Hi Dave, My William had a son named William who was born in Lanarkshire c1845 and married an Ann and was a china merchant/hawker like his father. From censuses I think William Jnr and Ann had 9 children: William, Rachel, George, Robert, Adam, Annie, Jessie, Mary and Rachel between 1867 and 1889in Rothes, Nairn, Granborn and Dingwall. I have quite a bit more information on the Watsons if you think this sounds like the one you've been tracing. Let me know what you think. Brian ---- DAVID FELL <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian > > 3. Any information on a William Watson who was a china merchant who lived in Rothes in the 1860s before moving to Nairn where he died in 1874 > > I am not sure but I have a William Watson who was born in Glasgow in 1846 and was a 'Hawker' and sometimes described as a China Merchant. I think that you maybe tracing my William's father? > > William (jnr) married in 1866 to Ann Riach, found her death in 1915 in Rothes. Between 1866 and her death in the various census they travelled around the North of Scotland. > > Any links? > > Regards > > Dave > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> William Jnr and Ann had 9 children: William, Rachel, George, > Robert, Adam, Annie, > Jessie, Mary and Rachel between 1867 and 1889 in .... Granborn Are you sure that this isn't a misreading of Grantown? I am prepared to bet that there is nowhere of any significance named Granborn in this part of the world! Anne