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David Watson jute works manager1

M, #1405, b. circa 1883, d. 17 January 1950
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Last Edited: 1 Nov 2020

Parents:

Father*: David Allan Watson machine fitter b. c 1851, d. 18 Jul 1896
Mother*: Elizabeth Galloway b. c 1860
  • Birth*: David Watson jute works manager was born circa 1883 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2
  • He was the son of David Allan Watson machine fitter and Elizabeth Galloway.
  • (Groom) Marriage*: David Watson jute works manager married Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, daughter of Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly, on 31 January 1913 at 22 North Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1913 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 39; 1913 on the Thirty-First day of January at 22 North Erskine Street Dundee after banns according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland, signed David Watson machine fitter journyman bachelor, aged 29, residing 4 Balmore Street Dundee, parents David Allan Watson jute mill mechanic (dec) and Elizabeth Watson ms Galloway (dec); signed Jessie Nicolson sack machinist spinster aged 25 residing 22 North Erskine Street Dundee, parents Forester Cockburn Nicolson stoker in Gas Works and Jane Lawson Nicolson ms Pitkethly; signed James Robbie BD Clepington United Free Church Dundee, signed Thomas Baxter, Helen Jane Nicolson witnesses, registered 1913 February 1st at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar.3,4,2
  • (Deceased) Death*: David Watson jute works manager died on 17 January 1950 at 22 Old Craigie Road, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , David Watson jute works manager married to Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, 1950 January 17th 3h 10m am 22 Old Craigie Road Dundee, 66 years, fath David Allan Watson jute mill mechanic (dec), moth Elizabeth Watson ms Galloway (dec), cerebral haemorrhage as cert by R Scott Stewart MBChB, signed D D Watson son 82 Ellengowan Drive Dundee, reg 1950 January 19th at Dundee, Norman Steele reg.5
  • (Informant) Birth: He registered the birth of Dorothy Jane Nicolson Watson on 8 June 1913 at 47 Dens Road, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; 1913 births in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee ref 795; Dorothy Jane Nicolson Watson, born 1913 June Eighth 6h 50m pm 47 Dens Road Dundee, female, parents David Watson machine fitter journeyman and Jessie Pitkethley Watson ns Nicolson married 19136 Januay 31st Dundee, signed David Watson father, registered 1913 June 24th at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar; ref 1913 282/4 795 St Andrw Dundee.6,3,2
  • (Witness) Photograph: David Watson jute works manager is in this photograph taken say 1916 at 3 Shuttlefield, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, , along with Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman, Jane Lawson Pitkethly, Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, Helen Jane Nicolson, Robert Davidson Nicolson textile fitter, Forester C Nicolson iron turner and Henry Millar Nicolson jute mill overseer.7
    Thought to be: the folk on seats from L-R: Forester C Nicolson (dob 1862); standing child 1; Jane Pitlethly; 'Grampa' unknown (could this be a Pitkethly??); 'Grandma' unknown; standing child 2; Helen Jane Nicolson (dob 1890, died 1929) with the dog.
    Standing at the back L-R Unknown male 1; Unknown female 1; son Robert Davidson (1893) or Forester (1899); unknown male 2; unknown male 3, could be David Watson?; Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson (dob 1887, married to David Watson); unknown couple.
    Sitting at the front: Left child 1; right Harry Millar Nicolson
  • (Informant) Birth: David Watson jute works manager registered the birth of Douglas David Watson telephone engineer on 4 October 1917 at 49 Dens Road, St Andrew, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1917 births in the district of St Andrew in the burgh if Dundee ref 884; Douglas David Watson born 1917 October Fourth 4h 50m am 49 Dens Road Dundee, male parents David Watsdon calander manger and Jessie Pitkethley Watson ms Nicolson married 1913 January 31st Dundee; signed David Watson father present, registered 1917 October 13th at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar.9
  • (Informant) Death: David Watson jute works manager registered the death of Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman on 19 January 1926 at 22 North Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Forester Cockburn Nicolson gas works stoker married to Jane Lawson Pitkethly,m 1926 January Nineteenth 8h 5m am at 22 North Erskine Street Dundee, male aged 63 years, parents Robert Davidson Nicolson jute mill machanic (dec) & Jane Nicolson ms Worral (dec), chronic nephritis & heath failure as cert by Charles Kerr BM & ... signed Davis Watson son-in-law 111 Arbroath Road, registered 1926 January 19th at Dundee signed H Templeton registrar.10
  • (Informant) Death: David Watson jute works manager registered the death of Helen Jane Nicolson on 6 December 1929 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Helen Jane Mackay, 39, ur 22 North Erskine Street, Cardiac Failure (anecdotal - died in childbirth as no c-section)
    inf David Watson B-in-law, 111 Arbroath Road.11,12

Family:

Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson b. 12 Apr 1887, d. 13 May 1954
  • (Groom) Marriage*: David Watson jute works manager married Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, daughter of Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly, on 31 January 1913 at 22 North Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1913 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 39; 1913 on the Thirty-First day of January at 22 North Erskine Street Dundee after banns according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland, signed David Watson machine fitter journyman bachelor, aged 29, residing 4 Balmore Street Dundee, parents David Allan Watson jute mill mechanic (dec) and Elizabeth Watson ms Galloway (dec); signed Jessie Nicolson sack machinist spinster aged 25 residing 22 North Erskine Street Dundee, parents Forester Cockburn Nicolson stoker in Gas Works and Jane Lawson Nicolson ms Pitkethly; signed James Robbie BD Clepington United Free Church Dundee, signed Thomas Baxter, Helen Jane Nicolson witnesses, registered 1913 February 1st at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar.3,4,2

Children:

Dorothy Jane Nicolson Watson6 b. 8 Jun 1913, d. 2001
Douglas David Watson telephone engineer+ b. 4 Oct 1917, d. 2003
Esther Elizabeth Galloway Watson+6 b. 29 Dec 1922, d. 10 May 2019
David Forester Watson6 b. 25 May 1931, d. 1991

Citations

  1. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory Marriage 1939 Dundee St Clement 282/2 617 image held [May 2020].
  2. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) member JM [Oct 2020].
  3. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory Birth 1913 Dundee St Andrew 282/4 795 image held [May 2020].
  4. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, Statutory Marriage 1913 Dundee St Andrew 282/nn 39 image held [Dec 2004].
  5. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory death 1950 Dundee ref ... image held [Aug 2011].
  6. [S40] CO [Sep 2018].
  7. [S40] CO via email [May 2018].
  8. CO via email [May 2018]
  9. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, Statutory Birth 1917 Dundee St Andrew 282/4 884 image held [Oct 2020].
  10. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, Statutory Death 1926 Dundee, St Andrew, ref 282/3 45 image held [Jul 2004].
  11. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, Statutory death 1929 Dundee St Clement 282/nn 1041 image held [Jun 2006].
  12. [S40] Additional death info from CK [Nov 2020].
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Clark, Helen c 1769 descendants
Croyl, George c 1700 descendants
Geddes, Janet c1745 descendants
Grant, John c1745 descendants
Henderson, Andrew c1768 descendants
Hume, John c1735 descendants
Kinloch, Thomas c1703 descendants
McLeish, James c1735 descendants
Nicolson, John c1765 descendants
Spense, Margaret c1703 descendants
Tait, Andrew s1670 descendants
Worrel, John c1765 descendants