Descendants of Andrew & Nancy WATSON



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2. Joseph WATSON (Andrew1) was born on February 10, 1838 in , , Armagh Co, Ireland, died on May 23, 1919 in , Cameron RM, Manitoba, Canada2 aged 81, and was buried in Elgin Cemetery, , Manitoba, Canada.

Events

• He emigrated from , , , Ireland about 1860.

• He worked as a labourer on the Isabella Hopper farm in 1861 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

• Joseph farmed on Lot 8, Con A, Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, in 1867

• Joseph resided at the home of James Watson on Lot 32, Con A in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1901.

• He resided at the home of his son Andrew in , Cameron RM, Manitoba, Canada in 1911.

Joseph married Sarah Jane PORTER, daughter of Robert PORTER and Sarah WATSON, on April 17, 1861 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.4 Sarah was born in 1838 in , , Armagh Co, Ireland and died on April 5, 1899 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged 61.

• Marriage Ceremony conducted by Rev. Geo. Bremer, Presbyterian Church. Witnessed by John Watson of Elderslie. 4

Events

• She worked as a domestic on the Isabella Hopper farm in 1860 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 5 F    i. Matilda Jane WATSON was born on January 30, 1861 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada and died before 1900 in , , Wisconsin, USA.

+ 6 F    ii. Elizabeth Anne WATSON was born on May 23, 1863 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada and died on August 15, 1957 aged 94.

   7 M    iii. John WATSON was born on April 2, 1865 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died on December 3, 1907 aged 42, and was buried in Riverside Cem., Hartney, Manitoba.

+ 8 M    iv. Andrew WATSON was born on February 10, 1867 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died in 1950 in , , Manitoba, Canada aged 83, and was buried in Elgin, 5-6-21-W, Manitoba, Canada.

   9 F    v. Sarah WATSON was born in 1870 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada5 and died before 1881 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

+ 10 F    vi. Rebecca Ellen WATSON was born on February 8, 1872 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada and died in 1950 aged 78.

+ 11 F    vii. Isabella WATSON was born on June 14, 1874 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died on February 13, 1959 aged 84, and was buried in Douglas Hill Cemetery Eden Grove, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

   12 M    viii. Joseph WATSON was born on February 27, 1878 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died in 1961 aged 83, and was buried in Eden Grove, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

3. John WATSON (Andrew1) was born in 1842 in , , Armagh, Northern Ireland, died on June 19, 1873 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada aged 31, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

Events

• John resided at home in Paisley in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1861.

• John farmed on Lot 8, Con A with his brother Joseph, Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, in 1867

• He resided at next door to his brother Joseph in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1871.

John married Isabella GREENE, daughter of William GREENE and Margaret CASSELS, about 1868 in , Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada. Isabella was born in January 1847 in Toronto Twp, Peel Co, Ontario, Canada,5,6 died in 1909 in , , North Dakota, USA aged 62, and was buried in Courtenay, Stutsman, North Dakota, USA.

Events

• Isabella resided at home in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1861.

• She emigrated to North Dakota in 1885 from , Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

• She resided at at the home of her son William, her daughter Anna and mother Margaret GREENE. in Eastman Twp, Foster, North Dakota, United States in 1900.

• Isabella resided at the home of her daughter Johanna McWETHEY (she is also listed at the home of her son William WATSON in 1900) in Eastman Twp, Foster, North Dakota, United States in 1900.

Children from this marriage were:

   13 M    i. William WATSON was born in August 1869 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.5

Events

• William resided at the home of his mother and stepfather Thomas Moore in Keppel Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada in 1881.

• He emigrated to North Dakota in 1885 from , Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

• He worked as a farmer and lived with his mother, Isabella |MOORE, his sister (?) Anna and his grandmother Margaret GREENE in 1900 in Eastman Twp, Foster, North Dakota, United States.

• He worked as a farm labourer at the farm of Amandus Peterson in 1910 in Mabel Twp, Griggs, North Dakota, United States.

• He resided at a rooming house in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, USA in 1920.

• William resided at the home of Frederick W Kastler in Mabel Twp, Griggs, North Dakota, United States in 1930.

   14 F    ii. Alice WATSON was born in 1870 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.5

Events

• Alice resided at the home of her mother and stepfather Thomas Moore in Keppel Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada in 1881.

+ 15 F    iii. Johanna "Nettie" WATSON was born in April 1873 in Elderslie Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.6

4. Alice Jean WATSON (Andrew1) was born in 1843 in , , Armagh, Northern Ireland and died in 1929 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA3 aged 86.

Events

• Alice resided at home with her father in Paisley in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1861.

• She resided in Southampton, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1864 .

• Alice resided at the home of her daughter Camilla Dooley in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA in 1920.

Alice married Malcolm DRUMMOND, son of J. DRUMMOND and Margaret McCONNELL, on September 12, 1864 in , Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.7 Malcolm was born on December 6, 1834 in , , Upper Canada,3,7 died on January 11, 1913 in Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, USA3 aged 78, and was buried in Flat Rock, Wayne, Michigan, USA.

Events

• Malcolm resided in Southampton, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada in 1864 .

• He emigrated to Michigan, USA about 1866 from , , Ontario, Canada.

• He worked as a sawyer in 1880 in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan, USA.

Children from this marriage were:

   16 M    i. John DRUMMOND was born in 1867 in , , Michigan, USA.8

   17 M    ii. William DRUMMOND was born in 1869 in , , Michigan, USA.8

   18 F    iii. Jessie DRUMMOND was born in 1872 in , , Michigan, USA.8

+ 19 F    iv. Camilla "Millie" DRUMMOND was born on February 6, 1878 in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan, USA9 and died on August 20, 1938 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA9 aged 60.

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