Virginia Gandrup wrote: > > I have come up against a brick wall in my research for my Watt ancestors. I have very little information on these people. pasted below is what I know about them in its entirety. Is there anyone out there who can help me? > > MARY ELIZABETH WATT was born April 19, 1850, place unknown, although she did live in Indiana, possibly at the time of her marriage. She died suddenly on March 10, 1877, age 26 yrs, 11 mo, after getting thoroughly wet in a storm, and caught pneumonia and died within three days. She marr Caleb Augustus Hopkins on June 16, 1867, (place unknown) and had three children, one of them my grandfather ROBERT ALFRED HOPKINS who was born Sept 22, 1873, Rennselaer, Indiana > > Mary's parents were: JAMES WATT born August 11, 1823, place unknown, marr possibly MARTHA MARION (SURNAME UNKNOWN). They lived in Indiana at one time. We know of two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Watt (mentioned above) and Martha G. Watt, no further information. There may or may not have been other children. > > THAT IS THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL I KNOW ABOUT MY WATT RELATIVES!! Any help offered is appreciated. > > Virginia Gandrup > Great granddaughter of Mary Elizabeth Watt > > ==== WATT Mailing List ==== > This WATT list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptrequest.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi My grandmother's maiden name was WATT. Some of her ancestor's were from Indiana. Perrysville is one community mentioned. Her great-grandmother is buried there. Don't have a date of death. However, their last child, Betsey Marian, was born in Ohio in1819 and died in 1889, burial in Perrysville. theearliest I can find a record of my line is Samuel Watt. So far I cannot find out where he came from, but I think Pennsylvania. A family story is that we are related to James Watt, the inventor, but I haven't found defenite proof of that. I think he was an uncle of some kind. I would gladly share what information I have if it would do you any good. Mary Lou Gdowski (grandaughter of Lillian Watt Shuck) Nebraska