Mr
James
Watt
Born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Archibald Wilson
and Mary Watt
Brother of
Peter Watt [half]
Husband of
Rachel Ballantine (Cuthbertson) Watt
— married
9 Dec 1912 in Roselea cottage, 29 Millhaugh, Larkhall, Scotland, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
James Watt, Mary Cuthbertson (Watt) McNeish, Margaret Watt, Rachel Ballantine Cuthbertson Watt, Annie Cuthbertson (Watt) Young, William Watt and David Cuthbertson Watt
Died about
at about age 68
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Oct 2013
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Contents |
Biography
James Watt was born in Abbeygreen, Lesmahagow, Scotland, United Kingdom on the 20th January 1891 to Mary Watt (1861-1903) and according to family lore, Archibald Wilson (1865-). However Archibald was not recorded as the father on the birth certificate.
James Married Rachel Ballantine Cuthbertson (1889-1950), the daughter of David Cuthbertson (1856-1931) and Margaret Notman (1855-1931) in Larkhall, Scotland on the 9th March 1912.
He was alive during the Boar War (1899-1902), World War One (1914-1918), the Russian Revolution (1917-1923) and World War Two (1939-1945).
James died aged 69 around 1960
Children
Children with Rachel Ballantine Cuthbertson (1889-1950)
1. James Watt (1910-)
2. Mary Cuthbertson Watt (1911-)
3. Margaret Watt (1912-)
4. Rachel Ballantine Cuthbertson Watt (1915-1991)
5. Annie Cuthbertson Watt (1917-1989)
6. William Watt (1918-)
7. David Cuthbertson Watt (1919-)
Timeline of James Watt
1891 Born
1891 Aged 0 Appears on the 1891 Census
1899 Aged 8 Boar War Starts
1901 Aged 10 Death of Queen Victoria
1903 Aged 12 Death of his mother Mary Watt
1910 Aged 19 Birth of Son James Watt
1910 Aged 19 King Edward VII Dies
1911 Aged 20 Birth of Daughter Mary Watt
1912 Aged 21 Marries Rachel Cutherbertson
1912 Aged 21 Birth of Daughter Margaret Watt
1912 Aged 21 Death of his Maternal Grand Mother Ann Nicol
1914 Aged 23 World War I Begins
1915 Aged 24 Birth of Daughter Rachel Watt
1917 Aged 26 Birth of Daughter Annie Watt
1918 Aged 27 Birth of Son William Watt
1919 Aged 28 Birth of Son David Watt
1932 Aged 41 Daughter Mary marries James McNeish
1936 Aged 45 Daughter Annie marries John Sives
1936 Aged 45 King George V Dies
1939 Aged 48 World War II Starts
1945 Aged 54 World War II Ends
1950 Aged 59 Death of his Wife Rachel Cuthbertson
1952 Aged 61 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1960 Dies Aged 69
Sources
1. Birth Entry ; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTFH-7BM
2. Census 1891 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSXL-XXF (aged 0)
3. Family Knowledge James Watt was my Paternal Great Grandfather.
Footnotes
Profile created on the 24th October 2013 by Alexander Sives (his Great Grandson)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~12.50%
Alexander Sives
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XY3532690 [compare], yourDNAportal ALEa766e994
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~6.25%
Elizabeth (Watt) Rutherford :
23andMe, GEDmatch M635959 [compare]
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~1.56%
Laurel (Rutherford) Grose :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M145727 [compare], Ancestry member lgrose168
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