Birdie
Watson
Born in Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Cloyd Watson
and Nancy Ann Haley
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth Watson, Nancy Ellen Watson, William Henry Watson, Sarah Catherine Watson, Richard Joseph Watson, Roscoe Claude Watson, Nora Ann Watson, Matilda Watson and Jessie Marie Watson
Wife of
Byron Bailey Scarborough
— married
30 Nov 1909 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
Wife of
Tilden Scarborough
— married
2 Dec 1916 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Alice Louise (Scarborough) Kirkpatrick, Byron Scarborough, Mary Scarborough and Betty Scarborough
Died
at age 85
in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2015
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Contents |
Biography
Name
- Name: Birdie Watson
Birth
- Date: 30 Nov 1886
- Place: Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Death
- Date: 22 Mar 1973
- Place: Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
- Note: Birdie was committed to the State home for the indigent elderly by her daughter Mary Smith.
Burial
- Date:
- Place: Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Cemetery: Springfield Cemetery
- FAG URL: http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88120788
Residence
- Residence:
- Date: 12 Jun 1900
- Place: Sherman, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Daughter
- Marital Status: Single
- Occupation: None Listed
- Read & Write: Yes [1]
- Residence:
- Date: 04 May 1910
- Place: Carrizo, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Keeping House
- Read & Write: Yes [2]
- Residence:
- Date: 17 Feb 1920
- Place: Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Keeping House
- Read & Write: Yes [3]
- Residence:
- Date: 11 Apr 1930
- Place: Joy Coy, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Keeping House
- Read & Write: Yes [4]
- Residence:
- Date: 23 Apr 1940
- Place: Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Keeping House
- Read & Write: Yes [5]
Event
- Postmaster Appointment:
- Name: Birdie Scarborough
- Post Office Location: Carrizo, Baca, Colorado
- Appointment Date: 11 Mar 1910
- Volume #: 95
- Volume Year Range: 1900-1930 [6]
Marriage
- 1st Husband:
- Spouse: Byron Bailey Scarborough
- Date: 30 Nov 1909
- Place: Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA [7]
Children
- Alice Louise Scarborough
- Born: 17 Nov 1910 in Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Died: 14 Feb 1971 in Meridian, Bosque County, Texas, USA
- Byron Scarborough
- Born: 19 Dec 1913 in Pritchett, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Died: 30 Mar 1958 in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA
Marriage
- 2nd Husband:
- Spouse: Tilden Scarborough
- Date: 02 Dec 1916
- Place: Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA [8]
Children
- Mary Scarborough
- Born: 20 Apr 1919 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Died: 02 Oct 2004 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Betty Scarborough
- Born: 1921 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
- Died: 1937 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, USA
Sources
- ↑ Source: Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.; Roll: 857; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0107;
- ↑ Source: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. ; Roll: T624_112; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0002;
- ↑ Source: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.; Roll: T625_156; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 743;
- ↑ Source: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.; Roll: 229; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0014; Image: 928.0;
- ↑ Source: Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. NARA microfilm publication T627, 4,643 rolls.; Roll: m-t0627-00456; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 5-5
- ↑ Source: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.;
- ↑ Source: Marriage Records. Colorado Marriages. State Archives, Denver, Colorado.;
- ↑ Source: Marriage Records. Colorado Marriages. State Archives, Denver, Colorado.;
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My Two Grandfathers
Family lore is that Birdie was engaged to marry Tilden, they went to meet his family and when Birdie and Byron met it was love at first sight. They ran away together and got married, they had two children, Alice and Byron, then Byron the father died of an asthma attack. When Birdie jilted Tilden, he went to South America and taught school. Upon learning that Byron had died, he went to Birdie and they got married and also had two children,Mary and Betty.
sandrascarborough originally shared this 18 Jul 2010 story
posted 30 Oct 2015 by Sandra Scarborough
[thank Sandra]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Birdie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Birdie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Birdie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Birdie:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Sandra Scarborough 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A319172 [compare], Ancestry member sandrascarborough
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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I had been working on my family tree for about twelve years and had never noticed that some obvious pieces were missing from a book on this branch of my Scarborough family titled Southern Kith and Kin, A Record of My Children’s Ancestors, Vol 3, Major James Scarborough, His Ancestors, and Descendants, written by Jewel Davis Scarborough, that was published in 1957. Namely, the fact that my grandmother Birdie Watson had been married to two brothers, first to Byron Scarborough my grandfather, and to his brother Tilden Scarborough, also missing were my father and his siblings. Many of you may think that the omission was just that an omission, but I believe it was the work of a spiteful sister-in-law, Beulah Scarborough Rawlings. Who by the way is listed by name in the book's acknowledgments for helping with the research, whose husband, son, and his two wives are listed as are the spouses and children of other of Beulah’s brothers and sisters. How many other family histories have holes and gaps because someone didn’t like one of their relatives? Thankfully, if we keep searching oftentimes the gaps get filled in, thanks to the modern genealogy tools we now have.