Thomas James Watson was irish, he was my great grandfather who lived in Ontario At Gordon Lake (Mines) -northwestern Ontario he married Grace Smith (Scotish) - A very strong believer baptist, she had U.S.Aconnections and went back there in the 1930's we do not know where she died. Thomas and Grace had 6 children, children all moved to Alberta in the 1900s. There may have been a Cardiff connection -( town )near Peterboro in the early years of Thomas Watson's life.. Celia >From: snickley@co.tuolumne.ca.us >Reply-To: SMITH-L@rootsweb.com >To: SMITH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SMITH] Re: Smith - Watson connections >Date: 30 Mar 2006 09:21:35 -0700 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJIBAEB/28068.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Hi there. My name is Sharon Nickley. Before my mother passed away, she >told me about some of my ancestors. My grandma was born as Hanna Lea Smith >(married-Partain) She had 3 sisters and one known brother: Mary Smith >(married-Goodman), Katheryn Smith (married-Prather). Willa mae Smith >(married-Cope) all great aunts. Woodrow Smith - Great uncle. I have a >great uncle X3, named Tom Watson. Great Grandpa - George Washington Smith, >a great grandpa X3 of Thomas A Smith, I beleive Fort Smith in Arkansas was >named after him. If this is of any help let me know. I recentally have >started researching this. If you find anything I would really be of >interst to me. > > >==== SMITH Mailing List ==== >If you wish to unsubscribe from the Smith list, send only the word >UNSUBSCRIBE to SMITH-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest >List to SMITH-d-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.