H0132
The study's number for this person. Cite it and it will always lead here, whatever the spelling.Derek Mathew Douglass
Born in 1980 and died at Aberdeen in 1980.
born 1980 died 29 Jul 1980 at Aberdeen, Grays Harbor
Life story
Derek Mathew Douglass was born in 1980 and died, an infant, on 29 July 1980.1 He was laid to rest in Babyland, the infants' section of Fern Hill Cemetery at Aberdeen, Washington.1–2 His parents are living and are not named here.
What we know
Proven
- Birth, 1980
- Burial at Fern Hill Cemetery, 1980
- Death at Aberdeen, 1980
What's still open
Nothing the notes flag. Which is not the same as nothing left to find.
Sources
Source 1
1 Find a Grave, memorial 133854976, 1980
Find a Grave, memorial 133854976, Derek Mathew Douglass (1980 – 29 Jul 1980), Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington; no parents linked (findagrave.com/memorial/133854976). Indexed in "U.S., Find a Grave Index," Ancestry.com (index read 27 September 2026).
Source 2
2 Washington, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1980
"Washington, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1850–2012," database, Ancestry.com, citing Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, cemetery records: Derek Mathew Douglass, died about 1980, buried 1980, Fern Hill Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington; section C/7/8th, "Babyland"; funeral home Fern Hill; reference Hrp-Cem-Grh-Fern-Hill_005057 (index read 27 September 2026).
More sources are in the evidence below.
Life in time
1980
Birth
How we know
Year only, from Find a Grave. WikiTree gives 29 Jul 1980 at Aberdeen, the day of his death; no record seen gives the day or place of his birth.
Find a Grave gives his birth year as 1980, the year of his death, and he was buried in the infants' section of Fern Hill Cemetery. The family tree's "about 1977" had no source and is superseded.
1980
Burial , Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States
How we know
Section C/7/8th, "Babyland" (the infants' section); Fern Hill Funeral Home.
The Washington cemetery record gives the burial in 1980, the section and the funeral home; Find a Grave gives the cemetery.
29 Jul 1980
Death , Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States
How we know
An infant. The place is the family tree's and WikiTree's; the records seen give his burial at Aberdeen but no place of death.
Find a Grave gives his death on 29 Jul 1980 and his burial in Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen; the Washington cemetery record gives his death in 1980 and his burial in the Babyland section of Fern Hill. The exact full name, with its unusual spelling "Mathew", is the same in both. No death certificate or death index entry has been checked.
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1980 Birth
Year only, from Find a Grave. WikiTree gives 29 Jul 1980 at Aberdeen, the day of his death; no record seen gives the day or place of his birth.
Find a Grave gives his birth year as 1980, the year of his death, and he was buried in the infants' section of Fern Hill Cemetery. The family tree's "about 1977" had no source and is superseded.
Source 1
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1980 Death
An infant. The place is the family tree's and WikiTree's; the records seen give his burial at Aberdeen but no place of death.
Find a Grave gives his death on 29 Jul 1980 and his burial in Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen; the Washington cemetery record gives his death in 1980 and his burial in the Babyland section of Fern Hill. The exact full name, with its unusual spelling "Mathew", is the same in both. No death certificate or death index entry has been checked.
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Places in this life
2 places, in order- 1 Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen Burial 1980
- 2 Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County Death 29 Jul 1980
Family
The evidence 3 facts with their grades, 2 sources, and the research notes
Facts
Research notes
- Sources: Find a Grave (memorial and index) and the Washington cemetery records, read as indexes on 27 Sep 2026.1, 2 Neither names his parents; the parents are those of the family tree and WikiTree.
- Dates: Find a Grave gives his death as 29 Jul 1980 and his birth year as 1980; the cemetery record gives death about 1980 and burial in 1980.1, 2 WikiTree (Douglass-5814) gives both his birth and his death as 29 Jul 1980 at Aberdeen, which fits but is not in the records seen. The family tree's birth "about 1977" had no source and is superseded.
- To find: his Washington death certificate or the death index for 1980 (Digital Archives), which would give the place and the exact dates.
Working notes
- Tree birth "Abt. 1977" unsourced and probably wrong; WikiTree Douglass-5814 gives born and died 29 Jul 1980, Aberdeen
- Find a Grave + WA cemetery records: d. 29 Jul 1980; bur. Fern Hill Cemetery (Babyland)
Sources
- 1
Find a Grave, memorial 133854976, Derek Mathew Douglass (1980 – 29 Jul 1980), Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington; no parents linked (findagrave.com/memorial/133854976). Indexed in "U.S., Find a Grave Index," Ancestry.com (index read 27 September 2026).
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"Washington, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1850–2012," database, Ancestry.com, citing Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, cemetery records: Derek Mathew Douglass, died about 1980, buried 1980, Fern Hill Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington; section C/7/8th, "Babyland"; funeral home Fern Hill; reference Hrp-Cem-Grh-Fern-Hill_005057 (index read 27 September 2026).