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Charles Henry was the youngest son of Hector and Elizabeth. His mother died when he was an infant, and he was living with relatives of his mother at the time of the 1881 census. Henry McDougall was left $50 in the will of Thomas Sage.

Henry may have been in trouble from a young age. In 1887, he was part of a gang robbing houses in the Alberton area. Henry McDougall, the leader and 4 others. Henry was described as bing 6 fit one and a half inches. Examiner -- 18871222 -- Page 03

Charles, aged about 30 and his younger brother George, age 21, were involved in a robbery in 1895. George turned Queen's Evidence and testified against his brother. He [George] Tells How the Robbery Was Effected and the Stolen Goods Disposed Of. A telephone message from Alberton states that this morning Constables Charles R Burke and George Gillion arrested George McDougall and Henry McDougall, of Hills River, and Ernest Forsvth, of Dock, for breaking into Goodstein’s shop on last Sunday night. Examiner Wednesday October 16, 1895. The next article was about Henry and Ernest's jail break and recapture.

Name: Charles Henry Mcdougall
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 06 Jun 1900
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 33
Birthplace: P.E.I.
Father's Name: Hector, Mother's Name: Elizabeth Hardy
Spouse's Name: Emma Mcdonald
Spouse's Father's Name: William, Spouse's Mother's Name: Elsie Paterson
ertificate Number: 437
GS Film number: 1843723
Digital Folder Number: 4332423
Image Number: 00314
Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4Z9-MF7 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Charles Henry Mcdougall and Emma Mcdonald, 1900.

Name: Chas H Macdougall
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Amesbury Town, Essex, Massachusetts
Age: 52
Marital Status: Married
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1868
GS Film number: 1820688
Digital Folder Number: 4301084
Image Number: 00630
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Chas H Macdougall M 52y Canada
WIFE Emma Macdougall F 54y Canada
DAU Mildred E Macdougall F 18y Massachusetts
SON Malcolm H Macdougall M 15y Massachusetts
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXY7-75H : accessed 10 May 2013), Chas H Macdougall, 1920.

Charles H MacDougall, 80, of 13 Washington St., for more than 50 years a highly respected resident of this town died early this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs Thomas Coffin, following an illness of several months. He was born 18 July 1867 in Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island and spent his early life in that community. As a young man he learned the carpenter and building trade and became proficient in both. When he came to Amesbury he continued this work for a number of years. Because of his well recognized ability as a craftsman of unusual ability he was continually occupied.
Mr MacDougall at the request of the late James H Walker became superintendent of the maintenance department of the Walker Body Company, a post he held until that plant closed. Amesbury Daily News Sept 3 1947