Mary Watson

Mary Ann Watson 

Born: 1848, Louth

Baptised: 5 March 1848, Marshchapel 

Father: James Watson (b. 1818)

Mother: Ann Watson (b. 1817)

Brothers: Joseph Oliver Watson (b. 1845)

Sisters: Fanny Watson (b. 1851) [LDTC 1871], Elizabeth Watson (b. 1852) [LDTC 1873], Alice Watson (b. 1855) 

Married:          12 April 1875, Alford

Husband:         John White 

                        b. 1847 

                        Printer

                        d. 27 December 1917  

Issue: 

#1 Arthur Wilfred White (b. 1877)

In 1851 – 

She is at Marshchaple, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘Teacher of National School’. Her mother is listed as ‘Teacher of Private School’. Mary and her siblings, Joseph and Fanny, are unlisted. There is a servant, Ellen Ushow (b. 1840). 

In 1861 – 

She is at Carlton, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Mary, her mother and sisters, Fanny, Elizabeth and Alice is unlisted and all the daughters are too (Mary, Fanny, Elizabeth and Alice) are unlisted. There are two unlisted boarders, John Stothard (b. 1850) and William Stothard (b. 1852). Her cousin, Thomas B Oliver (b. 1851), is unlisted. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Church Cottage, Painswick, Gloucestershire. Her husband is listed as ‘Printer (Employing 1 Man, 6 Apprentices, 1 Assistant and 1 Errand boy)’. Mary and her son, Arthur, are unlisted. There is a servant, Marietta Gardiner (b. 1868). 

In 1891 – 

She is at Church Cottage, Painswick, Gloucestershire. Her husband is listed as ‘Stationer General Printer and Bookseller Artists Colorsman Music’. Mary and her son, Arthur, are unlisted. Her father is listed as ‘Retired Watchmaker’. Her nephews, Walter J Francis (b. 1879) and Fanny W Francis (b. 1880), are unlisted. There is a servant, Ellen N Webb (b. 1872).

In 10/96 – 

Address is 23 George Street, Stroud, Gloucester. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 25 Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Her husband is listed as ‘Stationer & Printer’. Mary, her nieces, Fanny W F Francis (b. 1880) and Mabel D Francis (b. 1881), and her nephew, George D Watson (b. 1889), are unlisted. Her son, Arthur, is listed as ‘Typographical Artist’. Her nephew, Oliver J Watson (b. 1888), is listed as ‘Printers Apprentices’. There is a servant, Ellen J Lambert (b. 1883). 

In 1911 –

She is at 25 Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Her husband is listed as ‘Printer Bookseller and Stationer’. Mary is listed as ‘Assisting in the Business’. Their nephew, George Dawson Watson (b. 1889), is listed as ‘Assisting in the Printing Branch’. Jessie Beatrice Rodber (b. 1885) is listed as ‘Shop Assistant’. There is a servant, Clara Jane Kilmister (b. 1893). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 25 Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Her son, Arthur, is listed as ‘Printer’. Mary, her daughter-in-law, Mabel White (b. 1880), and her grandchildren, Dorothy White (b. 1905), Alice White (b. 1909) and John White (b. 1920), are unlisted. There is an unlisted visitor, Alice Dixon (b. 1878). 

d.         7 June 1930, Stroud 

WHITE Mary Ann of 23 George Street and 25 Lansdown both in Stroud, Gloucestershire, widow, died 7 June 1930 at 25 Lansdown. Probate: London 3 December to Arthur Wilfred White, printer. Effects £1108, 18s. 6d.