I am interested to find anyone whom knows about or is related to this particular WATTS family. Silas was born in Mason County, Virginia (WV) in 1825, lived in Boone County, West Virginia for abt 30 years then moved on to Fulton County, Illinois then his descendants moved to Franklin County, Illinois. Most of the information here-in has been verified by several original sources (marriage certificates, census records, birth and death records, photographs, tombstones, etc.). I am looking for any of Silas' brothers/ sisters and parents. His father is from Ireland and mother from Ohio. He may have brothers by the name of Nicholas, Daniel, or John. Daniel and John show up in Boone County in 1847 and 1860 respectively, Nicholas was in Bryant County, Illinois in abt 1838. Descendants of Silas Isaac Watts 1 Silas Isaac WATTS b: January 1825 in Mason, Mason County, Virginia d: Abt. 18 July 1902 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .. +Spicy A. J. HARLESS b: Abt. 1826 in Boone County, Virginia m: 1847 in Boone County, Virginia d: November 1868 in Brush Creek, Boone County, West Virginia ...... 2 William Isaac WATTS b: 09 October 1848 in Peytona, Boone County, Virginia d: 11 June 1927 in Yate City, Knox County, Illinois .......... +Martha J. VICKERS b: 14 October 1848 in Boone County, Virginia m: 04 August 1868 in Boone County, Peytona, West Virginia d: 27 April 1917 in Yate City, Knox County, Illinois .............. 3 Estella A. WATTS b: 09 October 1869 in Boone County, West Virginia d: 08 June 1891 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Thomas Jefferson WATTS b: 16 July 1871 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia d: 16 November 1962 in Downey, California .................. +Clara C. GAMBER b: 16 April 1874 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania m: 18 January 1894 in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois d: 21 October 1955 in Los Angeles, California .............. 3 Alexander WATTS b: 1874 in Fulton County, Illinois .................. +Lottie B. HARRISON b: Abt. 1883 m: 23 March 1907 in Franklin County, Illinois .............. 3 Luella WATTS b: 1877 in Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Charles H. WATTS b: 1879 in Fulton County, Illinois d: May 1961 .................. +JESS .............. 3 Calvern WATTS b: 01 September 1880 in Fulton County, Illinois d: 29 September 1880 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Clement WATTS b: 31 July 1882 in Fulton County, Illinois d: 27 December 1882 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Alexander WATTS b: 15 November 1883 in Fulton County, Illinois d: 14 August 1884 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Florence WATTS b: Abt. 1884 in Benton, Franklin County, Illinois d: 1955 in Illinois .................. +Thomas MAXWELL b: 02 December 1881 d: June 1970 in West Frankfort, Illinois .............. *2nd Husband of Florence WATTS: .................. +Harry Herbert GAMBER b: 15 August 1876 in Tower City, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania m: 05 November 1903 in Franklin County, Illinois d: 06 April 1964 in Provo, Utah .............. *3rd Husband of Florence WATTS: .................. +Harvy Grant CUNNINGHAM b: 1872 m: 03 July 1907 in Franklin County, Illinois .............. 3 William Goudy WATTS b: 16 January 1892 in Ziegler, Franklin County, Illinois d: October 1967 in Compton, California .................. +Vera Elizabeth FISHER b: 18 April 1891 in Indiana d: 28 December 1979 in Lynnwood, California ...... 2 Henrietta WATTS b: May 1850 in Boone County, Virginia d: Bet. 1875 - 1880 in Boone County, West Virginia .......... +Francis Marion JAVINS b: 09 December 1839 in Virginia m: 10 April 1868 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia d: 1916 in Boone County, West Virginia .............. 3 William E. JAVINS b: Abt. 1870 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia .................. +Electa Ann KEENEY .............. 3 Silas Marion JAVINS b: 24 March 1871 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia d: 25 December 1937 .................. +Minnie Bell ELKINS b: 24 October 1874 in Foster, West Virginia d: 25 January 1929 in Charleston, West Virginia .............. 3 Ewell Thomas JAVINS b: Bef. 1874 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia .................. +Virgia L. WALKER .............. 3 Elliot Sylvester JAVINS b: Abt. 1875 in Scott District, Boone County, West Virginia d: 1947 in Boone County, West Virginia .................. +Annie ??? ...... 2 Eliza E. WATTS b: 1853 in Boone County, Virginia .......... +William R. COMBS b: Abt. 1842 in Virginia m: 15 June 1871 in Boone County, West Virginia ...... 2 Samuel C. H. WATTS b: 06 January 1854 in Boone County, Virginia d: 29 March 1927 in Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota .......... +Emma KEPFORD b: 15 April 1859 in Louisa County, Iowa m: 1878 in Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa d: 04 November 1933 in Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota .............. 3 Gertrude WATTS b: 05 February 1879 in Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa d: 16 October 1956 in Oakland, Alameda Co., California .............. 3 Capatola Jessie WATTS b: 08 February 1881 in Bevier, Macon County, Missouri d: 07 December 1966 in Oakland, Alameda Co., California .................. +Walter Eldon CLARK b: 25 December 1878 in Barry, Minnesota m: 25 December 1902 in Berthold, Ward Co., North Dakota d: 21 February 1933 in Oakland, Alameda Co., California ...... 2 Silas Jacob WATTS b: 17 September 1858 in Boone County, Virginia d: 15 August 1923 in Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois .......... +Mary Fern HARRELL b: 04 July 1860 in McDonough County, Illinois m: 08 May 1879 in Fulton County, Illinois d: 16 April 1917 in Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois .............. 3 Alena WATTS b: January 1880 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Francis WATTS b: Aft. 1880 .............. 3 Bert C WATTS b: 1887 d: 1945 in Christopher, Franklin County, Illinois .................. +Jennie M. ??? b: 1890 d: in Christopher, Franklin, Illinois .............. 3 John Harrell WATTS b: 1897 d: 1940 in Christopher, Franklin, Illinois .................. +Etta Eldora ??? b: 1900 d: in Christopher, Franklin, Illinois ...... 2 Elizabeth Rachel WATTS b: Abt. 1862 in Kanawha County, West Virginia .......... +Samuel MEDLEY b: Abt. 1856 in Peoria, Illinois m: 10 March 1878 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois *2nd Wife of Silas Isaac WATTS: .. +Jane Alecy WILLIAMS b: 11 April 1834 in Kanawha County, Virginia m: 07 August 1869 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia d: 15 January 1919 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois ...... 2 John NEUBY b: 1859 in Virginia .......... +Clara J. ATKINS b: 1860 in England m: 21 November 1880 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois ...... 2 Elizabeth NEUBY b: 1860 in Virginia .......... +William H. KELLY b: 1858 in Illinois m: 21 December 1882 in Fulton County, Illinois ...... 2 James Henry F. WATTS b: 12 June 1869 in White Oak, Ritchie County, West Virginia d: 27 April 1949 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois .......... +Agnes MURRAY b: Abt. 1867 in Maryland, Pennsylvania m: 21 November 1890 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois d: Aft. 1949 .............. 3 Leo WATTS .............. 3 Helena WATTS .................. +??? HOGON ...... 2 Mary L. WATTS b: October 1872 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia .......... +John Wesley PERKHISER b: Abt. 1870 in Indiana m: 24 February 1897 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois ...... 2 Charles Edgar WATTS b: 30 May 1874 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia d: 23 December 1940 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .......... +Kate Lorraine PITTMAN b: September 1878 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois m: 03 November 1897 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Shelby M. WATTS b: December 1899 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois ...... 2 Alonzo WATTS b: October 1877 in Fulton County, Illinois d: 1960 in Bryant, Fulton County, Illinois .......... +Amalfia Rocksie CRAWFORD b: 31 July 1876 in Lovilla, IA m: 1899 in Fulton County, Illinois d: 25 January 1920 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois .............. 3 Ella J. WATTS b: November 1898 in Fulton County, Illinois ...... 2 Almeda WATTS b: July 1881 in Fulton County, Illinois .......... +??? PURCHEL

Anyone out there connect to this Watts family found on the 1880 Giles Co TN census? Joseph Watts b. abt 1845 NC + Sarah b. abt 1850 Mary N b. abt 1870 TN Moses A b. abt 1872 TN poss married a Redwine Berry b. abt 1875 TN Lena b. abt 1877 TN family lived in OK and TX probably by 1890 Barbara Watts of Ca

unsubscribe ------Original Message------ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: December 25, 2000 7:00:52 AM GMT Subject: WATTS-D Digest V00 #67 Content-Type: text/plain WATTS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 67 Today's Topics: #1 [WATTS-L] Season for Peace [Martha Barker <[email protected]] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WATTS-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ -------------------------------- X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 00:32:58 -0600 From: Martha Barker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <B66851B9.1D1D%[email protected]> Subject: [WATTS-L] Season for Peace Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I would like to wish all the listers a Joyeous Winter Soltice, Merry Chirstmas, Happy Hannuka, Happy Kawanza and a slended New Year ful of Joy, Love and Peace. A special thankyou to all of you who have willingly shared information with me an helped me start on a most wonderful journey this last four months. Mere words can not expres the gratitude. To all the cousins I have meet. May all your wishes of branches come true! I found the following on the net and just had to share it. Martha W. Barker Austin. Tx. [email protected] Genealogist's Twelve Days of Christmas My true love gave to me Twelve census searches Eleven family bibles Ten e-mail contacts Nine headstone rubbings Eight wills and admons Seven miners mining Six second cousins Five coats of arms Four GEDCOM files Three old wills Two CD-ROMs And a branch in my family tree

I would like to wish all the listers a Joyeous Winter Soltice, Merry Chirstmas, Happy Hannuka, Happy Kawanza and a slended New Year ful of Joy, Love and Peace. A special thankyou to all of you who have willingly shared information with me an helped me start on a most wonderful journey this last four months. Mere words can not expres the gratitude. To all the cousins I have meet. May all your wishes of branches come true! I found the following on the net and just had to share it. Martha W. Barker Austin. Tx. [email protected] Genealogist's Twelve Days of Christmas My true love gave to me Twelve census searches Eleven family bibles Ten e-mail contacts Nine headstone rubbings Eight wills and admons Seven miners mining Six second cousins Five coats of arms Four GEDCOM files Three old wills Two CD-ROMs And a branch in my family tree

Greetings all. Industry Minister Brian Tobin released the following announcement for the Press at the same time the Report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records was released. Please read it carefully. This reads to me like further delays in seeing a government Bill to allow public access to Historic Census Records. Mr. Tobin used phrases that are suspiciously similar to those used by Statistics Canada in the earlier part of our campaign. As we directed many email and letters to former Industry Minister John Manley it would appear that we must now concentrate on convincing Mr. Tobin of our desire for immediate action rather than months, or possibly years, of further delays. Mr. Tobin's email addresses are [email protected] and [email protected] . Please make Mr. Tobin feel welcomed in his new portfolio as Industry Minister and Minister responsible for Statistics Canada. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, Canada-Census-Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted. =================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2000 Minister Tobin Releases the Report from the Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records Ottawa -- Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada, today released the report from the Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records. In releasing the report, Mr. Tobin conveyed the government's appreciation to the members of the Expert Panel for their work and for the time and effort they invested in this important matter. The Minister indicated that the issues at stake are complex and far reaching. The government is committed to protecting the privacy rights of Canadians who were given an assurance of confidentiality at the time they completed the 1911 Census while, at the same time, the government must consider the legitimate needs of genealogists and others for access to historical census records. In light of these concerns the Minister indicated that further broad based consultation with all Canadians is needed. This consultation will take place as part of the already announced administrative and legislative review of the Access to Information and the Privacy Acts. The government's primary reason for undertaking additional consultation is to ensure that, if access to historical census records is provided, this is done in a manner that respects the government's deep commitment to privacy. To find out more about the report from the Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records, please visit the web site at www.statcan.ca. For further information, please contact Heidi Bonnell, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Industry at (613) 995-9001.

Greetings All. The long awaited report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records has finally been published on the Statistics Canada website. It can be viewed at http://www.statcan.ca/english/census96/finalrep.htm . The following two paragraphs extracted from it give an indication of the input received from the many listers concerned with obtaining public access to Historic Census records. "The Expert Panel held five working meetings during which time a number of sessions were held with specific persons or groups (see Annex A). Two telephone conferences were held with provincial genealogical associations. The Panel Chair and Dr. Gaffield also had the opportunity to meet with the Chief Statistician of Australia who made time available during his scheduled visit to Ottawa in February 2000. Over 2,500 letters, faxes and e-mails were sent to the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, the Chief Statistician and numerous Members of Parliament prior to the announcement of the Expert Panel. These were made available to the Panel members. During the seven month duration of the Panel, a further 1,055 letters were received from Canadians active in genealogical societies. The Panel received 95 submissions from historical, archival and genealogical associations as well as other interested Canadians." As expected from a few leaks about it's content, the Report recommends allowing public access to all Census records 92 years after collection. It is a very interesting read. On behalf of the Canada Census Committee I wish to extend thanks to all who have participated in the campaign to gain public access to Historic Census records. The battle is not over by any means, but the release of the Report of the Expert Panel is another step towards our goal. I urge all readers to continue writing letters and email to their MPs, sign petitions, and keep up the efforts to inform others about the problem regarding public access to Historic Records. Thank you all for your interest and support. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, Canadian Census Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted.

Got an email from Pam who said: I wanted to let you know of a "Watts" family photo that have been uploaded on: www.ancientfaces.com thought maybe you or your list would be interested in viewing it.

Hello Everyone This is my first posting to this list and I would very much appreciate hearing from anyone with connections to the following person: Mary Emily WATTS born c. 1863 Rawdon nr Leeds daughter of Sara Ann (GREEN) and Elijah WATTS of Barrow-in-Furness and Rampside. Mary Emily married James ORMANDY, Joiner, in Buxton 23 April, 1885. James died in Barrow-in-Furness in 1905. However I can find no trace of Mary Emily's death in the indexes. Margaret WATTS was last sighted as a witness to her sister Annie's marriage to Sam MORTIMER in December 1894. She signed herself Maggie WATTS and can anyone tell me if she married? Any information about Mary Emily WATTS later ORMANDY and Margaret WATTS would be very much appreciated. Thank you Magdalen, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. [email protected]

Greetings All. As of this morning the MP Scoreboard of the Post 1901 Census Project website located at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census has been updated to reflect the changes necessary because of the federal election. 48 changes were made to the list of MPs. Should you find any errors on the changes made please let me know. One word of caution, the email addresses shown for new MPs were calculated on the same basis as the addresses for the old MPs and may be subject to error. It may also take a short time for the government webmasters to get up to date on MPs email addresses. Any problems with mail bouncing when using the addresses shown should be reported to me. Thank you. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been sent to the Alberta-L, Canada-Census-Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted.

Hi, I am still having some difficulty in finding these two young men. George (middle name could be Manly) Watts and his brother John F.Watts. They are listed as being grandchildren of Daniel B & Betsey K Littlefield of Brockton Mass. This was Feb of 1912. Daniel and Betsy to my knowledge only had two children. Mary, who would of known the whereabouts of the two Watts boys if they were her sons. and William who is my ggrandfather who married 1898 at age 19 and died 1907 after having two daughters....So it seems that both of those are ruled out......There had to be a third child..possibly more as Daniel and Betsy were married 1864....So somewhere out there is a Mr.Watts who married a Miss Littlefield, probably in North Bridgewater/Brockton Mass after 1882 ??? Does anyone know her? I have checked the VR's for the Watts births and cant seem to find them. Thanks, Pam Researching: Duncan, Emslie, Steel, Ramsay, Williamson, Wallace, Dunlop, Hunter, All in Scotland Littlefield, Dunbar, Holmes, Briggs, Watts. O'Neil, Studenski, Danielczyk, Sidelinger all in the US http://www.geocities.com/duncansrus/

According to 'The History of Jones County Georgia 1807-1907' by Carolyn White Williams: Jeremiah Smith born about 1775, came from North Carolina to Jones County, Georgia in the early 1800's. His son, Jeremiah (Griff) Smith, b. 1818, mar. Bethinia Morrison, from Monroe County, Ga and their children were: (I) Mose Smith, b. Oct 15, 1844 and died Mar 8, 1909, who married Lula Alexander, b Nov 7, 1854, d. Apr 24, 1942, and their ch. Were seven: (1) Sidney Smith mar Susie Maynard and had ch Kelly, Hilda, Mose and Felton (note by Betty P: I personally knew Kelly and Felton). Kelly owned a planer/sawmill in Wakulla, Fl and Green Cove Springs, Fl. Kelly married 1st Mary ? and 2nd a woman from Wakulla Beach, Fl. Felton was killed in a personal fight in the Philippines.) (2) Ella Smith, b. Apr 22, 1875, d. Jan 5, 1928, mar W.H.Gordon and their two ch were: Mose W. Gordon, mar 1st Dove M White and had son, M.W. Gordon, Jr. Mar 2nd Katherine Bradford and had a daughter Marthelia Gordon. Second child Rubye Gordon, mar Peter Benton Wheeler and had one son, P. B. Wheeler Jr. (3) Grady Smith, mar Ida Finney and had two ch. Augusta, who mar. Marion Woodcock and had two sons, Woody and Tom. Tarver Smith mar Louise King and has four ch. Kathy, Grady, Lucia, Murray. (4) Mosie May Smith, mar Joe Brooks, and had ch. Daisy. (5) Pauline Smith, mar. Paul Hudson and had ch Martha. (6) Daisy mar Gus Gordon and had ch Lula and Harry. (7) Stella Smith, mar. Zach Gordon and had son, Jack Miller Gordon, who mar. Mary Willard and has ch Jackie and Connie. (II) Second son of Jeremiah and Bethinia Morrison Smith was Columbus (Duck) Smith, b. Aug 23, 1856 and d. Oct 24, 1916., who mar. Susie Alexander. Their ch were: Thomas Griffin Smith, b. Aug 24, 1877, d. Dec 2, 1924, who mar. Maude Lee Green, the dau. Of Francis Green, Pvt Ga. Inf. C.S.A. b. 1843 and died Aug 5, 1929. (Capt. Francis Green was responsible for the surrender of General Stoneman at The Battle of Sunshine Church near Round Oak, Ga. 1864) . Their ch were: (1) Mattie Lou Smith, who mar. Gus Gordon and had ch Susie and Martha Lou. (2) Thomas Elton Smith, b. Dec 2, 1902, and mar 1st Marguerite Hendricks on Sept 8, 1925. Their dau. Is Barbara Jane Smith, b. Sept 11, 1926. He mar 2nd Sarah B. Jones Smith. (3) Maude Lee Smith was b. Feb 27, 1906 and d. Sept 23, 1924. (4) George C. Smith who mar. Ada Bell Greene and had ch: Elon, Coleman and Anne. Betty P -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GAJONES] Morrison Family Posted on: Jones County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Jones/944 Surname: Smith, Alexander, Gordon, Morris, Doggett, Dean ------------------------- Temperance Morrison married in Jones County, GA about 1837 to Jeremiah Griffin Smith. They had one son, William H. Smith, b. 1838, who died at battle of 2nd Manassas in Virginia. Temperance died before Nov. 28, 1841 when Jeremiah married Bethana Morris. Do you have any information on Temperance? Who were her parents? Thanks. Ken Smith

Im searching for family of Mark Watts born in the 1790s in Phillack cornwall UK who was my 4 x great grandfather sincerely Paul Frayne --

Greetings All With Canada's Federal election on 27 November 2000 a new Government comes into being. With the dissolution of the previous Government, all outstanding Bills and Motions in the House of Commons and the Senate, including those relating to Historic Census, ceased to exist. The same applies to petitions sent to the previous Government. Petitions from the Canada Census Committee containing signatures in excess of 6000 were presented to the House of Commons and something close to 3000 were sent to the Senate. These petitions, and those from other sources, served their purpose and helped us to reach the point where we were close to having a Government Bill brought down. Unfortunately, the election was called before this happened. Now, more than ever, your support in letters and petitions is required to inform the new Government that we are still here, and still seek public access to Historic Census records. We have a clean slate with the new Government. Those who signed petitions sent to the old Government are free once more to sign petitions to be sent to the new Government. Petitions downloadable from the Post 1901 Census Project website at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census have been upgraded to Adobe Acrobat PDF files. This should eliminate printing problems experienced with the Word and WordPerfect files previously located there. There are petitions to both the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada, in both French and English, for residents of Canada to sign. There is also a Non-Resident petition of support for those living outside of Canada, but having roots in Canada, to sign. The petition page has been totally revamped. I urge all to download and circulate both petitions, i.e. for the House of Commons and for the Senate. Even though they are worded similarly, because they are directed to different places, both petitions may be signed by the same people. If various Genealogical and Family History Societies prefer to use petitions of their own wording rather than use ours, I urge them to start circulating them now. There are no deadlines for petitions of the Canada Census Committee. They will be sent in periodically when sufficient signatures have been collected to make it worthwhile. Thank you all for your continuing interest and support. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been sent to the Alberta-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted.

I am new to this list and would like to know if anyone on the list has information and ancestry of this ancestor of mine: John Watts born 1692, died 26 Sep 1777 Worthington, Massachusetts. He was married to Martha (surname?) They had a son John 1737-1810 who married Martha Brewer. Their surname may have been Watt (without the "s") Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I will do my best to list somemore of the Watts/Watt in the Iredell Co NC Heritage book, if I make some errors please let me know. James Watt b. 1729 d.Feb. 23,1792, this date could be wrong as his Will is dated Feb. 1793. His tombstone list him as James Watts, but most legal papers gives his name as Watt. He had 9 children, all went my Watts 1. William Watts, definetly added the S to his name. William was a Fuller, (maker of clothes) he married Rachel Davidson they had 13 children Mary,Thomas, Sara, Tabitha, James, Isaac ( died as an infant) Alexander, Issac, Rev William, Rev. Alburtus, John D. , Fielding, Narcissa,. 2. John b ? d. 1818 never married 3. Margaret b. 1758 m. Daniel Killian SR 4. Ann b. ? m. John Henry Pitchy 5. Andrew b. 1765 moved to TN 6. Rosanna m. John Mc Lelland poss moved to TN 7.Rebecca 8. Mary m. Daniel Killian JR 9. Jane m. James Wood, moved to TN Brother William Watt b. 1722 d. 1791 m. Jean Allison 5 children by 1st wife William, James, Rebecca, Margaret, Jane, 6 chiden by 2nd wife Jane Reid John b. 1765 m. Nancy Stevenson Elizabeth b. 1773 m. David White Sarah m. Jessie Todd Thomas b. 1775 d. 1811 left his widow Margaret Fielding and 5 children William Fielding, George Campbell , Elizabeth Reid, Agnes Louisa, Jane Reid. I hope this helps someone, there are a few more children mentiones and if you have any questions on someone in particular let me know. Barbara of Ca

Greetings All. Senator Lorna Milne requested us to pass on the message below relating to her efforts in the Senate and the effect of the newly called Federal election on Bill S-15. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, Canada-Census-Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted. ============================== Greetings everyone! As you know by now, Prime Minister Chrétien has called an election for the 27th of November. I want to bring you all up-to-date on the implications of the election on Bill S-15, my Archives of Canada Act (census records). Bill S-15 had been referred for further study to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. It has now died, along with that committee, but I intend to re- introduce the same bill as soon as Parliament resumes after the election. I expect that it will move through the Senate much more quickly this next time, as my colleagues will be familiar with the intent of the bill. My real agenda has always been to get the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, formerly John Manley but now Brian Tobin, to introduce a Government Bill to solve our problem. Several of the key players in this exercise, including myself, the head of 'Stats' Canada, the Privacy Commissioner and the National Archivist worked all summer to hammer out a compromise position for a Government Bill. We had succeeded, and our proposition was placed before Cabinet just prior to the election call. Now, of course, all bets are off since after the election we will be dealing with a new Minister, a new Cabinet and a new Privacy Commissioner. Fortunately, the new Privacy Commissioner has already reluctantly but publicly agreed, in response to my questioning him in the Senate, with the compromise solution that brought the last Privacy Commissioner on side. In the meantime, I urge all of you to take advantage of this election to press all the candidates in your own riding for their stance on the Release of the Historic Census issue. Don't forget that it was the pressure you put on all Parliamentarians that helped me get the issue this far! As you all know, there is strength in numbers and elections are the perfect opportunity to advance a policy objective. As a Liberal Senator I will, of course, be out campaigning for the Liberal Party. I certainly do not want to lose the advantage I now hold that has enabled me to gain the full co-operation of a Cabinet Minister and to bring our issue directly to the attention of the Cabinet. Sincerely, Senator Lorna Milne

Greetings All As expected, this morning's news announced that Prime Minister Jean Chretien has taken steps to dissolve the current Government and called a Federal Election for 27 November 2000. This means that all pending Bills, including those dealing with public access to Post 1901 Census Records, i.e. C-312, C-484, and S-15 no longer exist. Essentially, from the point of view of those that have been working diligently to obtain this access, when the new Government is formed it will be a new ball game. It is hoped that this will not mean that we must start entirely from scratch again, but there will be new players that need to be convinced. We need not wait until after the election to start that process. It is not my intention to tell anyone who they should vote for - that is between the individual and their conscience. I would however, advise all who are concerned to become involved, even if only in a small way. Candidates for election, or re-election will be holding meetings in their ridings, and there may be all-candidate meetings as well. Check the MP's Scoreboard at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census to see how the incumbents have responded to, or failed to respond to, questions seeking their position on access to Historic Census. Attend the candidate's meetings and publicly ask them their position on allowing public access to Historic Census Records, i.e. 92 years after collection as per regulations attached to the Privacy Act. If unable to attend the meetings visit their office to ask them privately. I think it unlikely that anyone will vote for or against any candidate because of the answer given on this one question, but it may play a part in your decision. Feel free to post your candidate's response to this question on the Canada Census Campaign mail list at [email protected] . We look forward to seeing them. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, Canada-Census-Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted.

There is a Watt's photo listed. Stacie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 3:49 PM Subject: [MO] Old Photo Web Site > www.ancientfaces.com > > this was posted on another site thought it might be of help to someone. > > Patty > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from *list* mode, send a message to > [email protected] containing only the word > "unsubscribe". > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free record at RootsWeb > http://search.rootsweb.com/ >

My husband's family was in Walker Co., Tx. They were the Barker, Brown, and Watts families. The Watts that were there were cousins of the Barkers, who decended from Britton Barker and Celia Watts. William Barker, son of Britton and Celia participated with Sam Houston at San Jacinto.. Celia's father was Thomas Watts, SC to MS to LA and some say TX. Paula Barker [email protected] wrote: > > I am looking for information on my gg grandmother, Mary Catherine WATTS. She > married L. C. DUPUY July 9, 1885 in Walker County, Texas. Their daughter, > Lilly May DUPUY, married William Bracey Wilson in Louisiana. > > Sandy Templeton Johns -- Paula in Texas http://www.flash.net/~barker -Families including Faulkner, Summa, Barker, Parker http://www.rootsweb.com/~txeastla -Eastland Co. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~pbarker -Mallory Family including Welch and assoc. families http://www.geocities.com/heartland/8722 -Central Texas Historical and Genealogical Society Inc Other name I am looking for include: Campbell KY>TX, Williams- TX, Carter >KY>OK, Martin NC>KY,

Greetings All. This morning I received an email from the Access to Information and Privacy Officer of Statistics Canada giving me advance notice that the Official response to my ATI Request for the Report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records was to be mailed today. The response is that my ATI Request is being refused on the basis that John Manley "intends to make the Expert Panel's report available to the public as soon as possible. It will be posted on the Statistics Canada web site; paper copies will also be made available on request." In view of the rumoured Cabinet shuffle, and imminent federal election it remains to be seen if Mr. Manley will be around to make that Report available to the public. Under ATI a request may be refused if the information requested is expected to be published within 90 days after the request is made. That means that we could still wait up to 18 December for the report. If my original ATI request to Industry Canada had been forwarded to Statistics Canada as per the ATI Act, instead of being refused, that 90 day period would expire on 21 November. I have submitted a complaint on the original refusal to the Information Commissioner. While the refusal to submit the Report of the Expert Panel as per my request was not entirely unexpected, on the grounds stated, it was nevertheless disappointing. We hope that the Report will be posted to the Statcan website soon. This afternoon I sent an email to Prime Minister Chretien requesting that he take steps to see the immediate steps to see the Report of the Expert Panel released to the Public. Time will tell. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS [email protected] Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, Canada-Census-Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward without notification is granted.