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Just found your posts. Christina Watters  (married Charles Gairns) was my grandfather's sister. My grandfather was John Leed Watters (all the siblings had either Bow or Leed in their names). The Gairns still live in BC but I have not heard from them for a few years. My mother was Sheila - only daughter of John Watters. Her cousin was Charles Gairns.  The George Watters killed in WW2 (on the return from the Dam Busters Raid) was also her cousin. From my grandfather's siblings only Christina came to Canada(as far as I know).  Ebenezer Bow Watters was a Merchant Marine Captain - DSC in WW1 - my great uncle - I met him in Edinburgh about a year before his death. John had two other sisters, Ella (one daughter- Mary), and Alexandra who was a nursing sister and ?matron of a hospital in London.  There was a another brother killed in WW1. My mother had other notes - if I find them I will post them.