Clara C. Watson (1870 - 1943)

Born Oct 1870 in Deerfield Township, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died Dec 1943 at age 73 in Gowanda State Hospital, Erie, New York, United States

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Biography

Clara Watson was born in October 1870 in Deerfield, Warren, Pennsylvania to James Watson and Mary Adaline Wareham. She had 12 brothers and sisters.

In about 1878, the Watson family moved to Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, where Clara grew up. ^[1]

In 1900, at the age of 30, Clara lived with her retired parents and five siblings in her parents' home. ^[2]

In 1910, Clara lived with her brothers, George and Charles, and widowed brother-in-law, Augustus Shields. All three of the men were employed making knives in a cutlery factory. ^[3]

In 1925, Clara lived in Little Valley. ^[4] By 1930, Clara, age 59, was a patient at the Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital in Collins, Erie, New York. As reported in the 1930 United States Census, the institution was a state hospital for the insane, and Clara was one of the inmates. ^[5]

Clara died in December 1943 of pneumonia at Gowanda State Hospital and was buried in Little Valley Rural Cemetery, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZ3-F5G : 24 December 2015), James H Watson, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 292A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0812; FHL microfilm 1,254,812.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS68-S98 : accessed 1 March 2017), Clara C Watson in household of James Watson, Little Valley Township Little Valley village, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 7A, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,011.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5CZ-TCJ : accessed 2 March 2017), Clara Watson in household of George E Watson, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 10A, family 207, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 926; FHL microfilm 1,374,939.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS9V-VJ3 : 8 November 2014), Clara C Watson, Little Valley, A.D. 01, E.D. 02, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 3, line 03, New York State Archives, Albany.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7ZQ-S6D : accessed 2 March 2017), Clara A Watson, Collins, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 390, sheet 4A, line 38, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1435; FHL microfilm 2,341,170.
6. ↑ Clara Watson's Obituary