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Michael Watkins 1945 – 2008 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Aug 1945

Birth Location: Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, USA

Death Date: 26 Jun 2008

Death Location: Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA

Father: William Watkins

Mother: Betty Robinson

Spouse(s): Valerie Simmons

Children(s): April Watkins

Michael Watkins was born in 1945 in Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, USA, the child of William Watkins and Betty Robinson. Michael Watkins later married Valerie Simmons, and together they raised children including April Watkins. In 2008, Michael Watkins passed away in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA.

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Parents

William Watkins
1926 –
Birth Location: Chicago Illinois
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Betty Robinson
1925 –
Birth Location: Louisiana
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Spouses(s)

Valerie Simmons
1950 –
Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
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Children(s)

April Watkins
1969 –
Birth Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 Aug 1945
    Event Place: Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Nevada, U.S., Death Index, 1980-2012, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1959-1960
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Jun 2008
    Event Place: Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA
    Record Source: Nevada, U.S., Death Index, 1980-2012, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
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