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Offline Peewee

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Watts family of Romford
« on: Wednesday 08 December 04 14:48 GMT (UK) »
My paternal grandfather was Maurice Samuel Watts. On his wedding certificate (at St Peter, Pimlico, London) dated 10th November 1907 he is shown as aged 29, a bookbinder, of 39 St Georges Street, Romford  His father (then deceased), a Samuel Watts, was a gunsmith.

I cannot trace Maurice or Samuel anywhere in the 1901 Census. Maurice may have had a brother called Edward Stephen. Can anyone help in finding details of my family? Was there a bookbinding business and a gunsmith in Romford at the turn of the century?
Watts  - Middx, Bethnal Green, Romford Essex
Palmer  - Nether and Over Stowey Somerset
Symons- Bishops Hull, Taunton, Bishops Lydeard all in Somerset
Coles - Somerset
Loddy - Pimlico London , Devonport
Le May - Bethnal Green, London

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Re: Watts family of Romford
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 08 December 04 20:41 GMT (UK) »
kellys directory of 1906 gives no mention of the WATTS as gunmakers, bookbinders or book sellers.
1891 census George street Romford RG12/1362-1379,
i couldnt see any Watts family.At least that rules out a few possibilities.
Sorry i couldnt give you anything positive, i'll have a look through my other Essex Directories.
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Re: Watts family of Romford
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 08 December 04 20:46 GMT (UK) »
 ::)   1891 census index of Essex,Cambridgeshire & suffolk [standard edition]
has no Maurice or Samuel Watts... :-\

not giving up yet  ;)
Appleby Appleton Bass Dewey Dilks ELEY Fox Foy Frankland Furnivall Hammond Hume lawrence Lewis Manning Moody Muschamp Peck Plumley Spalding Spencer Thurston Watson Willsher Wright Youngs
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Re: Watts family of Romford
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 08 December 04 21:05 GMT (UK) »
whilst i'm checking the directories, you may like to see  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RomfordHistory/

and post a query there.
Appleby Appleton Bass Dewey Dilks ELEY Fox Foy Frankland Furnivall Hammond Hume lawrence Lewis Manning Moody Muschamp Peck Plumley Spalding Spencer Thurston Watson Willsher Wright Youngs
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Balls Barker Burton Cambridge Cook Dow Freeman Goody Harrington Mitchell Mitson Penn*ck Playford Smith
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