A few years earlier Howatson lived at Bryden Cottage, Lockerbie.
Dumfries & Galloway Standard 21st February 1945
HOWATSON.—On 19th February, 1945, at Bryden Cottage, Lockerbie, William, beloved husband of Janet M'Fegan and eldest son of Mr and Mrs William Howatson, in his 40th year.
March 1946 Mrs Howatson of Bryden Cottage, went to the aid of her neighbour, George Davey, Motor Engineer in Lockerbie.