Albert Edward WATSON
Date of Birth:
25 Dec 1873
Date of Death:
26 Jun 1920
Albert was born at Christchurch.
He married Nellie McCracken (born at Christchurch in 1878) in 1897.
They had 2 sons & 5 daughters.
When Albert died, (early) Nellie remarried to a Donald (Daniel) O'Brien.
One son, Alex, served in WW1, and one son Rex served in WW2. Alex reached the grand old age of 100.
Three son-in-laws, Richard Butt, Henry Baylis & Ernest Norton, served in WW1 & another son-in-law, Leonard Spicer served in WW2.
Albert started as a groom in Christchurch, moved to Bulls around 1905 & then to Levin as a horse trainer around 1911.
Fifteen of the wider family are buried in Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Albert Edward Watson, William Watson, Sarah Selinda Tugwood, Nellie McCracken, Alexander McCracken, Margaret Mary Ford, Daniel (Donald) O'Brien, Marguerita (Margaret) Vendore, Alexander (Alex) Watson, Edith Catherine/Katherine (Kate) Barnett, Annie Winifred Watson, Richard Reginald Butt, Florence May (Flo) Watson, Henry Richard William Baylis, Vida Muriel Watson, Ernest Henry Norton, Edith Selina Watson, William John Rummel, Rita Emil Helen Watson, Leonard Albert Spicer, Albert Edward Reginald (Rex) Watson, Hinemoa Joan (Joan) Sciascia.