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Alexander Watson 1822 – 1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1822

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 7 feb 1879

Death Location: Edinburgh Iron Church, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Daniel Watson

Mother: Allison Butler

Spouse(s): Allison hepburn

Children(s): Robert Watson

Alexander Watson was born in 1822 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of Daniel Watson and Allison Butler. Alexander Watson married Allison hepburn, and had children including Robert Walker Watson. Alexander Watson passed away in 1879 in Edinburgh Iron Church, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Watson was born in 1822 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of Daniel Watson and Allison Butler.
  • Alexander Watson married Allison hepburn, and had children including Robert Walker Watson.
  • Alexander Watson passed away in 1879 in Edinburgh Iron Church, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Daniel Watson
1791 – 1843
Birth Location: Scotland
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Allison Butler
1799 – 1848
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Allison hepburn
1814 – 1855
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert Watson
1842 – 1894
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
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Alexander Watson's Ancestors

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Alexander Watson
1822 – 1879
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Daniel Watson
1791 – 1843
Scotland
Allison Butler
1799 – 1848
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Watson's Descendants

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Alexander Watson (abt 1822 – 7 feb 1879) m. Allison hepburn (23/09/1814 – 3 feb 1855)
  1. 1. Robert (Walker) Watson (30/08/1842 – 13 apr 1894) m. Ann Marshall (04/08/1846 – 22 Sep 1922)
    1. 1. Alison (Hepburn) Watson (8 Mar 1876 – 2 Jun 1960) m. John Alston (4 march 1876 – 5 March 1935)
      1. 1. Annette (Spearman Marshall Walker Watson) Alston (1-1-1900 – 1978)
      2. 2. Gavin Alston (12 feb 1901 – 11 May 1902)
      3. 3. Robert (Walker) Alston (29-3-1902 – 14 April 1903)
      4. 4. Margaret (Rankin) Alston (9 feb 1904 – 1973)
      5. 5. Alison (Watson) Alston (6 April 1905 – 10 Mar 1987)
      6. 6. Beatrice (Clugstone) Alston (15 December 1906 – 6 June 1989) m. Donald Lang (1907 – 3 February 1943) m. Samuel (James) HUTCHINSON (1917 – 1980)
        1. 1. Donald Lang (1927 – 1977)
        2. 2. John (Alston) Lang (1929 – 2002)
        3. 3. William (Alston) Lang (1930 – 1982)
        4. 4. Allison Lang (14 nov 1932 – 26 Jul 1997) m. John (Alan) Knight (1928 – 2005)
        5. 5. Beatrice Lang (1938 – 2010)
        6. 6. Albert HUTCHINSON (1946 – 2014)
      7. 7. John Alston (20 nov 1908 – 1985)
      8. 8. May Alston (1911 – 1911)
      9. 9. William (watson) Alston (1912 – 1978)

Alexander Watson's Timeline

2 Records

1822
abt 1822
Birth of Alexander Watson in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
1879
7 feb 1879
Age 57
Death of Alexander Watson in Edinburgh Iron Church, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh Iron Church, Midlothian, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1822
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 feb 1879
    Event Place: Edinburgh Iron Church, Midlothian, Scotland
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