Joseph E. WATSON

Birth:
28 Oct 1847
Upper Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death:
26 Nov 1905
Lisbon, Linn, Iowa
Burial:
28 Nov 1905
Lisbon, Linn, Iowa
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Information from Norma Kinkler, granddaughter.
    2. Marriage certificate in possession of Jan Conlin. Father is listed as James Watson.
    3. Listed in 1861 Upper Hallam Census as an apprentice to a cutler living with the family of Francis Cockayne and wife, Margaret.

NOTES:
    From the Linn Co. Courthouse, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 10-11-1993== Divorce Record District Court Linn, Iowa Book I  Watson, Joseph- Watson, Ann p162  District Court Records of Divorce 3rd day June Term, A.D. 1897

NOTES:
    1895 Iowa State Census listed Joseph as single-he was not living with Sitney

    1900 Census list Joseph and Sitney with grandson and stepdaughter. 1905 Iowa
    State Census List Joseph and Sitney Watson living in Lisbon.

    Citizenship paper indicate October 26, 1986 as date of citizenship.

    Estate of Joseph Watson filed May 12, 1913 by Oscar Beasmore. List heirs as
    Anna (Bieknell), Minnie Kinkler, James J. Watson, Edward Watson, Oscar
    Beasmore, Nettie M. Poncrats, Laura Kernon. He was survived by wife Sitney who
    had died by this time. Information from The Lisbon Herald dated Thursday.
    November 30, 1905
Ann Elizabeth COLLINS
Birth:
9 Apr 1844
Roscommon, Ireland
Death:
29 Apr 1930
Rocklin, Placer, California
Burial:
2 May 1930
Rocklin, Placer, California
Mother:
Mary
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Marriage certificate in possession of Jan Conlin.  Her age is listed as 21 in 1868
    2. 1880 Soundex for Franklin Twnp., Lisbon, Linn, Iowa
    3. 1900 Census in Rocklin, Placer, California list her as married 1886 to Beasmore and immigrated in 1876 from England
    4. 1910 Census list her as a storekeeper-list marriage as 27 years before Beasmore family found on census in California in 1880 so she must not have married him before going to California as family tradition states.
NAME:
    Father is John Owen Collins. She used the name Collins this time and Kinny when her children were born.
Children
Marriage
1
James Joseph WATSON
Birth:
10 Nov 1868
Upper Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Copy of birth certificate in possession of Jan Conlin. Father is Joseph
    Watson, mason's labourer, and mother is Ann Elizabeth Watson formerly Kenny
    (given as Collins on marriage). Family information has Kenny as her name and
    Collins for her mother.
    children for details.
    Son of Joseph Watson and Anna Kinney birth certificate from Caroline Fickle
    Hall found during research in Sheffield, England. Birth place is listged as
    Stephen Hill, Upper Hallam, York.

    1880 Soundex for Franklin Township, Lisbon, Linn, Iowa list him as living with
    his father who is divorced
2
Mary Ann WATSON
Birth:
18 May 1870
Upper Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death:
23 Jan 1909
Orcutt Hill, Santa Barbara, California
Alvey Wooster Baker FICKLE 
Marr:
29 Nov 1885
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Califo 
Notes:
                       Copy of birth certificate in possession of Jan Conlin.  Father is Joseph
    Watson, mason's labourer, and mother is Ann Elizabeth Watson formerly Kenny.

    Daughter of Joseph E. WATSON and Anna KINNEY
    Birth certificate in possession of Jan Conlin (from Caroline Fickle Hall).
    Birth place is listed as Stephen Hill, Upper Hallam, York

    1880 Soundex for Franklin Twnp., Lisbon, Linn, Iowa
    Took her own life.
3
Margaret Emma WATSON
Birth:
13 Jun 1873
Upper Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death:
12 Nov 1947
Wheatland, Yuba, California
John Carl KINKLER 
Marr:
23 Dec 1890
Auburn, Placer, California 
Notes:
                       Daughter of Joseph E. WATSON and Anna KINNEY
    Birth certificate in possession of Jan Conlin (from Caroline Fickle Hall). No
    middle name is given. Birth place is listed as Stephen Hill, Upper Hallam,
    York.

    1880 Soundex for Franklin Twnp., Lisbon, Linn, Iowa
4
John Edwin WATSON
Birth:
12 Sep 1874
Upper Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Edna  
Marr:
Abt 1895
 
Notes:
                       Birth record in possession of Jan Conlin. See other children for details.

    Copy of birth certificate in possession of Jan Conlin. Father is Joseph
    Watson, mason's labourer, and mother is Ann Elizabeth Watson formerly Kenny.

    Son of Joseph E. WATSON and Anna KINNEY
    Birth certificate in possession of Jan Conlin (from Caroline Fickle Hall).
    Birth place is listed as Stephen Hill, Upper Hallam, York

    1880 Soundex for Franklin Twnp., Lisbon, Linn, Iowa
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Joseph E. Watson - Ann Elizabeth Collins

Joseph E. Watson was born at Upper Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 28 Oct 1847. His parents were James Watson and Martha Millecent Rodgers.

He married Ann Elizabeth Collins . Ann Elizabeth Collins was born at Roscommon, Ireland 9 Apr 1844 daughter of John Owen Collins and Mary .

They were the parents of 4 children:
James Joseph Watson born 10 Nov 1868.
Mary Ann Watson born 18 May 1870.
Margaret Emma Watson born 13 Jun 1873.
John Edwin Watson born 12 Sep 1874.

Joseph E. Watson died 26 Nov 1905 at Lisbon, Linn, Iowa .

Ann Elizabeth Collins died 29 Apr 1930 at Rocklin, Placer, California .