Sophia Watts

Information from her husband's profile:

Immigration to New Zealand: Free Settler "Oriental" 1841 (Sophia aged 45)

Immigration to Australia: Free Settler "Comet" 1847 (needs to be checked for accuracy, see below).

Note: NSW Archives Unassisted Arrivals. Cannot tell if the following are the Watts family in this profile:

• Mr W Watts and Son arrived on the "Comet" 15 Oct 1846. Newspaper Arrivals had 'Mr W Weitts and son'.
• Edward Watts (only) arrived on the "Comet" 15 Oct 1847, travelling from Port Nicholson NZ.
• Newspaper Arrivals Oct 1847: included Mr Edward Watts only.
• Newspapers April 1847: April 12 the barque "Garland Grove" from Port Nicholson:

One newspaper report had as Passengers: "Mrs Watt and five children" ; Another had "Mrs Watts, three daughters and one son". Unknown if they are related to this family Watts.

BDM NSW

Death 1864/3970 Kiama; Watts, Sophia, daughter of William and Sophia.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser Tue 5 Jan 1864

DEATH.

On the 19th December, 1863, Mrs. Sophia Watts, wife of Mr. Wm. Watts of Jamberoo, at the age of 70 years.

Deceased left England in 1841, after having been together with her husband for twenty-five years in the employ of Jesse Piper, Esq., (of Longhurst, Kent,) and family.

After remaining about five years in New Zealand, deceased and her husband arrived in this colony, and took up their abode in Illawarra, where they remained till the period of the death as above.

GEDCOM Note === (unreferenced)

Apparently Sophia was married previously to a man by the name of Standing and had two children of that marriage, one being Mary, who married Edwin Vidler on 9 august at Sandhurst Kent, England.

Sophia's Obituary in the Kiama Independent of 5 January 1864 reports: Death on 19/12/1863 Sophia Watts, wife of William of Jamberoo, aged 70 years, left England in 1841 after having been together with her husband in the emply of Jesse Pipe at Longhurst, Kent. Spent 5 years in New Zealand and then came to the Illawarra.