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Re: Waterston's of Hamilton, Scotland who moved to New York
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 25 February 18 18:21 GMT (UK) »
Have you checked this marriage ..........................  ???

William Waterson -  Mary Ann  Stott Waterston 1869 - 296/ 1 - Kinnell

a birth

David Stott Waterston - M - 1869 - 283/ 9 - Dunnichen

or Wm Waterson married Sarah Crockett - 8 November 1869 - Audrain,Missouri

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28S-77V

First 4 children on this census have names which loosely fit and seem to be the ones on that 1880 passenger list.  Unlikely to be your Waterston family though.

in the 1891 census -Newton Bank Forfar ( perhaps not the location your William was born)

William Waterston   50 born Forfar.
Sarah M Waterston   42 born Missouri.
David E Waterston   20 Born 1871 Missouri. USA.
John J Waterston   19 Born 1872 Missouri. USA
James A Waterston   17 Born 1874 Missouri. USA.
William Waterston   11 Born 1880 Forfar. Scotland.
Maud M Waterston   9 Born 1882 Forfar. Scotland.
Thomas Waterston   7 Born 1884 Forfar.  Scotland.
Herbert Waterston   5 Born 1886 Forfar. Scotland.
Robert Waterston   4 Born 1887 Forfar. Scotland.
Ernest Waterston   8 Months. Born 1890 Forfar. Scotland.
Isabella F H Low   19 Servant.
Agnes D Livie   7 Servant.

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Re: Waterston's of Hamilton, Scotland who moved to New York
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 25 February 18 18:26 GMT (UK) »
David Edmund Waterston 11 August 1870 passed away 8 December 1941 is listed on FIND A GRAVE and buried in Lick Creek Cemetery  Perry, Ralls County, Missouri with a wife called Ivy - Ivy C Spratswell Waterston - 11 September 1869 - 22 April 1958

David E Waterston married in Ralls, Missouri, 15 March 1894.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68099807

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68100375/ivy-c-waterston

Other family members also ended up back in the USA  ???

John J Waterston - 15 April 1872 - 23 September 1942


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68100779

Thomas Waterston - 15 January 1884 - 14 October 1976

Burial -   Grand View Burial Park  Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri.
PLOT H-098-2

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114687560

Ernest Waterston - 19 July 1890 - 8 July 1958 Yolo Californonia.

Burial -   Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum  Sacramento, Sacramento County, California,
Plot Sec. C Lot 55 Gr 31

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64628948

Herbert Waterston - 6 January 1886 - 8 March 1969

Burial -   Grand View Burial Park  Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri.
PLOT E-340-6

BURIAL  Grand View Burial Park  Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri, USA
PLOT E-340-6

Parents were William Waterston and Sarah M Crockett.

William Waterston Snr - passed away 25 Feb 1898 - probate 3 May 1898  Forfar, Scotland
Confirmation granted at Forfar to John Edmund Waterston Peery Ralls County Missouri USA. William Gordon solicitor and John Melvin grocer there. nominated in will or deed 1 February 1877 and codicil 5 September 1879.




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