Jemima Jane (Gilson) Watts (1836 - 1901)

Born 1836 in Swaffam Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Watts — married 1859 in Dapto, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1901 at about age 65 in Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Jemima (Gilson) Watts was born in Swaffam Prior, Cambridgeshire, England.

Jemima (Gilson) Watts was an Assisted Immigrant to New South Wales.

Jemima Jane Gilson was baptised on June 12, 1836 at St Mary's Church in Swaffam Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, daughter of George Gilson and Elizabeth Booty.^[1]

He father died when she was three years of age.

At the time of the 1841 census Jemima (age 5) was living with her widowed mother and her uncle in Swaffham Prior^[2]

At the time of the 1851 census Jemima (age 16) was living with her mother and her second husband William Pamenter in Swaffham Prior.^[3]

On January 19, 1856 Jemima arrived in the Colony of New South Wales as an assisted immigrant aboard the Morayshire.^[4] The passenger list recorded that she was 20 years of age, a general servant and that she could both read and write.

Jemima married Thomas Watts in 1859 in Dapto, Colony of New South Wales (see research notes).

Together they had the following children:

1. Edith Watts (1859 - 1926)
2. Elizabeth Watts (1861–1894)
3. Julia Watts (1863 - 1937)
4. George Watts (1865 - 1866)
5. Jane Watts (1867 - )
6. Mary Grace Watts (1869 - 1947)
7. Nathan James Watts (1874 - 1960)
8. Louisa M Watts (1877 - )

When Elizabeth was born in 1861 they were living in Gundagai.

On June 24, 1898 Jemima purchased a property in Sheridan Street, Gundagai.^[5]

Jemima died at her home in Sheridan Street, Gundagai on February 9, 1901 from eczema and cancer.^[6] She was buried in the North Gundagai Cemetery two days later.^[7]

Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW: 1868 - 1931), Tuesday 12 February 1901, page 2

Research Notes

• 1841 census - relationship to Wiilliam and Charles Hancock unknown
• Marriage date and place comes from an Ancestry member tree. Lauren Thomson can't find their marriage on the NSW BDM indexes, and has put buying daughter Elizabeth's birth certificate onto her NSW "buy transcription" list as it should reveal parents' marriage details

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 005412715_001_M99X-YW4; Image number: 5
   FamilySearch Record: 7WM4-PL2M (accessed 2 September 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9MX-Q98L-K
   Jemima Gilson baptism on 12 Jun 1836, child of George Gilson & Elizabeth Gilson, in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
2. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 72; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Swaffham Prior; County: Cambridgeshire; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 12; Page: 18; Line: 24; GSU roll: 241225
   Ancestry au Record 8978 #3717439 (accessed 2 September 2023)
   Jemima Gilson (5) in Swaffham Prior in Newmarket registration district in Cambridgeshire, England. Born in Cambridgeshire, England.
3. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 1762; Folio: 228; Page: 29; GSU roll: 193654; ED, institution, or vessel: 1a; Household schedule number: 115
   Ancestry au Record 8860 #4575173 (accessed 2 September 2023)
   Jemima Gilson (16) daughter-in-law in household of William Pamenter (30) in Swaffham Prior in Newmarket registration district in Cambridgeshire, England. Born in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England.
4. ↑ Passenger list, 'Morayshire', Southampton to Sydney, 1856.
5. ↑ Government Gazette (State Archives NSW), 6 May 1898, p3532. Name: Jemima Jane Watts, Event Date: 6 May 1898, Event Place: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, Page Number: 3532.
6. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, death index 1649/1901.
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave
   Find A Grave: Memorial #227293602 (accessed 2 September 2023)
   Memorial page for Jemima Jane Gilson Watts (1836-9 Feb 1901), citing North Gundagai Cemetery, Gundagai, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia (plot: Church of England portion); Maintained by Cheryl Smith (contributor 48972386).