02. Robert Spence Watson (Bob)** NB I have not researched these individuals extensively. This is just information I have gleaned in the course of researching my own line. **
This page was last revised on 2009-06-13.
| 1836-01-01 | b. Claremont Place, Gateshead; witnesses included Henry Brady, surgeon of Gateshead. | PRO RG 6/1149; Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. privately printed |
| 1841 | of Summerhill Terrace, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | PRO HO 107/824/10 f21 p33 |
| 1849-01 | of Newcastle; started at Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) York: Sessions |
| 1850-12 | of Newcastle; left Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) |
| 1851 | living with family at 2 Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. | HO 107/2405 f74 p68 |
| 1851 | a teacher at the Newcastle Friends’ Sabbath School. | Minutes of Friends’ Sabbath School, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear Archives Service MF 208 |
| abt 1853 | with her brother Robert, spent a fortnight at their great-uncle James Foster's summer house at Shorncliffe Lodge, Sandgate, Kent. | Robert Spence Watson (1969) Reminiscences of the late Rt Hon. Robert Spence Watson. York, privately printed, p. 9 |
| 1854 | with her father and her brother Robert went for a fortnight to Holland and Belgium. Visited the field of Waterloo. | Spence Watson (1969), p. 21 |
| 1859-06-15 | Newcastle Monthly Meeting appointed Daniel Oliver, Henry Brady & Edward Backhouse to report on the proposal of Alexander Corder and Lucy Watson to marry. | minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, TWAS MF 170 |
| 1859-07-13 | cleared to marry. | minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, TWAS MF 170 |
| 1859-07-20 | of Bensham Grove, Gateshead; m. Alexander Corder (1831-1924, linen draper of 5 Hutchinson Buildings, Bishopwearmouth), at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Friends' meeting house. | marriage digest; The Friend; The British Friend XVII.VIII:219-20; GRO index |
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We quote the following from a Newcastle paper:— Interesting Marriage at the Friends’ Meeting House. — Yesterday morning much interest was excited by two marriages which took place at the Friends’ Meeting House, Pilgrim Street; the brides being sisters, and the daughters of our much respected townsman, Joseph Watson, Esq., solicitor. The Meeting House was crowded, and all watched the proceedings with the most lively interest. A large crowd assembled in the street, to witness the arrival and departure of the wedding parties, who occupied about twenty carriages. The betrothed couples, with their friends, assembled in adjoining rooms, and went in procession into the Meeting House. George Richardson, Esq., who may truly be designated the patriarch of the Society, he being eighty-six years of age, Jonathan Priestman, Esq., and a few others of the elder members, took their seats on the platform, in front of which, facing the congregation, sat the happy pairs about to be united in wedlock, viz. Mr. Alexander Corder, of Sunderland, draper, and his bride, Miss Lucy Watson; and Mr. Henry Clapham, of Newcastle, merchant, and his bride, Miss Esther Mary Watson. Between them sat Mr. & Mrs. Watson, the parents of the brides, and on the same bench were the two groomsmen, Mr. Hadwen Priestman and Mr. R.S. Watson. The bridesmaids, of whom there were ten, viz., Miss Brady, Miss Wigham, Miss Corder, Misses Harris, Misses Watson, Miss Clapham, Miss Thompson, and Miss Dodshon, occupied seats near. There was a large number of Friends present, but the great bulk of the congregation were not members of the Society – the ladies greatly preponderating. A short period was passed in silence, and then Mr. Jonathan Priestman offered up prayer. A few minutes afterwards — Mr. Henry Binns, of Sunderland, rose and addressed the meeting as follows:—’ [quoted in full] After a short interval of silence, the marriage ceremony, which was brief and simple, was gone through. The bride and bridegroom rose, and taking each other by the hand, made the usual declaration, promising, through Divine assistance to be faithful to each other until severed by death. The marriage certificates were read by Mr. Henry Brady and Mr. George Pumphrey, after which a number of the friends signed their names to the same. Mr. Jonathan Priestman then gave a short exhortation, urging upon his hearers the necessity of seeking Divine assistance to enable them to resist the temptations which beset their path through life. Mr. Binns then engaged in prayer, after which the congregation began to retire. Many persons, however, before leaving affixed their signatures to the marriage certificates. These documents in future years will, no doubt, be referred to with great interest. Northern Daily Express. |
The British Friend XVII.VIII:219–20 | |
| Children: | Robert Watson (1860-1930), Walter Shewell (1861-1933), Percy (1863-1927), Herbert (1864-1937), Ernest (1866-?). | births digest; The Friend; The British Friend; The Times; GRO index; Bootham School Register |
| 1860-05-28 | first child born, at Bensham Grove, Gateshead; husband of Sunderland. | The British Friend XVIII.VII:179 |
| 1861 | living with husband (linen draper), son, cook, & nurse at 17 St Bedes Terrace, Bishopwearmouth. | PRO RG 9/3772 f45 p45 |
| 1866-01-10 | son b. Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth. | The Friend VI.62:8 |
| 1871 | no occupation, patient, The Retreat, Gate Fulford, Yorkshire | RG 10/4753 f60 p63 |
| 1873-05-19 | in Florence with Robert, attending to Joe. | letter from Robert to Mabel Spence Watson, TWAS Acc. 213/13 |
| 1881 | wife of grocer, inmate, lunatic, of The Friends Retreat Lunatic Asylum, Gate Fulford, York; as 'L.C.' | RG 11 |
| 1891 | no occupation, lunatic, of The Friends Asylum for the Insane, Fulford, Yorkshire; as 'L.C.' | RG 12 |
| 1901 | lunatic, of Friends Retreat, Walmgate, York; as 'L.C.' | RG 13 |
| 1918-07-26 | of Sunderland; d. at The Retreat, York. | The Friend LVIII:490, 1918-08-02; Annual Monitor |
| A notable living descendant is Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson (1925- ), former Director of the Institute of Historical Research. |
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03. Esther Mary Watson| 1838-12-13 | b. Township of Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; father (informant) of 10 Summerhill Terrace, Westgate. | birth certificate; Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. privately printed; Sandys B. Foster (1890) Pedigrees of Wilson of High Wray & Kendal. London, p. 157 |
| 1841 | of Summerhill Terrace, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | PRO HO 107/824/10 f21 p33 |
| 1850-08 | of Newcastle; started at Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) York: Sessions |
| 1851 | scholar, at 1 Castlegate, York. | HO 107/2353 f526 p20 |
| 1855-12 | of Newcastle; left Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) |
| 1859-07-20 | of Bensham Grove, Gateshead; m. Henry Clapham (1827-83, merchant of Summerhill Grove, Newcastle, son of Anthony Clapham, chemist) at Newcastle Friends' meeting house; witnesses John Foster Spence draper North Shields, Joseph Spence draper North Shields. | marriage certificate; The British Friend XVII.VIII:219-20, The Friend; Foster (1871); Foster (1890) |
| Children: | Henry Foster (1860-60), Ethel (1861-1925), Lionel (1863-1916), Philip (1865-66), Maud (1869-1927), Norman (1872-1947), Herbert Watson (1873-73), Henry (1880-?) | death certificates; births & burials digests; GRO index; The Friend; The British Friend; Annual Monitor |
| 1860 | of Summerhill Grove, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | The British Friend XVIII.VII:179, XVIII.XI:277 |
| 1861 | living with husband (coal merchant), visitor and two servants at 5 Summerhill Grove, Westgate, Newcastle on Tyne. | PRO RG 9/3812 f? p8 |
| 1863-02-25 | son b. at Summerhill Grove. | The Friend III:98 |
| 1866-03-19 | son Philip d. at 5 Northumberland Terrace, Tynemouth, where husband Henry resident. | death certificate |
| 1871 | living with husband, three children, and four servants at Holley House, Gateshead. | RG 10/5051 |
| 1873-08-26 | son Herbert d. at Holly House, Gateshead. | The Friend NS XIII.Oct:264 |
| 1880-04-09 | son Henry b. at North Ashfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | The Friend XX.June:179 |
| 1881 | of North Ashfield, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | RG 11 |
| 1891 | living on her own means, at 5 Osbourne Rd, Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne. | RG 12 |
| 1896-04-09 | present at niece Mabel Spence Watson’s wedding at Pilgrim Street Friends' meeting house; signed marriage certificate. | RSW Cuttings |
| 1901 | widow, living at 5 Osborne Rd, Jesmond, Newcastle, with 3 children, sick nurse, cook, waiting maid, and housemaid | RG 13/4781 f130 p7 |
| 1902-04-04 | of 5, Osborne Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | The Friend XLII:256 |
| a Minister. | Annual Monitor | |
| 1903-12-03 | of 5, Osborne Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. aged 65 years. | The Friend XLIII:838; Annual Monitor |
| Notable living descendants are Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn (1961- ), actress, and Alexander Armstrong (1970- ), comedian, actor and TV presenter. |
| 1840-03-28 | b. Township of Westgate, Newcastle | birth certificate; Annual Monitor; Bootham School Register (1971); Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. privately printed |
| 1841 | of Summerhill Terrace, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | PRO HO 107/824/10 f21 p33 |
| 1851 | scholar, of 2 Gresham Place, St Andrew, Newcastle-upon Tyne. | HO 107/2405 f74 p68 |
| 1852/1855 | at Bootham school. | Bootham School Register |
| 1861 | iron ship builder, of Bensham, Gateshead, living with parents. | PRO RG 9/3800 f39 p27 |
| 1866 | of the firm of Clarke, Watson and Gurney, Victoria Engine Works, Gateshead. | The Friend |
| 1868-04-15 | Newcastle Monthly Meeting, held there: Notice, Joseph Watson junr of Newcastle & Lucy Fenwick, attender. William Wilson & Frederick Clark to enquire, Frederick Clark to give notice at Newcastle. | minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting 1867–74, Tyne & Wear Archives Service MF 170 |
| 1868-05-13 | Newcastle Monthly Meeting, held at Sunderland. Notice had been given at Newcastle on -04-19. Liberated. Henry Clapham & Francis Corder to ensure good order. | minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting 1867–74, TWAS MF 170 |
| 1868-05-20 | engineer, of the firm of Clarke, Watson and Gurney, Victoria Engine Works, Gateshead; m. Lucy Fenwick (1838-1918, youngest daughter of William Fenwick, of The Cottage, Stanhope) at Newcastle Friends' meeting house. | marriage digest; minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting 1867–74, TWAS MF 170; The Friend VIII.6:174; The British Friend XXVI.7:192; Foster (1871); Edward H. Milligan (2007) Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920. York: Sessions Book Trust |
| Children: | Lucy Fenwick (1869-?), Joseph Stanhope (1870-1934), Myles Foster (1872-1938). | birth certificates; GRO index; The Friend |
| 1869-03-21 | engineer of 4 Seymour Terrace, Heworth, Gateshead; daughter b. there. | birth certificate; The Friend NS IX.100 |
| 1870-08-18 | engineer of Seymour Terrace, Heworth, Gateshead; son b. there. | birth certificate; The Friend NS X.Sept:228 |
| 1871 | engine manufacturer, living with wife, two children & two servants at 9 Seymour Terrace, Heworth, Northumberland. | RG 10/5048 f6 p5 |
| member of firm of Clark, Chapman and Watson, Engineers, Gateshead; of Gateshead. | Bootham School Register | |
| 1872-06-04 | mechanical engineer; daughter born at 9 Seymour Terrace, Heworth, Gateshead. | birth certificate |
| 1873-05-19 | ‘I have had so much to do for poor Uncle Joe’; expects to be at least 2 weeks. Is being attended by Lucy & Robert. | letter from Robert to Mabel Spence Watson, TWAS Acc. 213/13 |
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Then my brother Joe had been very poorly for some time. It was evident
that his chest was affected, and Charley Pease and his wife were going
up the Nile, and offered to take him with them in their Dahabieh and we
hoped that it would do him great good. The last letters were most
encouraging and then there came one from Alexandria which showed that he
was laid up there in a very dangerous state. I at once told my father
that I would go out and meet him at Naples. He had requested in his
letter that someone might meet him. I went out to Naples and was there
for twelve days but I never got a letter or a telegram from him or home
or anything of the kind, and I was coming away from Napes in despair
when I saw a ship I had not known of coming into the bay, and he was on
it. He had been very ill, and a young fellow who had met him had tried
to get him a first class passage to Naples, but finding that it was
impossible, had given up his own first class cabin and got a second
berth second class, and brought him through and looked after him. The
doctor I consulted said at once that he was dying, and that I could not
move him at all, but I managed to take him about a little in the
splendid weather, and he was much interested in everything that he saw
though he was very weak. I got him on to Rome with great difficulty.
After two or three days in Rome I took him on to Florence. That was then
a terrible journey of fifteen hours, and how we got through it I cannot
imagine. Fortunately everyone saw how ill he was and they avoided
getting in to to trouble us. He had bad dysentery in addition to lung
disease. At Florence, with much difficulty and after great trouble, I
came upon a Scottish doctor who had just come there from India, having
himself been cured of a similar sort of complaint in India. He took us
to a most excellent pension kept by Miss Earle, the daughter of an
officer, and there we had every possible comfort, and a large room for
Joe which I used to make a complete bower of roses for about 1½d. a day.
I used to go out in the morning and come back with my arms full of roses
- so full that I could hardly carry them. It was a splendid place. Then my father and sister Gertrude, and my brother Willy came out and brought Joe's wife with them, and then I came home again. He lived about three weeks longer, but when I parted I could tell, even though the doctor did not say so, that there was no chance whatever of our meeting again. |
Robert Spence Watson (1969) Reminiscences of the late Rt Hon. Robert Spence Watson. York, privately printed, p. 65 |
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| 1873-06-24 | of Via degli Strozzi No. 4, Florence, Italy; d. at Florence, of lung disease, aged 33. | death certificate; burials digest; The Friend NS XIII.July:190, The British Friend July:182; Annual Monitor; Ann Craven (2004) ‘Elizabeth Spence Watson: a Quaker working for peace and women’s suffrage in nineteenth century Newcastle and Gateshead’, MA dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 1873-06-26 | iron ship builder and engineer, Clark, Chapman & Watson, Engineers at Gateshead; bur. Protestant cemetery, Florence. | burials digest |
| JOSEPH WATSON/ ENGLAND/ Watson/ Giuseppe/ Giuseppe/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 24 Giugno/ 1873/ Anni 33/ 1219/ Joseph Watson, Angleterre, Rentier, fils de Joseph Watson/ GL23777/1 N̊ 458 Burial 26/06 Rev Clark/ JOSEPH WATSON/ OF GATESHEAD ON TYNE ENGLAND/ DIED AT FLORENCE/ SIXTH MONTH/ 24 1873/ AGED 33 YEARS// WHICH HOPE WE HAVE/ AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL/ BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST/ HEB. VI.19/ E16D | www.florin.ms/cemetery4.html [accessed 2006-01-12] |
| 1841-10-11 | b. Township of Westgate, Newcastle. | birth certificate; minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, Tyne & Wear Archives Service MF 169 |
| 1851 | scholar, living with family at 2 Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. | PRO HO 107/2405 f74 p68 |
| 1854/1857 | at Bootham School, York. | Bootham School Register (1971) |
| 1861 | nurseryman, of Bensham, Gateshead, living with parents. | RG 9/3800 f39 p27 |
| 1871 | nurseryman, of Bensham Grove, Bensham Road, Gateshead, living with parents & siblings. | RG 10/5051 f64 p25 |
| 1871-03 & -04 |
Wm. Jos. Watson’s Garden Seeds Wm. Jos. Watson’s Flower Seeds Wm. Jos. Watson’s Agricultural Seeds Wm. Jos. Watson’s Fruit, Forest, and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, &c. Catalogues of the above are now ready and will be forwarded post free on application to the Town Hall Buildings, Newcastle. Nurseries, Fenham, near Newcastle.
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The Friend NS XI.Mar:Ads 7 & Apr:9 |
| 1873-04 | subscribed 5s. to E.J. Saleebey’s Schools at Lebanon. | The British Friend XXXI.Apr:81 |
| about 1873-06 | went to Florence for his brother Joe's final illness. | Robert Spence Watson (1969) Reminiscences of the late Rt Hon. Robert Spence Watson. York, privately printed, p. 65 |
| 1875-07-08 | m. Frances Jane Fenwick McAllum (1856-aft.1898), at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | The Friend NS XV.Aug:2245; The British Friend; Bootham School Register; GRO index |
| Children: | Muriel (1877-?), Gladys Frances (1881-1936), Leslie (1882-1898), Esther (1884-?) | GRO index; Annual Monitor |
| 1881 | nursery & seedsman employing 8 men & 4 boys, of 10 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, Durham. | RG 11 |
| 1891 | seed merchant & nurseryman, of (Bank Head), Watling Street, Corbridge, Northumberland, living with wife, 3 children, governess, cook, & housemaid. | RG 12/4246 f23 p11 |
| 1896-01-07 | d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, aged 54. | The Friend XXXVI:48, 1896-01-17; The British Friend V Feb:48 |
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DEATH OF MR. W.J. Watson The death occurred on Monday night, at his residence, 4, Graingerville North, Newcastle, of Mr William Joshua Watson, son of the late Mr J. Watson, solicitor, Bensham Grove, Gateshead, and brother of Dr Spence Watson. Deceased, who was one of the best known seedsmen and florists in the North of England, and had occupied business premises in or near the Newcastle Town Hall for upwards of thirty years, was taken ill last November with lung troubles, and succumbed, as stated above, on Monday to an attack of pleurisy, at the age of 54. He was a very successful exhibitor at the leading English and Scottish horticultural exhibitions, a few years ago, and gained a large number of awards. He took a lively interest in the Newcastle Flower Show, and was a member of the committee of management. Some years back he was an enthusiastic angler, and spent a good deal of time, with his brother Dr Watson, in following the gentle craft in the Rothbury district. He was a Liberal in politics, and a member of the Newcastle club. He married a daughter of the late Dr D.L. McAllum, of Gosforth, and leaves a widow, three daughters, and a son. The funeral will take place at St Andrew's Cemetery, North Road, on Friday, at three o'clock. |
RSW Cuttings |
| 1842-11-14 | b. Township of Elswick, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | birth certificate |
| 1848-05-12 | d. at Gresham Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in her 6th year. | Annual Monitor; The Friend VI.67:136, July 1848; The British Friend |
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07. Emily Watson| 1844-04-06 | b. 6 Elswick Villas, Elswick, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | birth certificate |
| 1851 | living with family at 2 Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. | PRO HO 107/2405 f74 p68 |
| 1859-07-20 | ‘Misses Watson’ among the 10 bridesmaids at the wedding of their sisters Lucy and Esther Mary. | The British Friend XVII.VIII:291–20 |
| 1861 | scholar, of Bensham, Gateshead, living with parents. | PRO RG 9/3800 f39 p27 |
| 1865-08-10 | of Bensham Grove, Gateshead; m. Henry Richardson (1841-1914, Forest Hall, near Benton, Northumberland), at Newcastle Friends' meeting-house. | GRO index; Annual Monitor; marriage digest; The Friend 1865-09-01, p. 203, The British Friend 1865-09-01, p. 234 |
| Children: | Henry (1868-68), Harold (1869-1911), Helen (1871-1902), Olive Mary (1881-1956). | birth & death certificates; Annual Monitor; The Friend; GRO index |
| 1868/1871 | of Backworth Lodge, Earsdon, Tynemouth, Northumberland. | children's birth certificates; The Friend |
| 1871 | of Backworth Lodge, Backworth, living with husband, two infants, ladies nurse, cook, nurse & housemaid. | RG 10/5128 f. 30v |
| 1881 | of 5 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | RG 11 |
| 1891 | not found in census. | |
| 1901 | living at Tudor Lodge, Osborne Rd, Jesmond, Newcastle, with husband, cook, waiting maid & housemaid. | RG 13/4782 f172 p47 |
| 1902-04-04 | late of Tudor Lodge, Newcastle. | The Friend XLII:256 |
| 1913-10-17 | d. Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire. | The Friend; Annual Monitor |
| 1846-05-14 | b. Elswick Villas, Elswick, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | birth certificate; The British Friend |
| 1846-06-28 | d. of atrophy 3 or 4 weeks certified, at Elswick Villas, Elswick, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne. | death certificate; The Friend; The British Friend |
| 1846-06-30 | bur. Westgate Hill General Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne. | burials digest |
| 1848-03-05 | b. Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne. | birth certificate; The British Friend |
| 1851 | living with family at 2 Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. | PRO HO 107/2405 f74 p68 |
| 1859-07-20 | ‘Misses Watson’ among the 10 bridesmaids at the wedding of their sisters Lucy and Esther Mary. | The British Friend XVII.VIII:291–20 |
| 1861 | scholar, of Bensham, Gateshead. | RG 9/3800 f39 p27 |
| 1861-08 | of Newcastle; started at Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) York: Sessions |
| 1864-12 | of Newcastle; left Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) |
| 1870-07-27 | m. Joseph John Gurney (1846-1903, mechanical engineer of 43 Westgate Hill, Newcastle, son of Joseph Gurney) at Particular Baptist Chapel, Rye Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne, by certificate; witnesses Edward Tritton Gurney, Gertrude Watson; of Bensham Grove, Gateshead. | birth certificate; GRO index |
| 1871 | living with husband in his father Joseph Gurney’s household at Birdhurst, Kingston Road, All Saints, Wandsworth (JG shorthandwriter to the 2 Houses of Parliament). | RG 10/708 |
| Child: | Helen Mary (1874-?). | birth certificate |
| 1874-07-18 | daughter b. 11 Northumberland Terrace, Tynemouth, Northumberland. | birth certificate |
| 1881 | of 14 Bewick Road, Gateshead. | RG 11 |
| 1891 | of Rodsley House, Gateshead. | RG 12 |
| 1896-04-09 | present at niece Mabel Spence Watson’s wedding at Pilgrim Street Friends' meeting-house; signed marriage certificate; gave couple table lamp and sideboard cloth. | RSW Cuttings |
| 1901 | living with husband and daughter at Carn Begg, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. | RG 13/1033 |
| 1916-07-01/-10-31 | had subscribed £20.0.0 (@£5 a month) to the Friends’ Ambulance Unit. | The Friend, supp: iv-viii, 1916-11-17 |
| 1922-10-12 | d. at the White House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, very suddenly, aged 74. | The Friend LXII:740, 1922-10-20 |
| 1849-07-01 | b. 1 Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne. | birth certificate; The British Friend |
| 1849-09-09 | d. Newcastle-on-Tyne | burials digest |
| 1849-09-10 | bur. Westgate Hill Gen’l Cemetery, Newcastle. | burials digest |
11. Herbert Watson| 1852-03-31 | b. 2 Gresham Place, Saint Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne | birth certificate |
| 1861 | scholar, of Bensham, Gateshead | PRO RG 9/3800 f39 p27 |
| 1864-04-01 | Began at Bootham. | In Memoriam Sarah Watson |
| 1864/1868 | at Bootham School. | Bootham School Register (1971) |
| 1865-03-20 | ‘Thou hast, I think, been very happy at Bootham, and more free from care than in after life can be hoped for.’ | In Memoriam Sarah Watson |
| articled clerk with his father, J. & R.S. Watson, Solicitors. | Bootham School Register | |
| 1870-09 | visited Hamburg with Robert & Elizabeth Spence Watson and Alice Mary Richardson. | Robert Spence Watson (1969) Reminiscences of the late Rt Hon. Robert Spence Watson. York, privately printed, p. 47 |
| 1871 | solicitor’s clerk, of Bensham Grove, Bensham Road, Gateshead, living with parents & siblings. | RG 10/5051 f64 p25 |
| 1873-03-25 | d. about 5pm, at Bensham Grove, Gateshead, of pneumonia 3 days certified. | death certificate; Annual Monitor (which says he died at Glasgow) |
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The year 1873 was in many respects a very sad year for us. My youngest brother, Herbert, had a very bad attack of pneumonia in March which took him away. We were both of us in Glasgow where I was endeavouring to recuperate, after a serious attack of diphtheria from which by heroic methods I had cured myself. |
Spence Watson (1969), p. 64 | |
| 1873-03-28 | bur. Jesmond cemetery, Newcastle. | burials digest |
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12. Gertrude Watson (Gertie)| 1854-10-15 | b. Gresham Place, St Andrew, Newcastle on Tyne. | birth certificate |
| 1859-07-20 | ‘Misses Watson’ among the 10 bridesmaids at the wedding of their sisters Lucy and Esther Mary. | The British Friend XVII.VIII:291–20 |
| 1861 | scholar, of Bensham, Gateshead. | PRO RG 9/3800 f39 p27 |
| 1866-01-14 | began school. | In Memoriam Sarah Watson |
| 1866-01 | of Gateshead; started at Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) York: Sessions |
| 1870-06 | of Gateshead; left Castlegate Friends’ girls’ school, York. | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784-1816, 1831-1906 (1906) |
| 1870-07-27 | witnessed sister Helen’s marriage at Rye Hill. | marriage certificate |
| 1871 | (no occupation shown), of Bensham Grove, Bensham Road, Gateshead, living with parents & siblings. | RG 10/5051 f64 p25 |
| about 1873-06 | went to Florence for her brother Joe's final illness. | Robert Spence Watson (1969) Reminiscences of the late Rt Hon. Robert Spence Watson. York, privately printed, p. 65 |
| 1874-08-03, -04 | among reps from Gateshead attending Conference of the Friends’ First-day Schools Association at Darlington. | The Friend NS XIV.Aug:273 |
| 1875-02-24 | m. John Wigham Edmundson (1847-1922, of Dublin), at Newcastle-on-Tyne. | The Friend XV.Apr:107; GRO index; Bootham School Register (1971) |
| Children: | Herbert Watson (1875-1950), Gertrude Mary (1877-1947), John Edgar (1879-1920), Sarah Watson (1880-1952), Cyril (1883-1957), Eva Lucy (1888-1969) | The Friend; The British Friend; Bootham School Register |
| 1875/1880 | children born at Rothbury, Fox Rock, Co. Dublin. | The Friend; The British Friend |
| 1883-01-02 | son Cyril born at Moss Croft, Gateshead. | The Friend XXIII.Feb:49 |
| 1888-11-17 | daughter Eva Lucy born at 2 Claremont Place, Gateshead. | The Friend XXVIII Dec:336 |
| 1896-04-09 | present at niece Mabel Spence Watson’s wedding in Newcastle; signed marriage certificate | source misplaced |
| 1901 | of 1 Shaftesbury Pl, Gateshead, living with husband and 2 children. | RG 13/4760 f16 p23 |
| 1903-07-29 | of 1 Shaftesbury Place, Gateshead. | The Friend XLIII:430, The British Friend XII Aug:245 |
| 1910-12-11 | of Shaftesbury Place, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead-on-Tyne; wrote to The Friend on ‘Women Friends and Reform.’ | The Friend NS I:850, 1910-12-16 |
| 1925-10-09 | had donated £5.0.0 to the New Premises Appeal. | The Friend LXV:Supp. 4 |
| 1930-10-04 | d. Rothbury, Wingrove Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. | The Friend |
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