John
Watson
Born in Lanark, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John Watson
and Margaret Laurie
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Helen (Malcolm) Watson
— married
7 Nov 1841 in Shotts, Lanark, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Nesbitt Watson, John Watson, Helen Watson, Jessie Watson, Andrew Watson, Robert Watson and Thomas Watson
Died
at age 78
in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- 10 MAR 1817[1]
Death
- 23 JUL 1895[2]
- at home, cnr High & Richmond Sts, Blenheim, NZ
Event
- Left Glasgow c 1860
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- 6 yrs at Darling Downs as station hand
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- Worked with merinos
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- Arrive Marlborough from Melbourne 1869
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- Manager 21 yrs Dumgree Station (owned by Dr Thomas Renwick)
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- Dumgree became known as a 'model sheep station' under him
Sources
- Footnotes and citations:
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand Cemetery Records. New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated.
- Source list:
Research
Baptism record states he was born 27 March 1817 and baptised on 28th.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Philip Dunn for starting this WikiTree profile through the import of Dunn-Coffin-2013-03-15_01.ged on Mar 16, 2013.
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