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Anyone researching the WATT family
« on: Sunday 02 August 15 20:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Just wondering if anyone is researching the following ?

Anyone researching the WATT family in Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Midlothian and Carniehill ?

Thanks.

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Re: Anyone researching the WATT family
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 02 August 15 20:31 BST (UK) »
Hi zoot,

Maybe posting a few details names/dates would be useful to give people an idea who you're looking for & who you have connected to them in summary  ???

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

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Re: Anyone researching the WATT family
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 02 August 15 20:37 BST (UK) »
Thanks ammack,

How is this ?

1881: At 1 Wellwynd, Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Ref: 651/1, ED11, PG19, HS86
Head: William WATT 23, Tube Worker, b England
Wife: Jane H WATT 19, b Co Down, Ireland

1891: At 11 Craig Street, Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Ref: 651/1, ED20, PG23, HS91
Head: William WATT 34, Tube Worker, b Edin., Edinburgshire
Wife: Jane WATT 27, b Ireland
Son: William WATT 9, b Airdrie
Son: George WATT 5, b Airdrie
Dau: Bella WATT 3, b Airdrie
Son: John WATT 1, b Airdrie
Lodger: John HARRISON 21, Coal Miner, b Ireland

The 1891 lodger is likely to be related to Jane, if not her brother - her maiden name appears to be HARRISON.

BIRTH:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT6H-25S
William Harrison WATT
B 28 Oct 1881, Airdrie
Parents: William WATT & Jane HARRISON

1901: At  1/2 B Queen Victoria Str, Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Ref: 651, ED1, PG17, HS93
Head: William WATT 44, Tube Work Labourer, b Edinburgh
Wife: Jane WATT 39, b Ireland
Son: William WATT 20, Tube Work Labourer, b Airdrie
Son: George WATT 15, Messenger, b Airdrie
Dau: Bella WATT 13, b Airdrie
Son: James WATT 9, b Airdrie
Dau: Janet WATT 5, b Airdrie
Son: Thomas WATT 1 b Airdrie
1861:  At 47 Buccleuch Shop, Newington Edinburgh,
Ref: 685/4, ED62, PG9, HS50
Head: George WATT 40, Type Founder, b Cairnie, Aberdeenshire
Wife: Mary W WATT 32, b Temple, Midlothian
Dau: Mary A WATT 5, b Temple, Midlothian
Son: William WATT 4, b Temple, Midlothian
Dau: Elizabeth WATT 2 months, b Temple, Midlothian

BIRTH :
William WATT, b 7 Nov 1856, Temple, Midlothian
Parents: George WATT & Mary LAUDER

BIRTH:
Mary Ann WATT, b 18 Apr 1855, Temple, Midlothian
Parents: George WATT & Mary Wilson LAUDER




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Re: Anyone researching the WATT family
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 02 August 15 21:42 BST (UK) »
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.


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Re: Anyone researching the WATT family
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 August 15 09:39 BST (UK) »
Hi, a few things....

Marriage:
31 Dec 1880
Airdrie
William Watt age 22
occ:tube worker
res:1 Wellwynd,Airdrie
father:George Watt  occ:engine fitter(dec.)
mother:Mary Wilson (dec.)
Jane Harrison   age18
occ:millworker
res:1 Wellwynd,Airdrie
father:William Wilson  occ:carter
mother:Mary Bestson
witnesses:Maggie Woodhead & James ?

Death:
Mary Watt
widow of George Watt-typefounder
died 6 Sept 1872  Edinburgh
age 45
father:William Wilson   occ:joiner (dec.)
mother:Ann ? (dec.)
informant:Mary Watt daughter

Death:
George Watt-typefounder
married to Jane Wilson
died 22 Feb 1871 at City Fever Hospital
age 50
father:William Watt  occ:joiner (dec.)
mother:Ann Geddes (dec.)
died of typhus fever

found this on Ros Davies co Down website;
William Harrison,Magheradrool,reg. Ballynahinch.Husband of Mary Bateson/Batson and father of Mary born 21 July 1868 & John born 28 July 1870.

Hope this helps, Kim


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Re: Anyone researching the WATT family
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04 August 15 13:44 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Kim.. ;D

Very helpful information indeed..

I Have sent you a PM

John.