Hugh Waterson (1841 - 1897)

Born 1841 in Groomsport, County Down, Ireland

Husband of Agnes (Magee) Waterson — married 20 Aug 1861 in Registrars Office, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1897 at about age 56 in Back Creek, Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Hugh Waterson was born in 1841 in Groomsport, County Down, Ireland, the son of Mary Tosh and Hugh Waterson. Ref : https://courbrittfamily.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/waterson-family/

He married Agnes Magee on 20 August 1861 at the Registrars Office in Newtownards, County Down. Miss Agnes McGEE Parish: Bangor - wife of Hugh Waterson; mother of Robert b. 1865 & Alice b. 1868 & Annie b. 1869 Ref: CR https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/genealogy/SURNAMES/Mc/McGee.htm

Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• William Waterson (1861–1920)
• Eliza Jane Waterson (1864?–1922)
• Robert Waterson (1865–1898)
• Alice Waterson (1868–1935)
• Annie Hall Johnston Waterson (1869–1953)
• Margaret Waterson (1872–1950)
• Agnes Waterson (1875–1959)
• Mary Waterson (1877–1939)
• Martha Waterson (1880–1947)
• Violet Annie Waterson (1883–1915)

In 1871, aged 27 years, Hugh and his wife Agnes and family migrated to Victoria, Australia (departing Plymouth), arriving 25 January 1871, on board the “Essex”.^[1]

Hugh died on 23 November 1897 at Back Creek, Yackandandah, Victoria.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Page: Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]
2. ↑ Death record: 15148 / 1897. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Hugh WATERSON); (Place of death: Ydah); (Age at death: 56); (Mother: Mary TOSH); (Father: Waterson Hugh)