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Look up Robert Watson from Greenock went to Canada

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alviegal

alviegal Report 11 Jul 2011 22:05

Sorry must go now but will look back tomorrow.

Christopher

Christopher Report 11 Jul 2011 22:11

yes - and i have just realised that annie had one child - so will chase that

Christopher

Christopher Report 10 Sep 2011 23:25

Hi - anybody got the ability to do any census search in Canada for Robert Watson (or Robert Watson Smith) after 1907?

Catherine

Catherine Report 11 Sep 2011 00:28

Robert Watson married Annie Paterson in 1898 at Greenock West. Son of Samuel and Susan . Annie (Paterson ) Watson died in Greenock in 1942. Her daughter Margaret Mills signed her death cert. Margaret Wooler Watson daughter of RW and AP was born in Greenock West in 1905.

All on SP

Catherine

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 11 Sep 2011 00:29

1911 Canadian census is free here:

http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html

Christopher

Christopher Report 25 Sep 2011 20:43

Help

I have the marriage below


Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 about Robert Smith Watson
Name: Robert Smith Watson
Birth Place: Greenock Scotland
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Father Name: Samuel Watson
Mother Name: Susan Motherwell
Spouse Name: Annie Wilkinson Davidson
Spouse's Age: 42
Spouse Birth Place: Cooper Augusta Scotland
Spouse Father Name: James Harron
Spouse Mother Name: Agnes Middleton
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1907
Marriage Location: York
Marriage County: York
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_409

Could do with help on seeing when they died - all help appreciated greatly

Christopher

Christopher Report 25 Sep 2011 20:43

To add - the wedding is 1917

Christopher

Christopher Report 25 Jan 2012 22:03

any thoughts on death date for robert

Christopher

Christopher Report 26 Oct 2013 01:25

Back on the tree for an international look up - trying to get any death details of this couple

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Oct 2013 09:14

Linked

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1333254

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1322595

Christopher

Christopher Report 11 Feb 2014 21:02

Hi - looking for children of:

Name: Robert Smith Watson
Birth Place: Greenock Scotland
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Father Name: Samuel Watson
Mother Name: Susan Motherwell
Spouse Name: Annie Wilkinson Davidson
Spouse's Age: 42
Spouse Birth Place: Cooper Augusta Scotland
Spouse Father Name: James Harron
Spouse Mother Name: Agnes Middleton
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1917
Marriage Location: York
Marriage County: York
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_409

Christopher

Christopher Report 11 Feb 2014 21:03

suspect they are to old - but my mother has a photo of him and his wife with his son??

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 11 Feb 2014 22:17

Could it be his first wife and son from that marriage on the photo? Do you have any clues as to when the photo was taken?

There's something wrong with the marriage transcription that you've posted - I've just looked at it on Ancestry and it shows his birth year as 1871, not 1861. His age on the actual record is 46 and the marriage year is 1917.

His occupation is Teamster.

He also says he's a bachelor ......

mgnv

mgnv Report 12 Feb 2014 04:43

Right now, one can search the 1921 census with images, for free via:
http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=8991

The Toronto City Directory 1921
http://archive.org/details/torontodirec192100midiuoft

Ontario B/M/Ds are closed for 97/82/70 y - well, strictly speaking, deaths are not closed, but there's no index available for 70 y.
So the latest available is 1916/1931/1943, but the latest online index is Ancestry's, and goes to 1913/1928/1938.

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 12 Feb 2014 11:06

There's something else about that 1917 marriage cert.
The bride's stated she was a widow and 42yrs old = yob circa 1865.
( Corrected yob 1875)

Her maiden name was Harrow rather than Harron.

The parents listed for Annie didn't marry until 22 Dec 1871 (Perth, Perthshire, Scotland)

EDIT:
Annie Harrow daughter of James Harrow and Agnes Middleton
Born 2 May 1874 Monimail, Fife, Scotland

I can't count.... she was 42yrs old!

Christopher

Christopher Report 13 Feb 2014 22:52

thanks all

I have been trying to look on census - but cannot seem to get anywhere re 1921

Christopher

Christopher Report 30 Jun 2014 20:15

Hi

Could someone do me a lookup - i spoke with my Mum this weekend and it would seem that we have photo's of Robert Watson aged 80 - so any chance we could look for any deaths in the 1950's in Toronto

mgnv

mgnv Report 1 Jul 2014 00:11

Although deaths in Ontario are not closed, no index is published for them until 70 y after the death, so you're stuck with checking for newspaper obits and graveyard records.