William Watts
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William Watts

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William J. Watts
Born 1940s.
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William is a linguist, with a passion for language and grammar. He studied French from grade 5, and started Latin and Greek in grade 9 after seeing the movie Boy on a Dolphin. He continued in classics at Carleton University (Ottawa) and then Cambridge (UK), where he added another B.A., and M.A. and an M. Litt. He studied some Spanish and a little German as well. His first univeristy instructor job was in South Africa 1972-1976 (apartheid era still at that time) before he returned to Canada.

When Latin teaching positions fizzled, he underwent teacher training and taught grade 4 for two years, including French. When that too fizzled, he trained as a computer programmer, and worked in IT for 17 years. Eventually he taught computer science, ESL, co--op and English in adult ed, hugely enjoying being a teacher again.

William's greatest passions, apart from language, are music and cats (his children). He has sung second bass in various choral groups, church and otherwise, for decades, specializing in renaissance and baroque repertoire, as well as plainsong. He has a huge interest in cosmology, evolution, history, social and political matters, and is thus a CBC, TVO, NPR and PBS fan.


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  • William Watts: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup I-Z59, FTDNA kit #N137055
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  • William Watts: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H42, FTDNA kit #N137055
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William, To answer your question, we are both 5th cousins, 2x removed to Wallis Simpson.

Her profile is Warfield-8. You can locate your relationship to a person by tapping the Genealogical Relationship area at the bottom of each profile, if they have an established tree

posted by K (Beals) Kready
Hi William,

I think we are related through our Best lines. Mine were a Danville, Pennsylvania branch and the family knew of brothers who settled "nort of Frontenac" in Canada which I believe is your branch. Something to explore.

William:

I hope You agree to the merge of the Savage Girls (5850 & 1789) As a Crittenden, I fully endorse this  !!!!

Carl

posted by [Living Miller]
Hello William, you have created a few duplicate profiles recently in the Mallory family. I have suggested some merges but there are other profiles that will need to be merged.

I know that duplicates often don't appear when we are creating a new profile during the 1500-1700 time period because birth dates are often estimated and can vary. I often find it helpful to assume that most profiles during that period will already be on Wikitree, and do a fairly thorough search before creating any new profiles. With a name like Mallory that doesn't have too many profiles, It can even be a good idea to just do a search for the surname, and then sort the list by birth date or name. Thank you

posted by John Atkinson
Hi!

Now that you have had a little time to try WikiTree, there are a few more features you may find useful.

Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found in Styles and Standards, including some tips on writing biographies.

If you need to describe an event, an heirloom or a location relevant to your research, you may like to learn about Free Space Profiles.

Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask via my profile page.

Shirley Dalton, WikiTree Mentor

Hi William,

I proposed many merges of duplicate profiles. These are ones that already existed in WikiTree before you created new ones for them.

We strive to have only one profile per person.

We use the People Search feature to check if a profile exists for a person before creating a new one.

If you need help, just give a shout.

Thanks, and have a spiffy day!

posted by Keith Hathaway
Hi William,

I see you are getting along great on WikiTree. Thank you for your contributions.

Please know that we provide Sources for the information we post on profiles. We agree to do so when we sign the honor code. Genealogy without sources is meaningless. When a profile is created or when information is added, a Source supporting that information is also added.

Please stop and take a moment to review this WikiTree help page before creating more un-sourced profiles: Sources

If you need any assistance at all, our Mentors are here to help.

Glad to have you on board.... have a super day!

posted by Keith Hathaway
Hi again William,

You are now a confirmed member of WikiTree! Thank you for volunteering, and good luck on finding your English Wattses.


Have fun and ask for help if you need it! WikiTree members are always eager to offer guidance to a fellow genealogist. 

If you need additional help, our Mentors Project is a friendly bunch of volunteers who will be glad to assist you with WikiTree-specific problems.

See you in the branches --


Margaret

Hi William,

Welcome to WikiTree! The initial email from us has helpful links that will get you started on WikiTree, which is not like any genealogy site you’ve ever used.

WikiTree is different because our goal is to have one profile per person, and that means we all work together as a BIG collaborative team!

What brings you to WikiTree? Do you have research you’d like to share? Are you interested in how your family fits into the big tree? When you confirm your email address, you’ll have an opportunity to volunteer and tell us about your genealogical interests.

Once you volunteer, one of our Greeters will be happy to confirm your membership, and you’ll be on your way!

Welcome to the family! We’re really glad you’re here.

Margaret


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