Watkinson - a familiar Glemsford name
I really love getting emails like this that arrived from Australlia earlier this week, and am posting it in its entirety.
Thanks, Andrew.
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Hi,
I was just passing through the site as my Dad is visiting Glemsford around now while on holiday but I saw you had a growing list of things for the Watkinson line which we're part of.
Its a little sketchy if this helps, but what we know is:
Enoch Watkinson (mar) Mary Ann Betts - I think Enoch was also from a large family .
4 Children: Arthur, Heber, Flora or Florence & Eliza. I'm told Angel St was where they lived - but that's sketchy.
Arthur had children: Raymond, Auria, David & Martin; Heber died young-ish but without children; Flora is not known ( aside from that she worked as a lady in waiting for the viceroy of India, so unlikely had any children)
and Eliza married Cecil Claude Fenn.
Eliza & Cecil Claude had two children: Nina Mary & Jack (no middle name). They moved to Western Australia early 20th century, although Nina was born 1919 in the UK and was a toddler on the boat (Cecil had previously moved to Australia).
Nina has no children but married Leslie Alfred Hart
Jack married Violet Marjory Jones and had two children - Peter John & Leonie Anne
The interest comes from a line on the blog from Sue Yannakopoulos (http://glemsfordfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Watkinson#5742260034904382251) who mentioned her grandmother Florence who went to India around 1919, it might always be a different Florence, but the Florence/Flora from our line went to India at that time. If its a connection, we are descended from Flora's sister Eliza - Flora is a big black hole in the info we have.
It might be nothing but we are interested in any info about the family line for the Watkinsons - Nina is the last living link we have to that family (shes 92) and Jack died a few years back. Peter John & Leonie Anne are 50/60's in age.
You can pass on our details if there is any interest, although we don't have that much info save a photo album and a 92 year old relative with a memory thats fading fast.
Kind Regards
Andrew Fenn
Kalamunda Shire
Western Australia.
So: if anyone has more to offer, please contact me at the usual address: admin@glemsford.org.uk
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Thanks, Andrew.
SC
Hi,
I was just passing through the site as my Dad is visiting Glemsford around now while on holiday but I saw you had a growing list of things for the Watkinson line which we're part of.
Its a little sketchy if this helps, but what we know is:
Enoch Watkinson (mar) Mary Ann Betts - I think Enoch was also from a large family .
4 Children: Arthur, Heber, Flora or Florence & Eliza. I'm told Angel St was where they lived - but that's sketchy.
Arthur had children: Raymond, Auria, David & Martin; Heber died young-ish but without children; Flora is not known ( aside from that she worked as a lady in waiting for the viceroy of India, so unlikely had any children)
and Eliza married Cecil Claude Fenn.
Eliza & Cecil Claude had two children: Nina Mary & Jack (no middle name). They moved to Western Australia early 20th century, although Nina was born 1919 in the UK and was a toddler on the boat (Cecil had previously moved to Australia).
Nina has no children but married Leslie Alfred Hart
Jack married Violet Marjory Jones and had two children - Peter John & Leonie Anne
The interest comes from a line on the blog from Sue Yannakopoulos (http://glemsfordfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Watkinson#5742260034904382251) who mentioned her grandmother Florence who went to India around 1919, it might always be a different Florence, but the Florence/Flora from our line went to India at that time. If its a connection, we are descended from Flora's sister Eliza - Flora is a big black hole in the info we have.
It might be nothing but we are interested in any info about the family line for the Watkinsons - Nina is the last living link we have to that family (shes 92) and Jack died a few years back. Peter John & Leonie Anne are 50/60's in age.
You can pass on our details if there is any interest, although we don't have that much info save a photo album and a 92 year old relative with a memory thats fading fast.
Kind Regards
Andrew Fenn
Kalamunda Shire
Western Australia.
So: if anyone has more to offer, please contact me at the usual address: admin@glemsford.org.uk
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posted by Steve Clarke at 11:09 am
1 Comments:
Hello,
I am also part of that family - very long distancely. I am currently living in Sussex, hoping to connect with some of my Watkinson relatives as sadly all my lot have died out.
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