My Great Great Grandmother Mary Ann Watson was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, in about 1850. In 1873, she married William Longley Middleton at St. Peter's Church, in the Parish of West Hackney in the County of Middlesex (see detail below)
When Married | Name and Surname | Age | Condition | Rank or Profession | Residence | Fathers Name and Surname | Rank or Profession of Father | |
March 8th 1873 | William Longley Middleton | 28 | Batchelor | Silver Chaser | De Beauvoir Town | Thomas Middleton | Licensed Victualler | |
Mary Ann Watson | 23 | Spinster | Do. | Edward Watson | Sawyer |
Witnesses : Edward Middleton, Emma Crosby
By Banns by Wm. Stafford Finch, M.A. Vicar.
More details on my Middleton links are available here
Name and Surname | Relation to Head | Condition | Male | Fem | Rank, Profession, | Where Born | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
of Family | Age | Age | or Occupation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward Watson | Lodger | Mar | 32 | Sawyer | Kingsland |
Matilda Watson | Lodger's Wife | Mar | 32 | Wife of " | Shoreditch |
| Jane Watson | Daur | Un | 11 | Scholar | Kingsland |
| Mary Watson | Daur | Un | 1 | at Home | Shoreditch |
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And sharing the house is another Watson family, headed by Joseph Watson, who is likely to prove to be a brother of Edward
Name and Surname | Relation to Head | Condition | Male | Fem | Rank, Profession, | Where Born | |||||||||||||||||
of Family | Age | Age | or Occupation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Watson | Lodger | Mar | 27 | Bookbinder | Hackney |
Harriet Watson | Wife | Mar | 26 | Wife of " | City |
| Emily Watson | Daur | Un | 6 h [?] | at Home | Shoreditch |
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Edward Watson married in 1840, at the Parish of Bethnal Green, to Matilda (see below)
When Married | Name and Surname | Age | Condition | Rank or Profession | Residence | Fathers Name and Surname | Rank or Profession of Father | |
July 19th 1840 | Edward Watson | Full | Batchelor | Sawyer | 4 New Street | Joseph Watson | Sawyer | |
Matilda White | Full | Spinster | 3 New Street | Wm. White | Bricklayer |
Witnesses : Catherine Perry, Thomas Bliss [?]
Edward Watson and family can be found in the England and Wales Census for 1841 at St.John's Hackney, Middlesex(HO 107/700/7 Page 23)
Name | Male | Female | Profession | Born in | Foreign |
Age | Age | same County | Parts |
| Edward Watson | 20 | Sawyer | Y |
| Matilda Watson | 20 | Y |
| Jane Watson | 10 months | No |
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A Joseph Watson and family can be also found in the England and Wales Census for 1841 at Union St., Hoxton New Town, St. Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex(HO 107/707/5) which might possibly be Edward's family - but as yet unproven.
Name | Male | Female | Profession | Born in | Foreign |
Age | Age | same County | Parts |
| Joseph Watson | 60 | Sawyer | Y |
| Jemima Watson | 50 | Y |
| Joseph Watson | 15 | Errand Boy | Y |
| Emma Watson | 15 | Y |
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As yet I've been unable to trace Edward Watson's baptism, or find anything further about his parents.