Douglas Dow
| (D) | James Douglas Dow (2 May 1900 - 13 Jan 1990) 364-10-7367 |
| m. 31 Dec 1930 Mary Louise Murray (7 Apr 1908 - 7 Aug 1971) 370-32-2204 |
Douglas Dow and Mary Louise eloped, and were married in New York City. He was a highly creative person, a Mechanical Engineer, the Chief of Research for Detroit Edison until 1947, later president of the Detroit Testing Laboratory, and holder of eight patents. A feature article about him appeared in the Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov 1980, page C4. At that time in his 80's, he was actively working on the development of an electric powered car. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit.
Douglas and Mary had five children:
| (i) | Bryden Murray Dow (27 Oct 1931 - ) | |||
| m. | 1 Sep 1962 Sally Read (11 Nov 1935 - ) | |||
| (a) | Gregory Read Dow (9 Oct 1963 - ) | |||
| (b) | Elizabeth Dow (5 Oct 1965 - ) | |||
| m. | 17 Jul 1993 Craig Simantel | |||
| (c) | William Hatfield Dow (9 Jun 1968 - ) | |||
| m. | 24 Sep 1994 Chika Akera | |||
| (ii) | Peter Anthony Dow (24 Apr 1933 - ) | |||
| m. | Jane Ottaway | |||
| (a) | Jennifer Ottaway Dow (9 Sep 1960 - ) | |||
| m. | 30 Jun 1984 Devin Ignatius Murphy | |||
| (1) | Eliza Murphy | |||
| (2) | Emilie Murphy | |||
| (b) | Peter Kinnersley Dow (26 Feb 1962 - ) | |||
| (c) | Thomas Anthony Dow (12 Feb 1965 - ) | |||
| m. | 15 Feb 1992 Acata | |||
| (iii) | Patricia Dow (17 Mar 1936 - ) | |||
| m. | Peter Ashurkoff (4 Jul 1932 - ) | |||
| (a) | Stephen Peter Ashurkoff (11 Dec 1963 - ) | |||
| m. | <24 Apr 1993 Ellen Whitehurst (5 Jun 1963 - ) | |||
| (b) | Catherine Ashurkoff (10 Jun 1966 - ) | |||
| m. | 17 Jul 1992 Terry S. Parnell (14 Mar 1957 - ) | |||
| (iv) | Stuart Gordon Dow (23 Nov 1940 - ) | |||
| m. | 19 May 1969 Therese O'Sullivan | |||
| (a) | Sarah Murray Dow (12 Mar 1970 - ) | |||
| (b) | Laura Mary Dow (13 Jan 1972 - ) | |||
| (v) | Caroline Dow (30 Jun 1942 - ) | |||
| m.(1) | 15 Jun 1963 David Jay Dykhouse (2 Oct 1936 - ) | |||
| (a) | Mary Catherine Dykhouse (23 Jan 1964 - ) | |||
| m. | 6 Aug 1988 Joseph Stuligross | |||
| (1) | Clara Elizabeth Stuligross (27 Nov 1991 - ) | |||
| (2) | Anna Caroline Stuligross (2 Apr 1995 - ) | |||
| (b) | David Jay Dykhouse Jr (10 Jun 1967 - ) | |||
| m. | Rachel Crighton | |||
| (c) | Jay Douglas Dykhouse (16 Jan 1970 - ) | |||
| m.(2) | 28 Jul 1983 Douglas Covert | |||
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