Joseph Watson
- Born: 22 Mar 1814, Windy Nook, Northumberland, England 47
- Christened: 17 Apr 1814, Newcastle-On-Tyn, Northumberland 47
- Marriage (1): Hannah Catley on 14 Nov 1840 in Adelaide SA, Australia 264
- Died: 18 Feb 1890, 4 Frederick St, Petersham New South Wales, Australia at age 75 265
- Buried: 20 Feb 1890, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia 265
 Cause of his death was Morbus Cordis- possibly gangrene.
General Notes:
Joseph Watson arrived in South Australia 1839. When Joseph died in 1890 he had been in NSW for 35 years and had spent 1 year in South Australia and 2 years New Zealand prior coming to NSW. 11 or 12 children were born of this marriage to Hannah including four or five sons who died- Hannah Jnr,. Jane, William, Newman, Charles, John and Alice surviving him.
Resource 1839
barque, 417 om; Calcutta 1804
A 23 Jan from London (10 Sept/7Oct); 211 p's
Cld 5 Mar for Batavia (also reported to be chartered by Imlay to bring stock from Twofold B) but proceeded to Port Phillip (1 Apr)
A 13 May from Port Phillip (cld 19 Apr); lost 2,280 out of 2,700 sheep
D 4 June to Sydney (17 June - 8 Aug) & Java, having originally cleared for Port Phillip then advtsd to sail for Sydney from Holdfast B; ballast, p's inc J. Finnis
Joseph Watson No. 8796 Farmer- paid own passage.
Carpenter at the time of Alice Watsons birth- birthplace noted on Alice's birth registration as Durham England. So the birth details for Joseph could still be incorrect as the informant for Alice's birth was Joseph himself.
Living at Liverpool Street Sydney NSW
Crypt at Rookwood cemetery- almost unreadable- Sacred to the memory of Joseph Watson who died August 2nd 1871 aged 26 years and 1 day. Also sacred to the memory of the 1st Hannah beloved wife, sacred to the memory of Joseph Watson Snr who died 18 Feb 1890 Aged 75 years.
Name:Joseph Watson
Age:76
Birth Date:abt 1814
Death Date:18 Feb 1890
Burial Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cemetery:Rookwood
Section:OG
Row:4
Denomination:Independent Old Ground & Old Ground Extension
Ancestry.com. Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Joseph was buried in the Congregational Cemetery at Rookwood on 20 Feb 1890; Undertakers were Boots & Gommeson and the minister attending was the Rev. Jos. Robertson.
Entry in Probate Register: Joseph Watson- Series 3, Marrickville- Death 18 Feb 1890- (P) #19712
A certificate was given to Jennifer Ann Bonney nee Livermore on the 17th of September 1999 commemoration Joseph Watson and Hannah Catley resident in South Australia more than 100 years ago.
Joseph married Hannah Catley, daughter of Charles Catley and Hannah Roberts, on 14 Nov 1840 in Adelaide SA, Australia.264 (Hannah Catley was born on 3 Feb 1812 in Berkshire England, christened on 9 Mar 1812 in Marcham, Berkshire, England, died on 31 Jul 1903 in Petersham NSW, Australia 266 and was buried on 1 Aug 1903 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia.)
Marriage Notes:
Parish Register for marriage of Joseph Watson and Hannah Catley- Joseph Watson, bachelor of Adelaide, late of teh Parish of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England and Hannah Catley, spinster, of Adelaide, late of the Parish of Marcham, Berkshire were married in this Church by Bannes this fourteenth day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty. By me Thos B. Howard? Both Joseph and Hannah signed their own names, witnesses are unclear but it looks like Goldsome and Jane Morway.
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