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Edward Watson 1876–1962 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1876

Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Aug 1962

Death Location: Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland

Father: Adam Watson

Mother: Mary Watson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Geggie, Elizabeth Ferguson

Children(s): Adam Watson, John Watson, Andrew Watson

Edward Watson was born in 1876 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Adam Wark Watson And Mary Watson. Edward Watson married Elizabeth Ferguson, Elizabeth Isabella Geggie, and had children including Adam Wark Watson, Andrew James Watson, John Geggie Watson. Edward Watson passed away in 1962 in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Edward Watson was born in 1876 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Adam Wark Watson And Mary Watson.
  • Edward Watson married Elizabeth Ferguson, Elizabeth Isabella Geggie, and had children including Adam Wark Watson, Andrew James Watson, John Geggie Watson.
  • Edward Watson passed away in 1962 in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Adam Watson
1851–1884
Birth Location: Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Mary Watson
1851–1934
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MW

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Geggie
1875–1946
Birth Location: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
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Elizabeth Ferguson
1880–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Adam Watson
1896–1968
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
AW
John Watson
1899–1975
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
JW
Andrew Watson
1902–1975
Birth Location: Scoonie, Leven, Fife, Scotland
AW

Edward Watson's Ancestors

Self
Edward Watson
1876–1962
Birth Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Adam Wark Watson
1851–1884
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Mary Watson
1851–1934
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew Watson
1800–1867
Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ellen Watson
1814–1879
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Edward (Adam) Haig
1813–1892
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaret Haig
1814–1895
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sargent-Major Watson
1777–1838
Anne Duncan
1773–1839
John Wark
1775–1852
Margaret Wark
1791–1849
James Haig
1783–1877
Jane Rodger
1782–1865
James Waugh
1781–1866
Mary Lorimer
1781–1858
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James TBC
1748–1810
Margaret Malcom
–1785
Andrew Duncan
1735–
Private
1738–
John Wark
1742–1826
Isobel Elliot
1760–1825
Andrew Stevenson
1753–
Edward Haig
1733–
Jane Crubbes
1750–
Robert Rodger
1746–1832
George Waugh
1765–1866
Betty Jerdan
1765–1866

Edward Watson's Descendants

1.
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Edward Watson (1876–13 Aug 1962) m. Elizabeth (Isabella) Geggie (Oct 1875–29 Nov 1946) m. Elizabeth Ferguson (1880–)
  1. 1. Adam (Wark) Watson 1896–1968 m. Annie (Bertha Madeline Phillips Annie Bertha Madeline) Phillips 1899–1936
  2. 2. John (Geggie) Watson 1899–1975
  3. 3. Andrew (James) Watson 1902–1975

Edward Watson's Timeline

22 Records

1874
25 Aug 1874
Birth of Edward Watson in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1875
Abt. 1875
Birth of Edward Watson in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1875
Abt. 1875
Birth of Edward Watson in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1876
1876
Birth of Edward Watson in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1876
1876
Birth of Edward Watson in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 5
Edward Watson resided here in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 5
Edward Watson resided here in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 15
Edward Watson resided here in 69 Cannongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
69 Cannongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 15
Edward Watson resided here in 69 Cannongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
69 Cannongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 15
Edward Watson resided here in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 15
Edward Watson resided here in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 15
Edward Watson resided here in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 15
Edward Watson resided here in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1892
1892
Age 16
Edward Watson resided here
None
1892
1892
Age 16
Edward Watson resided here
None
1901
1901
Age 25
Edward Watson resided here in 1 School Wynd, Leven, Fife, Scotland
1 School Wynd, Leven, Fife, Scotland
1901
1901
Age 25
Edward Watson resided here in 1 School Wynd, Scoonie, Leven, Fife, Scotland
1 School Wynd, Scoonie, Leven, Fife, Scotland
1901
1901
Age 25
Edward Watson resided here in Leven, Fife, Scotland
Leven, Fife, Scotland
1901
1901
Age 25
Edward Watson resided here in Leven, Fife, Scotland
Leven, Fife, Scotland
1901
1901
Age 25
Edward Watson resided here in Leven, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland
Leven, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland
1962
13 Aug 1962
Age 86
Death of Edward Watson in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
1962
13 Aug 1962
Age 86
Burial of Edward Watson in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Aug 1874
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] 1901 Scotland Census, Database online.
    [3] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [4] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [5] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_318
    [6] British Army WWI Service Records
    [7] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [8] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [10] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97
    [11] Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967, Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Reference Number: 7
    [12] Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2019, Scottish Monumental Inscriptions; Kennoway, Scotland; Index to Scottish Monumental Inscriptions
    [13] Public Member Trees
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 19 July 2018, 18:48), entry for Edward Haig Watson(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID KLXJ-9BY
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Edward Haig Watson, 25 Aug 1874; citing JEDBURGH,ROXBURGH,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 19 July 2018, 18:48), entry for Edward Haig Watson(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID KLXJ-9BY
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Edward Haig Watson, 25 Aug 1874; citing JEDBURGH,ROXBURGH,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected
    [18] Ancestry Family Trees
    [19] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [20] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [21] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [22] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [23] Ancestry Family Trees
    [24] Ancestry Family Trees
    [25] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    [26] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [27] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [28] Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967, Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Reference Number: 7
    [29] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [30] 1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Scoonie; ED: 5; Page: 45; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1901_146
    [31] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_318
    [32] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_318
    [33] British Army WWI Service Records
    [34] British Army WWI Service Records
    [35] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97
    [36] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1875
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1876
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1875
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1876
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_318

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: 69 Cannongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] 1901 Scotland Census, Database online.
    [3] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [4] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [5] Public Member Trees
    [6] Ancestry Family Trees
    [7] Ancestry Family Trees
    [8] Ancestry Family Trees
    [9] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [10] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [11] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385
    [12] 1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Scoonie; ED: 5; Page: 45; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1901_146
    [13] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: 69 Cannongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] 1901 Scotland Census, Database online.
    [3] Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] 1901 Scotland Census, Database online.
    [3] Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_385

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Jedburgh; ED: 9; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_385

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1892
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97
    [2] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97
    [3] Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1892
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97
    [2] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1892
    Record Source: UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1892
    Record Source: UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Reference Number: WO 97

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1892
    Record Source: British Army WWI Service Records

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1892

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: 1 School Wynd, Leven, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: 1 School Wynd, Scoonie, Leven, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1901 Scotland Census, Database online.
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees
    [4] Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Leven, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Leven, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Leven, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland Census, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 04 Mar 1922
    Record Source:
    [1] Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967, Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Reference Number: 7
    [2] Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967, Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Reference Number: 7

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1962
    Event Place: Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2019, Scottish Monumental Inscriptions; Kennoway, Scotland; Index to Scottish Monumental Inscriptions
    [4] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
    [5] Public Member Trees
    [6] Ancestry Family Trees
    [7] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [8] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [9] Ancestry Family Trees
    [10] Ancestry Family Trees
    [11] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
    [12] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1962
    Event Place: Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
    [4] Public Member Trees
    [5] Ancestry Family Trees
    [6] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [7] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [8] Ancestry Family Trees
    [9] Ancestry Family Trees
    [10] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
    [11] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes

    Genealogy Event 30
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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