James
Watson
Born about in Grove, Allegany County, New York, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Edward Watson Strickland
and Ellen (Kelly) Mannix
Brother of
Frances Zeta (Watson) Dygert, Ellen Watson, Kathryn (Watson) Tinney, Margaret Elizabeth (Dygert) Strong [half] and Maude (Dygert) Crandall [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth S. (Mykins) Watson
— married
12 Sep 1897 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Dec 2013
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Biography
Birthplace county is from his marriage record.
1880 - living with parents and siblings in Covington, Wyoming Co. Age 5. Listed as James Watson.[1]
1897 - September 12, married Elizabeth Mykins in Rochester.[2]
1899 - enlisted for the Spanish American War as a private in Co. H, 13th Infantry, on February 18. Deserted May 8; apprehended August 25, 1900. October 26, 1900 - discharged without honor.[3]
1900 - living as a boarder in Rochester with mother Ellen and step-father David Dygert. Age 24. Day laborer. Married two years.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Covington, Wyoming, New York; Roll: 948; Family History Film: 1254948; Page: 117A; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 0236.
- ↑ City of Rochester Municipal Archives: http://www.cityofrochester.gov/app.aspx?id=8589943531
- ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Abstracts of Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902; Series Number: B0809
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Rochester Ward 11, Monroe, New York; Roll: 1075; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1241075.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Nan (Lambert) Starjak
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Nan (Lambert) Starjak :
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