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Name/TitlePioneer register: WATSON, John

About this objectFamily name: WATSON
Given name: John
Birth year: 1847
Birth place: at Sea enroute from Scotland
Parents: John WATSON & Mary WALKER
Arrival: from S. A. in c.1889 by wagon.
Victorian residence: to Galaquil in c.1889

Family name: HOWARD
Given name: Emma
Parents: Howard & Jacobs
1st Marriage year: 5 Dec 1868
Marriage place: Gawler, S. A.
Emma died in childbirth.

Family name: FRITH
Given name: Henrietta Frances
Parents: Moses and Eliza FRITH
2nd Marriage: to John 1893 in Brunswick, Vic.

Emma and John had 10 children: Alice, Olive, Arthur, William, Emily Grace, Elizabeth Jane, Sarah, Winnifred, Etta, Wilfred Broughton.

Family Name: BARNES
Given name: Christina Cameron, John's sister,
Died 1891 run over by a train in Galaquil Station.
She had 12 children. There were 22 motherless children.

Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.

Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia

Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history

Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberPR W -0027.1

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