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JAMES WATT 1865 – 1912 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Feb 1865

Birth Location: Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 27 Nov 1912

Death Location: Leongatha, Victoria, Australia

Father: COLIN WATT

Mother: MARGARET MCCLURE

Spouse(s): EMILY None

Children(s): Walter WATT, Albert WATT

JAMES WATT was born in 1865 in Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia, the child of COLIN ARROTT WATT and MARGARET MCCLURE. JAMES WATT married EMILY, and had children including Walter Allan WATT, Albert Edwin WATT. JAMES WATT passed away in 1912 in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • JAMES WATT was born in 1865 in Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia, the child of COLIN ARROTT WATT and MARGARET MCCLURE.
  • JAMES WATT married EMILY, and had children including Walter Allan WATT, Albert Edwin WATT.
  • JAMES WATT passed away in 1912 in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

JAMES WATT's Ancestors

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JAMES WATT
1865 – 1912
Birth Place: Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia
Parents
COLIN ARROTT WATT
1829 – 1917
Dundee, Angus, Scotland
MARGARET MCCLURE
1842 – 1905
West Lothian, SCOTLAND
Grandparents
BERNARD (ALBIANIUS) WATT
1795 –
JANE (CUNNINGHAM) ARROTT
1808 – 1839
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
DAVID MCCLURE
1815 – 1894
West Calder, Midlothian, SCOTLAND
JANET STARK
1820 – 1842
WEST CALDER, Midlothian, SCOTLAND
Great-Grandparents
Colin ARROT
1765 – 1837
Jean Cuninghame
1775 –
JOHN MCLURE
1782 – 1848
MARRION RUSSEL
1783 – 1855
THOMAS STARK
1799 – 1879
MARGARET YOUNG
1798 – 1875
2nd-Great-Grandparents
MCLURE
THOMAS RUSSEL
1750 –
MARGARET STORRIE
1750 –
Thomas STARK
1770 – 1855
Janet Forrest
1772 – 1855
James YOUNG
1777 – 1861
Janet Tweedie

JAMES WATT's Descendants

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JAMES WATT (23 Feb 1865 – 27 Nov 1912) m. EMILY (1876 – 27 Dec 1956)
  1. 1. Walter (Allan) WATT (1906 – 20 Jun 1907)
  2. 2. Albert (Edwin) WATT (1909 – 28 Feb 1980)

JAMES WATT's Timeline

2 Records

1865
23 Feb 1865
Birth of JAMES WATT in Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia
Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia
1912
27 Nov 1912
Age 47
Death of JAMES WATT in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
Leongatha, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1865
    Event Place: Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
    [2] Victoria, Australia Rural Cemetery Records, 1836-1988
    [3] Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1912
    Event Place: Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
    [2] Victoria, Australia Rural Cemetery Records, 1836-1988

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