Researching Douglas Caston
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 292 people with the Caston surname? In that year Caston was ranked number 3287 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Douglas means "from a surname meaning black stream" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Douglas Caston on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Douglas Caston and the Caston Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 258 people with the Caston surname in the UK? Caston is now ranked number 3800 for popularity in the UK. |
Caston Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Caston surname in the USA? Caston is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Douglas Caston
Douglas Caston
Douglas Marmaduke Caston (September 17, 1917 – June 26, 1996) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and served as a federal politician from 1967 until 1968.
Caston ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on November 6, 1967. He defeated Liberal candidate Allen Sulatycky to win the Jasper—Edson riding. Parliament would be dissolved a year later and Caston ran for re-election in the new Rocky Mountain electoral district as Jasper—Edson was abolished. Caston would run against Sutlatycky for the second time. An unusual event happened in that election as the Progressive Conservatives had 2 endorsed candidates running under their party banner for that district. Sulatycky would win and Caston was defeated finishing third behind the other Progressive Conservative candidate Hugh Gourlay.
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