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John Easton WATSON[1]

Male 1889 - 1960  (70 years)


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  • Name John Easton WATSON  [2
    Relationshipwith Mark GURDEN
    Birth 28 May 1889  Straiton, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Sanitary Engineer  [2
    Occupation Surveyor in the coal mining industry  [2
    Occupation Between 1930 and 1957  [2
    Village postmaster at Kinglassie in Fife 
    Death 28 Apr 1960  [2
    Person ID I1601  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2012 

    Father David WATSON,   b. 31 May 1863, Dalkeith, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Isabella EASTON,   b. 1 Apr 1863, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1902, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jul 1885  Straiton, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose Mary HAMILTON   d. 10 Dec 1957, Aberdour, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marriage 18 Jul 1913  Cardenden, Fife Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. David WATSON,   b. Abt 1914, Cardenden, Fife Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1987 (Age 73 years)
     2. James WATSON,   b. 11 Dec 1919, Cardenden, Fife Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 2001, Dunfermline, Fife Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 May 1889 - Straiton, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jul 1913 - Cardenden, Fife Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • [Easton July 2005.FTW]

      Information from research files of Helen Stavert and Graham Easton Watson.

      According to Graham, his grandfather never talked about his father David,as he disproved of David's second marriage to Agnes Calderhead.

      He suffered a stroke in 1926. Retired to the seaside village of Aberdourin 1957 [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S148] Karen Adderley Research.
      Record originated in...

    2. [S214] Registration of Marriage of son George Easton.
      Date of Import: 24 Jul 2005

    3. [S431] Rosemary Jeffs, Rosemary Jeffs, (email dated 06 Apr 2012).