William Henry Watson

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William Henry Watson

Birthdate:
Death: September 21, 1853 (15-24)
Wolwefontein, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Watson and Mary Watson, b2
Brother of Mary Ann Skinner; Elizabeth Cunningham; Catherine Clark; Samuel Thomas Watson; Jane Callaghan and 4 others

Managed by: Jennifer Ann Goldhill
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About William Henry Watson

Never married - died aged 19.

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"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-54093-87?cc=146... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1826-1836 > image 64 of 80; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Port Elizabeth Mercury 1853 4 October - December Written by Sue Mackay. Posted in Port Elizabeth Mercury

Saturday 1 October 1853

DIED at Wolve Fontein on Wednesday the 21st September, after a short illness, William Henry, eldest Son of Henry and Mary WATSON, late of Uitenhage, aged 19 years 11 months and 6 days, deeply lamented by his Family and Friends. Youth, Manhood, Age, alike are doomed to die, Wave following wave, they seek eternity; Upon the flower, the leaf, the grass green sod, Is written this – prepare to meet thy God.

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September 21, 1853
Age 20
Wolwefontein, Eastern Cape, South Africa