Laurence Hill Watson

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

• 20 June 1851 birth or baptism of Laurence Hill Watson, son of David Watson and Isabella Helen Hill [child 5], in the parish of Govan

From British Newspaper Archive: Stirling Observer Thursday, 26 June 1851 Page 4 Births

Births: Birth — At Glasgow, on Friday, 20 June 1851 [instant], Mrs David Watson, of twins.

From geni document

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
• Laurence H Watson, male, son, age 9 [born about 1852]; 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
• Laurence H Watson, son, unmarried, male, aged 19 [born about 1852], in Govan, Lanarkshire; Accountant's clerk
• 4 siblings, 2 servants

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
• Isabella H Watson, sister, single, female, aged 31 [born about 1850], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Marion E Watson, sister, single, female, aged 29 [born about 1852], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• David H Watson, brother, single, male, aged 27 [born about 1854], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Stockbroker's clerk
• Christina A H Watson, sister, single, female, aged 25 [born about 1856], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• James Watson, brother, single, male, aged 19 [born about 1862], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Apprentice at law
• Margaret J [ERROR Wright CORRECTION Wight], cousin, single, female, aged 22 [born about 1859], in Shettleston, Lanarkshire
• Christina McKay, female, servant, single, aged 33 [born about 1848] in Old Shire Muir, Sutherland; Cook Domestic Servant
• Ann Morrison, female, servant, single, aged 26 [born about 1855] in Badcall, Sutherland; Housemaid Domestic Servant

From Biographical Sketches of the Hon. the Lord Provosts of Glasgow by John Tweed Published 1883 Appendix Page 17

1883 Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow - Member: Laurence Hill Watson

From Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Glasgow > Post-Office annual Glasgow directory > 1886-1887 > (620)

Laurence Hill Watson, C.A. (of Carson & Watson), house 11 Belmont Crescent, Hillhead

From MyHeritage: George Jardine Kidstone: 1891 Scotland Census (transcription only)

5 April 1891 Census for residents of Finnleystone Mansion House, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland Finlaystone House, Langbank, Port Glasgow PA14 6TJ 55.9287, -4.6191

• George Jardine Kidstone, head, widower, male, aged 56 [born about 1835], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Ship Owner Journeyman P[?}
• Laurence Hill Watson, visitor, single, male, aged 39 [born about 1852], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Accountant [Accomtitant?]
• 1 relative of head, 4 servants

From Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Glasgow > Post-Office annual Glasgow directory > 1892-1893 > (651)

Laurence H. Watson, C.A (of Moores, Carson & Watson), house 11 Belmont Crescent, Hillhead

From Scotland's People - Deaths

1893 death of Laurence Hill Watson, [Mother's maiden name] Hill, aged 41 [born about 1852], registered district: Partick

From British Newspaper Archive: Edinburgh Evening News Friday, 27 January 1893 Page 2 Late Intelligence: Fatal Accident in the Hunting Field

At the Eglinton meet in Ayrshire yesterday afternoon, Thursday, 26 January 1893, a very bad accident happened to a Glasgow accountant, Mr Laurence Watson. His horse attempted to take a "double" in one jump instead of two, with the result that the animal landed on the bank and tumbled over. Mr Watson came down on his head, was badly hurt, and had his spine injured. He was removed, and is in a critical state.

Telegraphing this afternoon our Glasgow correspondent says: Mr Watson died to-day. The lower part his body was completely paralysed, and he was unconscious from six this morning until noon, when he succumbed. He was 40 years of age and unmarried.

From British Newspaper Archive: Manchester Evening News Friday, 27 January 1893 Page 3 Hunting Accident

Mr. Laurence H. Watson, of Glasgow, while attempting to take a double in one jump the Eglinton Hunt yesterday, was thrown over his horse's head and sustained such serious injuries to his spine that he died this morning. Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire KA13 7QA 55.641778, -4.671639

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Herald Tuesday, 31 January 1893 Page 11 Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Foxhounds

We did not meet on Saturday, 28 January 1893 owing to the sad and sudden death of Mr Laurence Hill Watson on Thursday last, 26 January 1893, when following Lord Eglinton's hounds. The melancholy news occasioned universal regret. Yesterday, as it seemed, we knew him as an accomplished sportsman, who rode always to the front with consummate judgment, yet with unfaltering intrepidity; to-day we mourn his removal while still in the prime of life and its joyous activities. It may be mentioned that Mr James Hill, a cousin of Mr Watson, met his death through a similar accident in the hunting field three or four years ago. Mr Hill was acting as steward. Galloping over the field where the point-to-point race takes place at Houston, and taking a water jump (a single ditch), the horse cast its rider, who fell heavily on his head.

From Glasgow Necropolis: Monumental Inscription Index

[Page 73] 4153 Laurence Hill Watson, died Friday, 27 January 1893

From findagrave: Laurence Hill Watson (1851-1893)

• Name: Laurence Hill Watson
• Born: Friday, 20 June 1851, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
• Died: Thursday, 26 January 1893 (aged 41), Hillhead, 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, 31 January 1893. Died aged 41 years old at 11 Belmont Crescent, Hillhead, Glasgow. His occupation was a chartered accountant. He was a twin, with the other twin being his sister Marion Elizabeth Watson.

From Scotland's People - Wills and Testaments

• 7 April 1893 Will, Testament or Inventory of Laurence Hill Watson: C.A., Glasgow, residing at 11 Belmont Crescent, Hillhead there, died Friday, 27 January 1893 at Glasgow, testate; court: Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories
• 7 April 1893 Will of Laurence Hill Watson: C.A., Glasgow, residing at 11 Belmont Crescent, Hillhead there, died Friday, 27 January 1893 at Glasgow, testate; court: Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills

From Ancestry 18930407 probate Laurence Hill Watson CA 11 Belmont Crescent Hillhead Glasgow d 18930127 pr Glasgow David Henry W Thomas W brothers £6482

7 April 1893 confirmation of Laurence Hill Watson, C.A., residing at 11 Belmont Crescent, Hillhead, Glasgow, who died 27 January 1893, at Glasgow, testate, granted at Glasgow on 7 April 1893 to David Henry Watson, stockbroker, Glasgow, and Thomas Watson, Resident Secretary, Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society, Glasgow, his brothers, and Thomas Francis Donald, Stockbroker, Glasgow, executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 24 December 1885, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Lanark, 1 April 1893. Value of Estate: £6482 6s. 4d. NOTE date of death conflicts with current 26 January 1893