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Joseph Watt 1930–2012 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1930

Birth Location: Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Nov 2012

Death Location: Tingwall, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Father: James Watt

Mother: Margaret Thomson

Spouse(s): Vida Coutts

Children(s):

In 1930, Joseph Watt entered the world in Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland, born to James Jimmy Alex Alexander Watt And Margaret Ann Thomson. Joseph Watt married Vida Ogilvy Coutts. Joseph Watt passed away in 2012 in Tingwall, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1930, Joseph Watt entered the world in Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland, born to James Jimmy Alex Alexander Watt And Margaret Ann Thomson.
  • Joseph Watt married Vida Ogilvy Coutts.
  • Joseph Watt passed away in 2012 in Tingwall, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph Watt's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Watt
1930–2012
Birth Place: Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
Parents
James (Jimmy-Alex) Alexander Watt
1893–1973
Crovie, Banffshire
Margaret (Ann) Thomson
1893–1986
Scalloway, shetland
Grandparents
Joseph (Watt) "Dutchie"
1841–1916
Gamrie, Banffshire
Margaret Watt
1851–1916
Gamrie, Banffshire
Thomas Thomson
1864–1918
Bigton Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
Mary (Sarah Leask) Nicolson
1871–1951
Tingwall, Zetland
Great-Grandparents
George Watt
1815–1866
Jane McDonald
1818–1895
Alexander "Waterloo"
1814–1889
Margaret Anderson
1815–1892
Peter Thompson
1827–1896
Dorothy Laurenson
1823–1900
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Watt
1775–1849
Jean Wilson
1767–1849
Barbra Watt
1787–1857
William Anderson
1773–
Christian Anderson
1796–1878

Joseph Watt's Timeline

2 Records

1930
24 May 1930
Birth of Joseph Watt in Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
2012
9 Nov 2012
Age 82
Death of Joseph Watt in Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 May 1930
    Event Place: Mayburn, Cottage, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2022, Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; Scotland and Northern Ireland Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Shetland, Shetland Islands, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2022, Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; Scotland and Northern Ireland Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Nov 2012
    Event Place: Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2022, Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; Scotland and Northern Ireland Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tingwall, Shetland Islands, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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