John Watson
More work to do
Woods Ancestry tree
Labourer / Rice Mill worker
~1810? John Watson was born to Thomas Watson, shipwright , and ??
1841C. Too many John Watsons, but none with a Thomas, but he likely already married!
Searched through London Ancestry marriages July 1837-1842 to see if I could find his earlier marriage; but none - of the 54- that could be him with father Thamas
1843. John Watson, widower, labourer, married Charlotte Stileman on 16/7/1843 in the parish church of St Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney . His father Thomas Watson, shipwright: hers James Stileman, bankers clerk . Banns had been called in March , and both were of the parish St George Southwark: he stated clearly as widower in them
1846 Thomas Watson was born 3/6/1846, baptised 28/6/1846, at St Mary Rotherhithe,, to John & Charlotte . Mother Stileman. His father , John, worked at the Rice Mill, and their address was 57Adam Street , Rotherhithe - from Woods tree
Other children baptised were: Rosetta Watson 1844, address Albion St.; John Watson 3/1851, address Queen St.; Joseph Watson Dec 1859, address Green St. , mother Stileman
1851C. Near Chichester, there is a John 48, and a Charlotte 46, children plus Sarah 12- but unlikely to have moved away from Rotherhithe and NO Thomas in the family!And neither of the 2 Sarah Watson born in Sussex 1838-1840 have mother Stileman. QED, this family is NOT them! - this John & Charlotte shown in the Woods tree
Nothing in 1851C in Rotherhithe for Charlotte, Rosetta, Thomas, with any surname like Watson! -FMP
So Charlotte and John still alive in Rotherhithe in 1859!
40 Josephs aged 1-3 in 1861C, but none with a surname rassembling Watson!!(he was noted as 0!!) . But finaly found Rosetta Wartson- eureka!!
1861C.
Charlotte | Warston | - | Widow | Female | 42 | 1819 | Charwoman | - |
Rosetta | Warston | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 17 | 1844 | Scholar | Rotherhithe, Surrey, England |
Thomas | Warston | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 14 | 1847 | Scholar | Rotherhithe, Surrey, England |
John | Warston | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 10 | 1851 | Scholar | Rotherhithe, Surrey, England |
Joseph | Warston | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 0 | 1861 | Scholar | Rotherhithe, Surrey, England |
So far, no trace of them after this!!- until Thomas marries in 1867