David Henry Watson

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 7 January 1854 birth or baptism of David Watson, son of David Watson and Isabella Helen Hill [child 7], in the parish of Govan

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Courier Tuesday, 10 January 1854 Page 7 Births

Births: At 6 Kew Terrace, on Saturday, 7 January 1854 [inst.], Mrs. David Watson, of a son.

From Glasgow West Address: 6 Kew Terrace

1851-1863: 6 Kew Terrace: David Watson [father], commission merchant (of Watson & Co., merchants, 16 St. Vincent Place)

From Geni: 18610000 Census David Watson Isabella Watson (Hill), 8 children, Anne Hill, Elizabeth Hill, 4 servants at 6 Kerr Terrace, Govan.jpg

7 April 1861 Census for residents of [6 Kew Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow G12 0TD 55.8787976, -4.293554]

• David Watson, male, head, married, age 49 [born about 1812]; merchant; [born in] Glasgow
• Isabella H Watson, female, wife, married, age 46 [born about 1815]; [born in] Glasgow
• David H Watson, male, son, age 7 [born about 1854]; scholar; [born in] Glasgow
• 7 siblings, 2 aunts, 4 servants

From MyHeritage: Isabella H Watson: 1871 Scotland Census (transcription only)

2 April 1871 Census for residents of 11 Belmont Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland

• Isabella H Watson, head, widow, female, aged 56 [born about 1815], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Private Banker's Widow
• David H Watson, son, unmarried, male, aged 17 [born about 1854], in Govan, Lanarkshire; Stockbroker's clerk
• 4 siblings, 2 servants

From genes reunited

14 June 1871: We regret to beer that Messrs. Watson and Co. commission merchants, [16 St Vincent Place, Glasgow G1 2DW 55.8610112, -4.2525432], have suspended payments. Their liabilities are estimated, we believe, at from £30,000 to £40,000.

NOTE: this was his father's business.

From Wikipedia - David Watson (rugby union)

David Watson (7 January 1854 – 3 March 1906) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Forward position.

Rugby Union career: Amateur career

Watson played for Glasgow Academicals.

Provincial career

He captained Glasgow District in the Inter-City match against Edinburgh District in 1876. He also represented the West of Scotland District.

International career

Watson was capped by Scotland for just three matches. His debut was the 1876 match against England at The Oval on 6 March 1876; his final match was also against England the following year at Raeburn Place. The other match was against Ireland in Belfast in 1877.

Referee career

Watson became a referee after his playing career ended.

Administrative career

He was President of the SRU from 1880-81.

From MyHeritage: Laurence H Watson: 1881 Scotland Census (transcription only)

3 April 1881 Census for residents of [11 Belmont Crescent, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow G12 8EU 55.8765387, -4.2818946], Govan [Parish], Lanark, Scotland

• Laurence H Watson, head, single, male, aged 29 [born about 1852], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Chartered Accountant
• David H Watson, brother, single, male, aged 27 [born about 1854], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Stockbroker's clerk
• 4 siblings, 1 cousin, 2 servants

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Marriages

• 1881 marriage of David Henry Watson to Maria Taylor, in the district of Kelvin

From British Newspaper Archive: Pall Mall Gazette Saturday, 11 June 1881 Page 5 Marriages

Marriages: Watson — Taylor — At St. Silas's English Episcopal Church, Glasgow, Mr. David H. Watson, to Maria Taylor, daughter of Mr. Mathew S. Taylor, of Rosslyn Terrace, Thursday, 9 June 1881. [St Silas Church, 69 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JE 55.8721352, -4.2802654]

From MyHeritage: David H Watson: 1891 Scotland Census (transcription only)

5 April 1891 Census for residents of [Cellengowan?, Callander, Perthshire, location?]

• David H Watson, head, married, male, aged 37 [born about 1854], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Accountant and sharebroker
• Maria Watson, wife, married, female, aged 31 [born about 1860], in East Indies; Accountant's wife
• Mabel D Watson, daughter, single, female, aged 9 [born about 1882], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Scholar
• David H Watson, son, single, male, aged 7 [born about 1884], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Scholar
• Cornelia H Taylor, mother, widow, female, aged 64 [born about 1827], in East Indies; Living on private means
• Elizabeth H Taylor, sister-in-law, unmarried, female, aged 30 [born about 1861], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Living on private means
• Elizabeth Ross, servant, unmarried, female, aged 31 [born about 1860], in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; Nurse Domestic Servant

From MyHeritage: David H Watson: 1901 Scotland Census (transcription only)

31 March 1901 Census for residents of [Aldersyde Villa, location?] [Bentinck Drive, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 6HZ 55.5386077, -4.6527815]

• David H Watson, head, married, male, aged 47 [born about 1854], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Stock Brokers Accountant
• Maria Watson, wife, married, female, aged 41 [born about 1860], in [not listed]
• Mabel D Watson, daughter, single, female, aged 19 [born about 1882], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Lawrence S Watson, son, single, male, aged 3 [born about 1898], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Margaret Gemmell, servant, single, female, aged 38 [born about 1863], in Strutian[?, Strontian?], Argyllshire; Tablemaid (Domestic)
• Mary Brown, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1874], in Islay, Argyllshire; Laundress (Domestic)
• Isabella MacRae, servant, single, female, aged 26 [born about 1875], in Lochcarron, Peeblesshire; Cook (Domestic)

From Scotland's People: Valuation rolls

• 1905 David H Watson: Proprietor Occupier; in House No 9 Grosvenor Crescent in Govan and Gorbals

From Scotland's People - Deaths

1906 death: David Henry Watson, age at death: 52 [born about 1854], died in Kelvin

From British Newspaper Archive: The Scotsman Monday, 5 March 1906 Page 12 Deaths

Deaths: Watson. — On Saturday, 3 March 1906 [inst.], David H. Watson, stockbroker, of 9 Grosvenor Crescent, Glasgow, G12 9AF 55.8776, -4.2925

From findagrave: David Henry Watson (1854-1906)

• Name: David Henry Watson
• Born: Saturday, 7 January 1854
• Died: Saturday, 3 March 1906 (aged 52), Blythswood, Glasgow, Scotland
• Buried: Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart Street, Glasgow G4 0UZ 55.86217, -4.23340
• Plot: [Beta 3/1 55.86203, -4.23285]
• About: Buried on Tuesday, 6 March 1906. Died aged years old at [Blythswood Nursing Home, Blythswood, Glasgow, location?]. He married Maria Taylor in 1881 in the Kelvin area of Glasgow. He was a twin, with the other twin being his sister Marion Watson.

From Ancestry 19060501 probate David Henry Watson stockbroker 9 Grosvenor Crescent Glasgow d 19060303 pr Thomas W secretary Maria Taylor W widow Andrew Thomson Arthur Nicol Paton Brown manufacturers £7377 and Ancestry 19060511 probate David Henry Watson 9 Grosvenor Crescent Glasgow d 19060303 pr London Thomas W secretary Maria Taylor W widow Andrew Thomson Arthur Nicol Paton Brown manufacturers

1 May 1906 probate of David Henry Watson, Stockbroker, of 9 Grosvenor Crescent Glasgow, who died 3 March 1906, in Glasgow, probate granted in Glasgow on 1 May 1906 to Thomas Watson, Secretary, Scottish Widow's Fund Life Assurance Society, Glasgow, Maria Taylor or Watson, widow, Andrew Thomson Arthur, manufacturer, Manchester, and Nicol Paton Brown, manufacturer, Glasgow, executors nominated in will dated 17 July 1890 and recorded with another Writ in Court Books of Commissariot of Lanark 25 April 1906. Effects £7376 10s. 8d.