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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Hertfordshire => England => Hertfordshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: KEOS on Thursday 01 October 15 16:00 BST (UK)
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for information on George Watson, born in Royston, Herts in abt 1853. I've found various references to him in the census records. I believe he was the son of Charles Watson (1813-BEF 1861) and Ann Childs (1815-1876). He married a woman called Harriet (1849-?) from Shelford, Cambs and had children called Edward Watson, Henry Robert Watson, Charles G Watson, Bernard Albert Watson and Ethel Maud Watson.
I haven't been able to track down a birth, marriage or death record for George Watson so I'm hoping someone else might have more luck. Because of the lack of marriage record I don't know anything about his wife Harriet either so I'd be grateful for any info found on her too.
Thanks
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Just to add some dates and places for anyone looking :)
1881 at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
George Watson 29 bn Royston, Hertfordshire
Harriet Watson 32 bn Shelford
Edward E. Watson 6 bn Shelford
Henry R. Watson 4 bn Shelford
Corles G. Watson 5 months bn Chatteris
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One of the childrens birth certificates would give mothers maiden name
This could be your Henry
Birth Sep 1877
Henry Robert Watson
Chesterton 3b 467
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This is pure speculation ::)
Maybe the first child Edward was illegitimate
Birth Mar 1875
Edward Ernest Scarr
Chesterton 3b 466
Perhaps this is the marriage
Marriage June qtr 1877
Kefford Henrietta
Scarr Harriet
Watson George
Wright Charles
Chesterton 3b 775
Cambridge BMD confirm that Harriet Scarr married a George Watson.
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Baptism of an Edward Earnest Scarr in Great Shelford 1875 mother Harriet Scarr (no father)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQFM-MMZ
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Thank you Rosie99, that's really helpful! And definitely a good possibility. Is there any record of a marriage between a Harriet Scarr and a George Watson?
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Oh wait I forgot you'd already posted that! My bad :)
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;D Cambridgeshire FHS have it indexed as Great Shelford 1877
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Another child for George and Harriet: Leonard George, 1879
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ5Z-LRL
Death: Leonard George Watson aged 0, Mar qtr 1880 Chesterton.
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Thanks guys. Do you think this Harriett Scarr could be the same one mentioned in the 1861 census as the daughter of Jas and Elizabeth Scar in Great Shelford? The dates don't completely match (one is born in abt 1845 and the other is born around 1850) but I know that census ages are notoriously bad. Though a 5 year gap does seem unusually big.
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There is another marriage for a Harriet Scarr bn c1845
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVC6-2BN
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She is possibly the daughter of Robert & Mary (born 1849)
RG9/1022 f7 p7
but to be sure you are following the right families you really need a birth certificate for one of the children and then probably the marriage.