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Note: Frank's birth certificate states that he was born at 7 Widmore Road, Bromley.
According to Liverpool Sheltering Home (written in early 1887), Frank had worked after school as errand boy to Mr. Lansdowne, Newsagent, Croydon, then a little with father when he was alive (who was a grocer) to carry out parcels. He would have been taken to Liverpool in Nov of 1886. The following statement was found in the LSH records and was probably written in Knowlton: "Has a good head, is quick at learning; if kept at school will turn out a splendid scholar. Willing and can do housework fairly."
More reports: "1887 - Very good report, been to Day School 3 months and a half.
His brother was sent to the same family from Ontario.
1889 - A neighbour of his master's says he is a splendid boy in every respect!
1890 - Visited by Mr. Drummond. Grown & looks healthy. Giving satisfaction, receives $3 per month. Brother (Ernest) is happy. Reported him to Stratford Home.
July 1891 - Heard he was at Rubber Factory & boarding in Granby Village." According to 1891 census: Frank was living with John and Julia Irwin, a young couple. John was a chair maker and Frank is listed as an apprentice with the chair? factory.
"1893 - Visited by A.E. Hart. Now with Mr. Mock - Shefford Vale.
?? for $60.00 per year, good boy."
According to the 1926 United Church of Canada Yearbook, Frank was then General - Secretary for the Montreal Auxillary Bible Society at 462 Union Ave, Montreal, QC. According to Lovell's Directory he lived in rooms at 127 Drummond in Montreal. In the following Directory (1926-27) the Bible Society is listed as being at 261 Hampton Ave. In 1927-28 Frank is in rooms at 1441 Drummond.
Between 1929 and 1944 he was district secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Toronto.
For this work, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Victoria College, University of Toronto at the annual convocation of the United Church of Canada.
Frank spent a month in Eng in 1928 - see passenger list of "Duchess of Atholl". He was living in Montreal and married but travelled alone.
His second wife Florence and he travelled to England on the Queen Mary in April of 1937. They were living in Toronto at the time and travelled to New York City to embark there. See Ancestry records.
When, in 1872, prominent Montreal Methodists such as James Ferrier* gained approval for a theological college in the city, Douglas was appointed principal and professor of theology. In the fall of 1873 Wesleyan Theological College opened with six students in the basement of Dominion Square Methodist Church; under Douglas it became a degree-granting institution affiliated with McGill, and by 1894 it boasted 72 students and 4 professors.
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