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Hi

Does any one have any advice on what I can try next?
I want to find out how/when/where William Lord Watts died. He lived in Los Angeles: see below for 1920 census.

1920  California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles 13 Jan

Watts, William L, head, owns home, mortgaged, male, white, 70, married, immigration (unk), NA(turalized), can read, write, b. Eng, parents b. Eng, spks Eng, mineralogist, oil company
 Effie, wife, female, white, 67, married, immigration (unk), NA(turalized), can read, write, b. Scot,parents b. Scot, spks Eng
Helen, dau, female, white, 21, single, immigration (unk), NA(turalized), attended school within the year, can read, write, b. Australia, father b. Eng mother b. Scotland, spks Eng

Passport applications for William and Euphemia Watts show that they intended travelling to Trinidad leaving Jan 15th 1920. Euphemia returned from Trinidad Jan 28th 1921 as a widow so it seems likely that William died over there.

So far I have tried contacting the Trinidad registrar about a possible death certficate (no reply); the British Embassy/Consul (no reply); and the USA consul (no reply).

I wondered if it would be possible to trace Helen named in the 1920 census. She was William's step daughter and I think her father's name was Sterling, at least I have an un-sourced note that William marriage Eupemia F Sterling in 1910.

I have William in the 1851/61/71 census (England) , 1880 (Nebraska) and 1900/1920 (Los Angeles). 

Surely there must be  a lead somewhere? I'm a bit out of my depth with USA records and don't know what there is available.

Thanks for any help.

Hi
Can anyone find this person for me after 1880?
Here is the 1871:

Edmonton, Middlesex

William M Watts 73
Eleanor Watts 57
Louisa A Watts 21
William L Watts 20 Law Student Middlesex Edmonton


In 1880 he was in Nebraska with his wife Mary, listed as a geologist.

The information that I have is that he married Mary Riordan in Illinois in 1880, went to university in Kansas 1881-1883, and worked in California after that. Married again in 1910 to Euphernia F Sterling, left for Trinidad in 1920 and ? died there.

If anyone has access to the American census I would appreciate any entry details form there. His middle name was Lord and he was a mining/oil person.

I'm not interested in tracing this family backwards

Thanks for any help.

Hi everyone. This post is a bit out of my usual areas in more ways than one.
I recently stumbled across a scanned copy (on Google) of a poetry book: Lodon and Miranda by Romaine Joseph Thorn, published in Bristol in 1799.
Romaine Joseph Thorn was a member of the Southey-Coleridge circle (even I've heard of Coleridge!).
One of the subscribers to the book was a Mr Tho. Wolloxall of Bristol.
I'm trying to collect all and eveything on the Wolloxalls and this is the first one to be found in Bristol. I have a baptism for a Thomas Walloxal (parents Thomas and Mary) 14/2/1776 at Ribbesford. He would fit age wise just about but it seems very unlikely as the rest of that family were labourers/shoemakers/watermen which seem a long way from poetry.

So, I wondered if the name Wolloxall rang a bell with any Bristol researchers.
And, does anyone know when Romaine Joseph was born? I wonder what age the subscribers would be likely to be.
Any comments are welcome

Hi
I would really appreciate further details of this marriage entry (if there are any)

Edward Downes to Ellen Owen
27 March 1836 Dawley Magna



Edward re-married in 1857 giving his father as John Downs nailer but I am having trouble placing him so would like to know if the earlier marriage gives any help. Thanks a lot.

Kate