Further to the Ancestry probate index listing for Emily Seringa Watkins, Helen, as mentioned by Ron, Free BMD show a Dorothy WATKINS marrying an Arthur E F SMITH, registration district Christchurch, Hampshire, England in the first quarter of 1916. This may be of interest. And now I shall get off your case ;)) Katie

Hi Helen, I may be all off here ... but a few things that might be worth considering ... I think it was Katie who suggested a link to Argentina ... so I looked at WATKINS from Argentina. Didn't find either Leonard or Emily but there is a Cyril Leonard who has a son Leonard James Cyril among his family who travel to London in 1919. Can't find a birth for the family on FreeBMD ... but they both could be born in Argentina. In my own research when I'm really stumped and it looks like I'm facing four brick walls I turn to Google. So I searched for Leonard WATKINS ... and here's a possible stretch but ... Wikipedia shows a Leonard WATKINS (born 7 Dec 1859 in Abergavenny, Wales). It says he went to Exeter College, Oxford, played rugby for the Welsh team in 1881 a lop-sided match against England and that later in the year he emigrated to Argentina. It also states he died 7 Feb 1901 in Chajari, Argentina. In his 1885 marriage to Emily the marriage register lists his father is Walter Bradley WATKINS, a banker. I found a Leonard in the 1871 Welsh census with father Walter B (borough magistrate, alderman, superintendent registrar, vice counsel for Sweden and Norway, bank manager, landowner) and in the 1881 Welsh census Leonard is again listed with father Walter B (a magistrate, alderman, bank manager, supt registrar) as a 21-year old undergrad at Oxford University. On Ancestry there is one public and one private tree for Walter Bradley Watkins ... they might be able to help you ... at least to either rule in or rule out this family. Hope this helps ... Sue Ashton Dearborn, MI USA