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WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« on: Thursday 07 October 10 01:41 BST (UK) »
My 2 x Great Grandparents were William Watson (c1852 New Pitsligo) and Margaret Shewan (b1853 Peterhead).  William and Margaret were married on 27 Dec 1879 in Peterhead.  Margaret Shewan’s parents were David Shewan and Janet/Jessie Thompson. 

I have 7 children for William and Margaret – William (1875 Peterhead), Elizabeth (c1879 Peterhead), David (1880 Lonmay), Alexander (c1883 Peterhead), Margaret Jane (c1885 Peterhead), Susan (c1888 Peterhead) and Lizzie (c1894 Peterhead).

Does anyone have any connections to this family?

I am particularly interested in their eldest son William Watson, and their son Alexander Watson.  Alexander Watson married Barbara Ann Pennant on 16 Mar 1906 in Peterhead, and had a son William Watson born 19 Apr 1907.
DANIEL, ROBB, CASTLE/CASTEL, BARCLAY, MATTHEW, HALL, RAE, CHAPP, FRASER, MUTCH, MATHEW, BYRES, BURR, JOHNSTON, GAVIN, FINNIE, THOMSON, WISHART, SMITH, SHEPHERD, ELDER, BIRSE, MARTIN, GRANT, LOW, FORBES, SCOTT, WATSON, GRAY, GALL, SHEWAN, MCKENZIE, MCRITCHIE - Aberdeenshire
DRIVER, BIRD, JEFFS, BARLOW - Northamptonshire
GOLDTHORP/GOLDTHORPE, FORD, TUCKWELL, TAYLOR, BUSHBY - London, Kent, Surrey

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 07 October 10 14:37 BST (UK) »
Hi, I'm also interested in your William Watson! Please click on this link to my query. Could you please tell me the whereabouts of William (born c1852) in the 1861 & 71 censuses? I'm wondering what his occupation was,as in 1927,"my" William said his father was a general labourer.
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www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,373903.msg2477904.html#msg2477904
TAYLOR, COBBAN, SCOTT, PATERSON, BARCLAY,  DUNCAN, SKENE, SIM, WOOD, STEPHEN, ROSE,  CUMINE, MORISON, GERRARD, PYPER, ANDERSON,  FARQUHAR, BURNET, THOMSON, DAVIDSON, BIRNIE,  STRACHAN, DEY, GERRIE, ROBERTSON, FINNIE, WYLLIE,STEPHEN,WILLOX,MICHIE,MARR,BRUCE, CLUBB,SLESSOR,CLARK, SIMPSON,HEPBURN,SINCLAIR,BEEDIE,FOWLIE, CLYNE,FINDLATER, JOHNSTON,BROCKIE,PARK, WATT,MACKIE,WALKER,YEATS,THIRD, BURD,EWAN,ARTHUR,AUCKLAND, MURDOCH,LOW, IRVINE,CHALMERS,BOYES, LYON,SMITH,ADIE, WATSON - ALL N.E.SCOTLAND.

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 07 October 10 22:49 BST (UK) »
Hi flst, I think we've talked about this before, I'll send a reply to your email address.

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DANIEL, ROBB, CASTLE/CASTEL, BARCLAY, MATTHEW, HALL, RAE, CHAPP, FRASER, MUTCH, MATHEW, BYRES, BURR, JOHNSTON, GAVIN, FINNIE, THOMSON, WISHART, SMITH, SHEPHERD, ELDER, BIRSE, MARTIN, GRANT, LOW, FORBES, SCOTT, WATSON, GRAY, GALL, SHEWAN, MCKENZIE, MCRITCHIE - Aberdeenshire
DRIVER, BIRD, JEFFS, BARLOW - Northamptonshire
GOLDTHORP/GOLDTHORPE, FORD, TUCKWELL, TAYLOR, BUSHBY - London, Kent, Surrey

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #3 on: Friday 08 October 10 15:01 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your pm. Yes, I was aware we'd been in touch before! Regarding your gggrandfather, William,what was his occupation on his marriage certificate? Also, can you please tell me when he died? I will be able to eliminate him as a possible father to "my" William Watson if he died after 1927! I omitted to say in my first post that William's father was noted as deceased on a marriage certificate. I will continue to search the 1871 censuses!
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TAYLOR, COBBAN, SCOTT, PATERSON, BARCLAY,  DUNCAN, SKENE, SIM, WOOD, STEPHEN, ROSE,  CUMINE, MORISON, GERRARD, PYPER, ANDERSON,  FARQUHAR, BURNET, THOMSON, DAVIDSON, BIRNIE,  STRACHAN, DEY, GERRIE, ROBERTSON, FINNIE, WYLLIE,STEPHEN,WILLOX,MICHIE,MARR,BRUCE, CLUBB,SLESSOR,CLARK, SIMPSON,HEPBURN,SINCLAIR,BEEDIE,FOWLIE, CLYNE,FINDLATER, JOHNSTON,BROCKIE,PARK, WATT,MACKIE,WALKER,YEATS,THIRD, BURD,EWAN,ARTHUR,AUCKLAND, MURDOCH,LOW, IRVINE,CHALMERS,BOYES, LYON,SMITH,ADIE, WATSON - ALL N.E.SCOTLAND.

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #4 on: Friday 08 October 10 23:38 BST (UK) »
Hi flst,

Here is the info on William Watson's marriage certificate...

27 December 1879, at Invernettie, Peterhead. After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
William WATSON, Coachman Domestic Servant (Bachelor), Age 27, u/r 21 James Street, Peterhead
Father - Unrecorded
Mother - Susan WATSON, Domestic Servant
Margaret SHEWAN, Domestic Servant (Spinster), Age 24, u/r Invernettie Brickworks, Peterhead
Father - David SHEWAN, Brickmaker (Journeyman)
Mother - Jessie SHEWAN ms THOMPSON
Officiating - James STEWART, Minister of Peterhead
Witnesses - James SHEWAN, James WEBSTER

Still at a fairly early stage of research with this line, so haven't got William's death certificate yet.  Will let you know once I've found it.

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DANIEL, ROBB, CASTLE/CASTEL, BARCLAY, MATTHEW, HALL, RAE, CHAPP, FRASER, MUTCH, MATHEW, BYRES, BURR, JOHNSTON, GAVIN, FINNIE, THOMSON, WISHART, SMITH, SHEPHERD, ELDER, BIRSE, MARTIN, GRANT, LOW, FORBES, SCOTT, WATSON, GRAY, GALL, SHEWAN, MCKENZIE, MCRITCHIE - Aberdeenshire
DRIVER, BIRD, JEFFS, BARLOW - Northamptonshire
GOLDTHORP/GOLDTHORPE, FORD, TUCKWELL, TAYLOR, BUSHBY - London, Kent, Surrey

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 09 October 10 00:30 BST (UK) »
Hi flst,

Just found William Watson's death certificate on ScotlandsPeople, he died 26 April 1926 in Peterhead.

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DANIEL, ROBB, CASTLE/CASTEL, BARCLAY, MATTHEW, HALL, RAE, CHAPP, FRASER, MUTCH, MATHEW, BYRES, BURR, JOHNSTON, GAVIN, FINNIE, THOMSON, WISHART, SMITH, SHEPHERD, ELDER, BIRSE, MARTIN, GRANT, LOW, FORBES, SCOTT, WATSON, GRAY, GALL, SHEWAN, MCKENZIE, MCRITCHIE - Aberdeenshire
DRIVER, BIRD, JEFFS, BARLOW - Northamptonshire
GOLDTHORP/GOLDTHORPE, FORD, TUCKWELL, TAYLOR, BUSHBY - London, Kent, Surrey

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #6 on: Monday 10 October 11 19:21 BST (UK) »
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I have David Shewan and Jessie Thomson in my tree and have a note that their daughter Margaret married William Watson.   I don't have any further information moving forward from this couple, but have plenty about David Shewan's ancestry if you need it.
I am researching Kemp, Emslie, Mitchell in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire; Marshall, Shewan and Adie in Longside/Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; Still, Sim, Duncan and Andrew in Boyndie/Fordyce Banffshire; Niven, Bruce, Ross, Robert in Fetteresso / Durris, Kincardineshire.

I have been researching for over 20 years and have a very extensive tree involving each of those names, proven back to the early 18th century in some cases.

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #7 on: Monday 10 October 11 23:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Glendaveny,

Many thanks for your reply, Glendaveny.  I've been concentrating my research on the Watson/Shewan lines from my 3x Great Grandparents, David Shewan and Janet/Jessie Thompson, during the last year, as my Watson family were very elusive!  I haven't researched back from David Shewan as yet.  I have his parents as John Shewan and Elizabeth Smith, but haven't verified that yet, so I would be very interested in any information on David Shewan's ancestry.  I can PM you with my email address if you like.  Are you a descendant of my GGG Grandfather, David Shewan, also?

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DANIEL, ROBB, CASTLE/CASTEL, BARCLAY, MATTHEW, HALL, RAE, CHAPP, FRASER, MUTCH, MATHEW, BYRES, BURR, JOHNSTON, GAVIN, FINNIE, THOMSON, WISHART, SMITH, SHEPHERD, ELDER, BIRSE, MARTIN, GRANT, LOW, FORBES, SCOTT, WATSON, GRAY, GALL, SHEWAN, MCKENZIE, MCRITCHIE - Aberdeenshire
DRIVER, BIRD, JEFFS, BARLOW - Northamptonshire
GOLDTHORP/GOLDTHORPE, FORD, TUCKWELL, TAYLOR, BUSHBY - London, Kent, Surrey

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Re: WATSON/SHEWAN - Peterhead
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 11 October 11 16:56 BST (UK) »
If you PM me with your email address, I'll send you what I can.   I am not descended from David, but from his grandparents Andrew Shewan and Jane Johnstone.
I am researching Kemp, Emslie, Mitchell in Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire; Marshall, Shewan and Adie in Longside/Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; Still, Sim, Duncan and Andrew in Boyndie/Fordyce Banffshire; Niven, Bruce, Ross, Robert in Fetteresso / Durris, Kincardineshire.

I have been researching for over 20 years and have a very extensive tree involving each of those names, proven back to the early 18th century in some cases.
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