| Title: | Rosetta Watson Kerr, Lachute, Canada to [?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3189 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Watson Kerr, Rosetta/91 |
| Year | ca. 1890 |
| Sender | Watson Kerr, Rosetta |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland? |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | prob. a distant relative |
| Source | T 1903/2: Copied by Permission of Messrs H. P. Watson & Co., Beech Park, Lurgan, Co. Armagh. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8903147 |
| Date | 01/01/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 22:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 450 |
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| Transcript | About 1890 A record of the Watson family as far as I know My grandfather's Father was an English gentleman who came over from England to Ireland, but in what year I do not know. My grandfather had a Brother who went into the Army and distinguished himself and obtained military honors [honours?] but that is all I remember about him, he remained abroad so that the family lost sight of him. It is quite likely he had sisters as well, but I do not remember hearing anything about them. My Grandfather Hugh Watson was born in County Armagh, Ireland he was a Wesleyan Methodist, and I am proud to say a model Christian in his home as well as business life He had two sons and four daughters, the eldest was Jane, who married Mr Peebles; the next was Robert, who settled in Lurgan, Ireland. Martha, sarah Ann, who died in childhood, and Mary, married in New York. My father was the youngest; and was named Wesley after the Rev John Wesley, who baptised him My grandfather & grandmother, with all the family except my Uncle Robert, came to America between seventy or eighty years ago. My grandfather and grandmother died in New York, and their remains are in the old St Pauls Church Yard, as well as my brother Robert, who died in Childhood. My own father had two sons and three daughters; the eldest Mary Jane, the next John, the third Sarah Ann the next Robert, and the youngest Rosetta, who is still alive, He with all his #PAGE 2 family came to Canada some time after the unhappy war of 1813, it might be about 17 or 18 and settled in Toronto, he being too staunch a Briton to remain in "yankee land" He would not take the oath of allegiance, for which he lost a most valuable property, it being confiscated - a part of the same property my late cousin William Watson bought from the government and which his family now own My uncle Robert Watson died in Lurgan Ireland. My Aunts Jane & Mary died in New York, my Aunt Martha died in Canada, not far from our old house; My father died in Toronto, as also my Brother John, who lost his life during the rebellion of 1837; he was a young man, not married, so that there is not a Watson belonging to our family alive in Canada. The record I have tried to give is solely from memory, but quite reliable nevertheless. It will afford me very great pleasure if it gives you any satisfaction. And believe me Yours Respectfully Rosetta Watson Kerr P.S. If you should wish to write me my address is Mrs Dawson Kerr "Watchan" Office Lachute, Argeuteuil [Argenteuil?] Quebec |
