Editing James Doohan (section)

==Early life==
Doohan was born in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]],<ref name=bbc050720 /> the youngest of four children of William Patrick Doohan and Sarah Frances (née Montgomery), who both emigrated from [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|title=1911 Census|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Bangor/Main_Street/261096/|work=National Census of 1911|publisher=National Archives of Ireland}}</ref> His father, William Doohan, was born in [[Belfast]],<ref>{{cite web|title=1901 Census|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Dock_Ward/Henry_Street/1003428/|work=National Census of 1901|publisher=National Archives of Ireland}}</ref> and was a [[pharmacist]], [[veterinarian]] and [[dentist]], and a member of the [[Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/James-Doohan.html|title=James Doohan Biography (1920-)|work=filmreference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theobserver.ca/2009/05/19/greatest-sarnian-2-scotty-doohan-gave-hitler-the-finger|title=Greatest Sarnian 2: 'Scotty' Doohan gave Hitler...|work=Sarnia Observer|access-date=October 20, 2014|archive-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020082747/http://www.theobserver.ca/2009/05/19/greatest-sarnian-2-scotty-doohan-gave-hitler-the-finger|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beam-me-up-scotty-james-doohan/1000151297?ean=9780671520564|title=Beam Me up, Scotty|author=Barnes & Noble|work=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> William Doohan owned a chemist shop in Main Street in Bangor beside Trinity Presbyterian Church and reportedly invented an early form of [[Octane rating|high-octane]] [[gasoline]] in 1923. Doohan's 1996 autobiography recounted his father's serious [[alcoholism]].<ref name="auto" />

The family moved from Vancouver to [[Sarnia]], [[Ontario]]. Doohan attended high school at [[Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School]], where he excelled in mathematics and science. He enrolled in the 102nd [[Royal Canadian Army Cadets|Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps]] in 1938.<ref name=MajJamesDoohanArmy>{{cite web|title=#102 Cadet Corps|url=http://www.armycadethistory.com/Cadet%20Corps%20DB/db_cc_102.htm|work=The Official History Website of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets|publisher=Army Cadet League of Canada|access-date=May 15, 2013|quote=C/Maj James Doohan (1938–40)}}</ref>