David Watson Family Part 1

David Watson and Ellen Williams are Frederick Alexander Watson's parents according to the Maltese birth certificate.  My next step was to find the family on a census record.  I began looking for David Watson, born around 1837 in Ireland, married to Emma Watson.  It didn't take me long to discover a family that meet that criteria in the 1871 England, Wales, and Scotland Census.  I was excited to see that the family was living in Milford, Wales, the same place Frederick listed as his mother birth location in the 1930 census.  This record can be found on both ancestry.com

(http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=frederick+a&gsln=Watson&msbdy=1867&msbpn__ftp=Wales&msrpn__ftp=wales&msfng0=david&msfns0=watson&cpxt=0&uidh=tmd&msbdp=1&cp=0&pcat=CEN_1870&h=7254317&recoff=6+7+8+45+46&db=uki1871wales&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1) 

and on findmypast.com 

(http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f5522%2f0063&parentid=gbc%2f1871%2f0021964945&highlights=%221838%20watson%20david%20pembrokeshire%22)

The image is copyrighted so I only included a little section of it.  You can go to the the above addresses to view the image, or contact me and I will email a copy.

1871 Wales Census Steynton, Milford, Pimbrokeshire, Wales 

We have David and Ellen with correct ages and birth locations when compared to Frederick Alexander Watson's birth certificate.  David's occupation is Sergeant Major in the Royal Engineers.  Again, this is a match to the birth certificate.

We knew that Frederick A. Watson's parents were David and Ellen, now we know some of his siblings names.  They are:

• Edith E Watson, born about 1865 in Milford, Wales
• Emma Watson, born about 1866 in Milford, Wales
• Frederick A Watson, born about 1867 in Milford, Wales
• Ernest J Watson, born about 1869 in Milford, Wales
• Florence M Watson, born about 1871 in Milford, Wales

When I first saw that the family had a son named Frederick A Watson that would have been only 7 years older than our Frederick A Watson, I was a bit confused.  I later discovered that the older Frederick A Watson died in 1871.  

I went back to findmypast.com and started looking for birth, baptism, and death records for the children.  

Edith E Watson was found in England and Wales Births 1837-2006 on findmypast.com

http://search.findmypast.com/search/united-kingdom-records/vital-records-birth-marriage-death?country=wales&county=pembrokeshire&firstname=edith&firstname_variants=true&lastname=watson&yearofbirth=1865&yearofbirth_offset=2

 England and Wales Births 1837-2006

This gives us her full name, Edith Eliza Watson, and we know she was born in July, August, or September 1864.  

Emma Watson can be found on findmypast.com under England and Wales Births 1837-2006 and Pembroke baptism. http://search.findmypast.com/search/united-kingdom-records/vital-records-birth-marriage-death?country=wales&county=pembrokeshire&firstname=emma&firstname_variants=true&lastname=watson&yearofbirth=1866&yearofbirth_offset=2

England and Wales Births 1837-2006

July, August, September 1865

Baptism Record August 27th 1865

Emma was born in July or August 1865 and was baptized on 27th August 1865 in Hubberston Parish, Pembroke, Wales.  Her parents are David and Ellen and her fathers profession is Royal Engineers.