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Douglas David Watson telephone engineer^1,2

M, #1812, b. 4 October 1917, d. 2003

Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022

Father*: David Watson jute works manager b. c 1883, d. 17 Jan 1950
Mother*: Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson b. 12 Apr 1887, d. 13 May 1954

Relationship:

2nd cousin 1 time removed of Patricia Catherine Adamson

Birth*: Douglas David Watson telephone engineer was born 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.³
He was the son of David Watson jute works manager and Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson.
(Groom) Marriage*: Douglas David Watson telephone engineer married Sheila Eileen Ogilvie Macdonald civil servant on 16 December 1939 at 97 Seagate, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .²
(Deceased) Death*: Douglas David Watson telephone engineer died in 2003 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .^4,5

(Witness) Death: He witnessed the death of David Watson jute works manager 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.⁶
(Witness) Death: Douglas David Watson telephone engineer witnessed the death of Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson on 13 May 1954 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Jessie Pitkethly Watson (widow of David Watson jute works manager), 1954 may 13th 0h 30m pm Royal Infirmary ur 22 Old Craigie Road Dundee, 67, fath Forrester Cockburn Nicolson gas works stoker (dec), moth Jane Lawson Nicolson ms Pitkethly (dec), perforation of stomach, peritonitis, peripheral vascular failure as cert by Harry W McFarlane MBChB, signed D D Watson son 82 Ellengowan Drive Dundee, reg 1954 May 14th at Dundee, signed A C Marshall assist reg.
(Witness) Probate: Douglas David Watson telephone engineer witnessed the probate of the estate of Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson on 17 August 1954; NICOLSON or WATSON Jessie Pitkcthly of 22 Old Craigie-road Dundee widow died 13 May 1954 Confirmation of Douglas David Watson. Sealed London 17 August.¹

[S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Record URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=13792397&db=UKProbateCal&indiv=try
Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright. [Mar 2013]
[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].
[S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory Birth 1917 Dundee St Andrew 282/4 884 image held [Oct 2020].
[S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Ancestry member elder_leona [Mar 2015].
[S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Death 2003 Dundee 352/172 no image [May 2020].
[S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS statutory death 1950 Dundee ref ... image held [Aug 2011].

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