Caroline WATSON and sons Ernest WATSON and Harry WATSON

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The image of Caroline's marriage to William Henry Watson in 1873 is online on Anc* Her age however is given as 21=c1852. Her father John Rhodes, occupation Land surveyor. Father was deceased by 1873 as per newspaper article.

Believe this to be her in 1861, note her brother Robert's occupation.

Robert Rhodes was a witness at Carolines marriage

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7ND-YQQ

Possible Birth

RHODES, CAROLINE       mmn HARTLEY 
GRO Reference: 1851  D Quarter in DEWSBURY  Volume 22  Page 72

Family in 1851

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP9Z-GL8

1841 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQPG-638

RHODES, WILLCOCK       HARTLEY 
GRO Reference: 1840  S Quarter in THE DEWSBURY UNION  Volume 22  Page 26

John

added,
John Rhodes married Nancy Hartley 13th April 1826 in Batley.

John's father Israel Rhodes married Sarah Wilcock on the 6th April 1789. Sarah appears with the family on 1841 census

Warning, do NOT follow any trees on Ancestry, they are incorrect.

[arthurk]

Possible death
Deaths March 1/4 1876   
William Henry Watson age 28 registration district Bradford Y.    vol 9b page 127

I thought so too, but no mention of wife in death notice

“Watson, February 24th. William Henry  of 65 Ashgrove, manufacturer , eldest son of William Watson, Draper, age 28”

Burial Undercliffe cemetery

Bradford FHS transcript index of the Undercliffe MIs has one that matches, with William Henry Watson who died 24 Feb 1876 aged 28, plus Ernest William Watson who died 27 Aug 1933 aged 60.

(Edited: changed 'transcript' to 'index')

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[Macushla]

Thank you all so very much.

I am supposed to be getting ready for work, so just a quick but necessary thank you for now, will be back tonight.

M.

[Macushla]

The bio on the Rev is so useful, thank you so much. Since it shows where he was pastor, it will help so much in finding other records.

I am still muddling around the edges; my research is quite erratic and I haven't been able to kick the habit of jumping from one family or individual to the other and then losing track of what I've found and where I've found it!

I am likely to be back ... thanks again.

[Macushla]

Thanks to the posters above, we have nailed down the marriage of Caroline RHODES and William Henry WATSON, and the births of their two sons, Ernest (Ernest William?) and Harry WATSON.

Now, I'm trying to find them in the 1891 census.

I have Caroline remarried, to my great-grandfather, Andrew Fuller MILLS, in 1884, and in the 1891 census in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with him and their young children, Maude and John, but no sign of William and Henry?

I've tried searching the census for each of the boys, but I'm not convinced of anything I've found.

It looks like the boys remained in Yorkshire, but would that by typical for the time? As their father had died, and mother re-married and moved to Wales, would it not be usual for them to re-locate with her?

I've been hoping to find an obituary for Caroline, but without luck. Her gravestone does not mention her children, and probate for her will seems to indicate one of her daughters as executor. Perhaps I should request a copy of her will to see if the boys or their children (if any) are mentioned?

Many thanks in advance for suggestions or direction.

[Cas (stallc)]

There is this on Fold3 that maybe him

Name:   Harry Watson
Enlistment Age:   22
Birth Date:   abt 1876
Birth Place:   Bradford, Yorks
Enlistment Year:   1898
Regiment:   The Northd Fashiers
Regimental Number:   W.F/3262
Attestation Paper:   Yes

Think it  maybe The Northumberland Fusiliers?

Cas

[Macushla]

Many thanks, Cas, that does look good for my Harry!
I did not know about Fold3, either, so something else to look into.
M.

[Cas (stallc)]

1921 census free index. View record for details, it is pay to view.

Possible? There are others in household but don't know if related.

Harry Watson born 1876 Bradford, Yorkshire, England living Swansea, Glamorganshire

Harry, Annie Louisa, Winifred Maude and 1 other are on this record

Cas