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Name/TitlePioneer register: WATSON, Emma,

About this objectFamily name: WATSON
Given name: Emma
Birth year: c.1848
Birth place: Enfield, S. A.
Parents: William HOWARD & Eliza JACOBS
Arrival: March 1890 from South Australia.
Victorian residence: Galaquil 1890-----

Family name: WATSON
Given name: John
Birth year: 1849
Birth place: at Sea
Parents: John WATSON & Mary WALKER
Marriage year: c. 1869
Marriage place: Gawler, S. A.

Family name: WATSON: 10 children: Age in 1890: Alice 21, Olive 19, Arthur 16, William 13, Elizabeth 12, Emily 10, Sarah 8, Winifred 6, Etta 5, Wilfred 2 years.

Emma died in childbirth at 42 years. First white woman to be buried in Beulah Cemetery. See also PR W-0027.1 John WATSON.

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 -0027.3

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