parts of Cape Breton and residents tonight mourned the loss of one of their best boosters and supporters.
       Numerous tributes were paid to his memory by leading Island citizens and others as the day wore on.
       Surviving besides his wife are a daughter, Beatrice McFarlane and four sons: Alvin, Mathew, Bruce and Charles McFarlane, all of Glace Bay; his mother Mrs. C. McFarlane: four sisters: Mrs. H. V. MacGillvray, Saint John, N.B; Mrs. R. Langley and Mary McFarlane, Hiland, Ind; Mrs. V. Roache, Hammond, Ind; and a step-brother, Luke Mc Farlane, in Detroit.⁴
• Biography*:
  
  Sydney Post Record – 11 January 1938 - Tuesday
  Transcribed by Jane Anne MacKinnon
  
  11 January 1938 – Tuesday
  Glace Bay – Friends are pleased to see Mr. D. H. McFARLANE, Post-Record representative, out again. Mr. McFARLANE has been ill at St. Joseph’s hospital for the past two weeks. It is hoped that he will soon be feeling quite well again.¹²