Another Donaldson -Depisa Massiah

[Jessie 46]

Thank you I have just found William's death on SP under William Henry Watson died 13 January 1909 at Lasswade Midlothian son of Matthew Watson a cloth manufacture and Sarah ms Bryce both are deceased.

[MonicaL]

Well done, Jessie. You certainly have your work cut out with this family 

Did sister Emma Eliza marry a John Grieve in Newington in 1916? Death also in Newington in 1940 at the age of 74.

Monica

[Jessie 46]

Thank you Monica  - Yes that's Emma the only one I haven't got is James still have the feeling he

went to Canada . Still can't win them all.

Jessie

[MonicaL]

Guessing from what you have, this may be William in the 1905 Valuation Rolls:

William H Watson, Shop and house, Police Burgh of Lasswade part of

Monica

[MonicaL]

Phew, a sighting at last! 1901 census:

John A Dair 60
Catherine Dair 52
Elizabeth Dair 86
William H Watson 52 visitor Wholesale Haberdesher b. England
Massiah Watson 35 visitor b Trinity, Midlothian
William F Young 27

Address: 11 Carnarvon St, Glasgow/ Kelvin

Added: For 1891, can't see this entry in the 1891 transcript I have, but from SP there is this entry:

MASSIAH DONALDSON
23
714/ 4/ 1
Oldhamstocks
East Lothian

Monica

[Jessie 46]

I would never in a month of Sundays have found her on the census .

Went to library to access Ancestry today as thought they might have been married in England

as Oldhamstocks  is only about twenty miles from the border no luck unfortunately.

Jessie

[Forfarian]

Went to library to access Ancestry today as thought they might have been married in England

You didn't need to do that. You could have looked it up without stirring from home.

The England and Wales birth, marriage and death indexes have been digitised by a small army of volunteers and the resulting index is available online free of charge at https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl.

The index on Ancestry is a mirror of FreeBMD.

[MonicaL]

Something to consider....

I haven't been able to find a marriage for them so far. From the entries for her in 1891 and 1901, she looks to be single in 1891 and showing as married to William by 1901.

It may be that William was already married and unable to marry Depisa? He was a good 10yrs+ older than her wasn't he? Have tried and failed so far to find William Henry Watson in earlier censuses in England.

Doh, re-reading this all. See that Jool had already found 1891 and 1901 earlier in replies #7 and 8  (sorry Jool for not spotting this).

Monica

[Jool]

Doh, re-reading this all. See that Jool had already found 1891 and 1901 earlier in replies #7 and 8  (sorry Jool for not spotting this).

Monica

No problem Monica, it's good to have confirmation from someone else.

By the way, I love your Charlie - he always puts a smile on my face