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Name/TitlePioneer register: WATSON, Thomas,

About this objectFamily name: WATSON
Given name: Thomas
Birth year: 10 Nov 1838
Birth place: Harston, Cambridgeshire.
Parents: Scottish parents
Arrival: c. 1855 /56
Victorian residence: Ballarat goldfields; Yendon near Ballarat to farm.

Family name: PHILLIPS
Given name: Emma Eliza Jane
Birth year: 25 may 1844
Birth place: Geelong
Parents:
Marriage year: 10 Nov 1865
Marriage place: Ballarat East
Victorian residence: Yendon

Thomas and Emma had 11 children: 1866 Emma, 1868 Lilian, 1871 Thomas, 1873 Frederick, 1876 John, 1879 Sarah, 1881 Elizabeth, 1883 William, 1885 Edward, 1888 Hilda, 1890 Eva.

Details of the children's full names and full dates of birth are listed on the form. There are two letters dated 1956 explaining the Watson gathering in the Botanic Gardens for March 1956 and the results written in May 1956, by a grandson of Frederick.

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 -0030

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