Alfred Watts (1851 - 1902)

Born 1851 in Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

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Biography

Alfred was the son of Peter Watts and Ayton Hyde and had 5 sibings.

In 1851 and 1861 he was living with his family and in 1861 he was listed as a Lighterman

In 1878 he married Anna Maria Burgess and they had at 12 children, mainly girls, 2 had died by 1911. The family lived in Rotherhithe.

Alfred died in 1902 aged 52

A lighterman is a worker who operates a lighter, a type of flat-bottomed barge, which may be powered or unpowered. In the latter case it is today usually moved by a powered tug. The term is particularly associated with the highly skilled men who operated the unpowered lighters moved by oar and water currents in the Port of London. (Wikipedia)

Sources

• 1851 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1586; Folio: 154; Page: 14; GSU roll: 174823. Ancestry uk Record 8860 #1066439
• 1861 England Census: Class: RG 9; Piece: 384; Folio: 113; Page: 22; GSU roll: 542627
• 1871 England Census: Class: RG10; Piece: 640; Folio: 92; Page: 27; GSU roll: 818932
• Marriage, Free BMD: Marriages Mar 1878 , Burgess Anna Maria St. Saviour 1d 200, Watts Alfred St. Saviour 1d 200
• 1881 England Census: Class: RG11; Piece: 567; Folio: 51; Page: 51; GSU roll: 1341129
• 1891 England Census: The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 506; Folio: 32; Page: 58
• 1901 England Census: Class: RG13; Piece: 400; Folio: 42; Page: 16
• Deaths Mar 1907, WATTS Alfred Age 52, district: St. Olave Vol 1d Page: 151
• Lighterman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighterman