Joseph Ralph WATSON

[scotiagirl]

Hi bendywendy.

I only wish this was the one but when I checked out that Ralph Watson and Mary Scott and their marriage, it lists him as being born in Caradoc Twp., Middlesex County, Ontario.  Thanks anyway.

[Westwood21]

Hi bendywendy,
I'm afraid I don't think that's our man either.  Our Ralph/Joseph was born in 1883.  On his marriage certificate to Ellis Boyes in 1904, he is aged 21 (she 22).  I'll try to upload it to the forum later today.
Thanks for searching.  I have a funny hunch that he may have died in England.  I have no reason for saying that other than Heywood's finding on the electoral roll of a Ralph Beverley Watson living in Battersea, London, in 1930 - possibly married to Janet.  I think this possibility needs disproving if at all possible anyway.
Westwood

[bendywendy]

I've tried finding a marriage for this Ralph Beverley Watson to Janet as on Electorall Roll and no luck, has anyone else found a marriage that would fit in after 1920
I have also searched in just Jan* and nothing, maybe if this is the same RBW he could have married this Janet in Canada, also no family trees that relate to these two.

bendywendy

[Westwood21]

Thanks so much for trying, bendywendy.  So grateful.  I expect we'll get to the bottom of this mystery in the end...  We now need one of Janet's relatives to alight upon the forum, just like I popped out of the woodwork at the eleventh hour!
Westwood

[heywood]

He may not have been married to her. I think I did try the address before and after for a Janet in case he was just there temporarily 

I wonder if a post on New Zealand forum referring to this but just asking for a check re Electoral Roll there 1935 would turn up anything new?

Strangely, Ancestry.com also allows a search and has NZ electoral rolls but doesn't indicate anything. 

[Westwood21]

Just to say that I have been unable to post the photographs of Joseph Watson and his Beverley family, plus the copy of his marriage certificate to Ellis Boyes, because my internet skills to render them down to under 500KB have proved lacking, despite many attempts.  They are in .pdf form and if anyone was interested enough to see them (and skilled enough to put them on to this forum) I am happy to send them to someone's email address as attachments to open.  They are not in the best nick, being over one hundred years old, but very interesting, I think.

Westfield21

[bendywendy]

Joey Watson aka Joseph Watson jnr b.1883 Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, England

[bendywendy]

Joey Watson, Mrs Watson (Skidder & Joans Father and Grandmother)

[bendywendy]

Joey, Dolly & Mrs Watson @ Gardham, Yorkshire, England