Hi Liz Brilliant, another WATTS for the collection!. Could you let me have the complete 1871 census entry please? On the 1881 census there are 3 Walter WATTS of about the same age in the Hawkesbury area and I can account for the other two. So I guess the Horfield one is yours. Please let me know if you find out any more about this family. Best wishes Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Liz Fisher" <[email protected]> To: "anthony sharp" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: Yet more WATTS > Hi Carole and every one, > > Firstly, I've had a great time going through the Hawkesbury CD produced > last summer. Thanks to all concerned. Like Carole, I arrived seeking > the roots of one WATTS family member and found more than I could have > dreamed of, not least the friendly support and interest of other list > members. > > I have been listening in to the recent WATTS conversations and after a > trawl thro the 1871 census in the Family Record Centre yesterday now > have one more WATTS to add to Carole's bulging file. > > My greatgrandmother Sarah Jane WATTS (1854 - 1949) was the daughter of > John WATTS (1821-1900) who was in turn son of John WATTS (1791 - 1881), > the butcher from Upton, and Jane Pritchard. This line seems strong on > longevity! > > The new WATTS is a brother Walter for Sarah Jane, shown in 1871 age 9 > living in Lower Kilcott with his widowed father John and sister, GRO > confirms the birth as Walter WATTS, Dec qu 1861 Chipping Sodbury 6a 158. > > There is an 1881 entry for a private in the Horfield barracks, which I > think must be him although the ages and dates dont tally perfectly - > unless any one knows better of course. They give a Walter WATTS , born > 1863 in Hawkesbury, age 18. I've found nothing so far on the 1901 > census. > > If anyone knows anything about him I'd be interested to hear from them > > Liz >

Hi Carole The 1871 census ref is RG 10 2581 3B Hawkesbury : Hillesley, Tresham, Saddlewood, Killcott.................etc Page 13 Lower Kilcott item 62 John WATTS, Head, Widr, age 49, Ag Lab, born Hawkesbury Upton Sarah ( then a squiggle like an S but which I think must be a J) Ditto, Daur, Unmar, age 16, Servant General, Ditto Walter Ditto, Son, - , age 9, Scholar, Ditto I feel guilty now that I didn't transcribe a bigger chunk of the tape. It was very near the beginning and I had a stack of tricky stuff to look for in Somerset, so I moved on very rapidly, but my memory is that there were a whole lot of other WATTS in Lower Kilcott. The entry means that Hannah WATTS nee PAINTER must have died between Dec qu 1861 and 1871, but I had no time for more than a quick check for the first 2 quarters to see if she had died in childbirth. ( no result). I'll let you know if I locate Walter after 1881. Cheers Liz On Friday, January 23, 2004, at 10:22 PM, anthony sharp wrote: > Hi Liz > Brilliant, another WATTS for the collection!. Could you let me have the > complete 1871 census entry please? > > On the 1881 census there are 3 Walter WATTS of about the same age in > the > Hawkesbury area and I can account for the other two. So I guess the > Horfield > one is yours. > > Please let me know if you find out any more about this family. > > Best wishes > Carole > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David & Liz Fisher" <[email protected]> > To: "anthony sharp" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:06 PM > Subject: Yet more WATTS > > >> Hi Carole and every one, >> >> Firstly, I've had a great time going through the Hawkesbury CD >> produced >> last summer. Thanks to all concerned. Like Carole, I arrived seeking >> the roots of one WATTS family member and found more than I could have >> dreamed of, not least the friendly support and interest of other list >> members. >> >> I have been listening in to the recent WATTS conversations and after a >> trawl thro the 1871 census in the Family Record Centre yesterday now >> have one more WATTS to add to Carole's bulging file. >> >> My greatgrandmother Sarah Jane WATTS (1854 - 1949) was the daughter of >> John WATTS (1821-1900) who was in turn son of John WATTS (1791 - >> 1881), >> the butcher from Upton, and Jane Pritchard. This line seems strong on >> longevity! >> >> The new WATTS is a brother Walter for Sarah Jane, shown in 1871 age 9 >> living in Lower Kilcott with his widowed father John and sister, GRO >> confirms the birth as Walter WATTS, Dec qu 1861 Chipping Sodbury 6a >> 158. >> >> There is an 1881 entry for a private in the Horfield barracks, which I >> think must be him although the ages and dates dont tally perfectly - >> unless any one knows better of course. They give a Walter WATTS , born >> 1863 in Hawkesbury, age 18. I've found nothing so far on the 1901 >> census. >> >> If anyone knows anything about him I'd be interested to hear from them >> >> Liz >> > >