41. Descendants Of William WATSON & Jane RITCHIE Fredrick Davison WATSON (Robert Alexander 7, William 1) was born on January 20, 1888 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died in 1975 in Lions Head, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada http://www.deeprootstalltrees.com/Kathy/watson/d1.htm |
First Generation 1. William WATSON , son of (?) WATSON and Unknown , was born in 1816 in , , Tyrone, Northern Ireland, died on March 24, 1886 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada at age 70, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada. Excerpt from the PAISLEY ADVOCATE, March 1886. As the funeral of the late Wm. Watson was coming along the Elora Road South on Friday afternoon last, the mail train hove in sight and passed over the crossing before more than two thirds of the teams had got over. The engineer very considerately forbore giving the usual whistle or bad work might have been caused by some of the more fractious teams. Events He emigrated from , , , Ireland in 1849. William married Jane RITCHIE , daughter of William RITCHIE and Jane ELLIOT , about 1849 in Vaughan Twp, York Co, Ontario, Canada. Jane was born on April 6, 1827 in , , Tyrone, Northern Ireland, died on September 6, 1907 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada at age 80, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada. OBITUARY FOR JANE RITCHIE-WATSON Paisley Advocate, Sept. 1907 | |
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