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Agnes Watt1

F, #9164, b. 22 February 1837, d. 17 July 1879
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 18 Jul 2017

Parents:

Father*: Andrew Watt2 b. 13 Jul 1808, d. 3 Jul 1882
Mother*: Agnes Gibson3 b. 24 Mar 1812, d. 12 Jan 1839
  • Birth*: Agnes Watt was born on 22 February 1837 at Nungate, East Lothian, Scotland, .4
  • She was the daughter of Andrew Watt and Agnes Gibson.2,3
  • Marriage*: Agnes Watt married James Alexander, son of George Alexander and Margaret Guthrie, on Friday, 27 April 1860 at Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, .4,5,6
  • Death*: Agnes Watt died on 17 July 1879 at Kangaroo Flat, Marongshire, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, , at age 42; 1879 deaths in the district of Kangaroo Flat in the colony of Victoria, registered by George O'Donnell; died 17th July 1879 at Kangaroo Flats, Marongshire, County of Bendigo; Agnes Alexander wife of an ..; female aged 44 years; cause pulmonary consumption duration 5 months as seen by H... Penfold who saw deceased 3rd June 1879; parents Andrew Watt baker and Agnes Watt formerly Gibson; informant Charles Watt nephew Kangaroo Flat; signed George O'Donelly 6th July 1879 at Kangaroo Flat; buried 20th July 1879 at Kangaroo Flat undertaker David Rennie; burial witnessed by Sidney Cou... & Robert Hislop; deceased born Haddington Scotland, 22 years in Victoria; deceased married Sandhurst Victoria 23 years to James Alexander; issue Margaret 18 years, Agnes 16 years, Jane 13 years, Rebecca 10 years, James 6 years, Charles 4 years.4,7,6
  • Immigration*: She immigrated in March 1857 to Champion of the Seas; Liverpool to Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ; Name: Agnes Watt
    Estimated birth
    year:
    abt 1838
    Age: 19
    Arrival Date: Mar 1857
    Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
    Departure Port: Liverpool
    Ship: Champion Of The Seas
    Nationality: English

    plus infant.8
  • Married Name: As of 27 April 1860, her married name was Alexander.4
  • (Spouse) Death: Her spouse James Alexander died on 31 January 1889 at Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia; CFmsM has 1876.9,10,5,6

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household6 June 1841Agnes Watt was listed along with Andrew Watt in the 1841 census at Newgate, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, . Andrew Watt, 30, baker, b E Lothian; Jane Watt, 20, b Scotland; Agnes Watt, 4, b E Lothian.11
Member of Household30 March 1851They was listed as a member of the household of Andrew Watt and Jane Gibson in the 1851 census at Nungate, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, . Agnes Watt, daug, 14, b Haddington; Andrew Watt, head, 42, baker & millmaster employing 4 men, b Morham Haddington; Jane Watt, wife, 30, b Edinburgh Mid Lothian.12

Family:

James Alexander b. 1824, d. 31 Jan 1889

Children:

Isabella Watt+ b. 19 Apr 1856
Margaret Guthrie Alexander b. c Jul 1860, d. 23 Sep 1880
Agnes Gibson Alexander b. 1862, d. 1886
Jane Gibson Alexander+ b. 31 Jul 1865, d. 12 Jun 1956
Rebecca Ford Alexander b. 1868, d. 11 Jan 1898
Georgina Alexander b. 1870, d. 1909
James Alexander Alexander+ b. 1873, d. 28 Oct 1951
Charles William Alexander b. 1875, d. 25 Sep 1953

Notes

  • Reference LGB: Reference: 14029.6
  • Residence: Agnes Watt lived in 1841 at East Lothian, Scotland, .4
  • Residence*: She lived in 1851 at Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, .4

Citations

  1. [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;, Database online.
  2. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory birth Haddington 1856 709/01 0055 [Aug 2012].
  3. [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees Ancestry.co.uk from PB [Aug 2012].
  4. [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees Record for James Alexander from Esto Perpetua Tree - owner melalbonico.
  5. [S56] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch
    (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:37ZY-35P : accessed 2016-04-09), entry for James /Alexander/. Patron Submission [Apr 2016].
  6. [S123] LGB, Tait Gear & related surnames in "LGB GEDCOM via FB", listserve message to Facebook, 2015. Printout dated 11/11/2015, [Nov 2015]. Hereinafter cited as LGB GEDCOM.
  7. [S40] KG [June 2014].
  8. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
    [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009. Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947] [May 2017].
  9. [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees Database online. Record for James Alexander from Esto Perpetua Tree - owner melalbonico.
  10. [S40] From CFmsM [Mar 2010].
  11. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Haddington; ED: 5; Page: 1; Line: 1260; Year: 1841. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Aug 2012]
  12. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Haddington; ED: 5; Page: 1; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1851_192; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Aug 2012]
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