Anna (Spencer) Watkins (1869 - aft. 1932)

Born 9 Apr 1869 in Rock Sound, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Curtis Watkins — married about 1890 in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Died after 1932 after age 62 in Key West, Fl

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Biography

Annie (Spencer) Watkins is part of a Bahamian family.

Born 9 Apr 1869, Rock Sound, Eleuthera Bahamas to Mary Fletcher Carey and John Spencer.^[1]

In 1900, twenty-nine-year-old wife Annie was living in Key West, Florida. She immigrated to the United States in 1895. Annie took care of the home and family. Ruby (1), stayed home with her mom. Her husband, Joseph (34) owned their mortgage free home. He immigrated to the United States from the Bahamas in 1885, and was working as a Sponger Fisherman. Gerald (7) and Mary (5) attended school. Annie's brother-in-law, Buey (50) was living with them. He immigrated to the United States in 1880. Also living with them was her fifty-year-old brother, Moses Spencer. He immigrated to the United States in 1895 and was working as a Sponger Fisherman. ^[2]

1910 Jerald G Watkins, Mary M Watkins, Ruby V Watkins other: Harry Edwards

1920 Annie, Joseph and Celeste Thompson age 8 adopted

1930 Annie w Joseph C, Muriel & niece Minnie Spencer age 19

1935 Annie w Muriel

1940 Annie widow w Muriel and Agnes Thompson age 19 adopted

1945 Annie age 73 w Muriel

NB: Agnes is the niece of Luthar Thompson born 1888 in Florida of Bahamain parents. He was married to Ruby Y Thompson b 1899 in Florida of Bahamian parents, They had a daughter Celeste R Thompson b in Florida 1912.

Gerald Watkins b 1891 mCatherine Roberts b Jul 1898 • Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States. She was the daughter of Kathleen Roberts) They had 2 children:1.) Sylvia Roberta Watkins(1922–2001) b 12 Jan, m Boese b 1920, Key West Mon, Florida

2.) Gerald Grey Watkins Jr(1924–1984) 28 Jul 1924 • Florida m Dorothy Jean (1930-2000)

Sources

1. ↑ The Wyannie Malone Hope Town Museum, Dolly Mae Genealogy Records Online Database (Internet site), at www.genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com (accessed 21 Apr 2016). Subscription required.[1]
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTFQ-FN3?cc=1325221&wc=9B72-Y46%3A1030551201%2C1030551202%2C1030566301 : 5 August 2014), Florida > Monroe > ED 100 Key West city Ward 3 > image 12 of 31; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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