Watsons in second half of nineteenth century

[Sue G]

I have some information about my greatx2 grandparents - can anyone help me find out more?

He was George Watson, born about 1811, probably in Londonderry. She was (Bridget) Mary (nee Glennan), born 1829/30 in County Mayo. They came to Manchester in the 1840s from Londonderry. Theirs was a run away marriage since he was a Presbyterian and she a Roman Catholic. He was a cabinet maker. He died about 1875 in Manchester. Mary was living in Ardwick in 1881 and in Rochdale in 1901 (then aged 73.

They had 13 children, all born in Manchester, including Daniel who became a merchant seaman and eventually settled in Cornwall where my grandfather, father and I were born. However, I think the rest of the children stayed in Manchester. I have only snippets of information about these children

Margaret (Maggie) (?b 1847) (m ? Harper)
Thomas (b 1849) (painter) (killed during building of London Road Station, Manchester)
James (miner 6 sons)
Benjamin (mariner 8 children)
Daniel 1858-1929 m Clara Hocking (Mylor, Cornwall)
Fanny (m ? Seddon – sons : James newsagent, John killed in Boer war, Peter killed at Gallipoli; daughter: Frances m Enoch Mellor, saddler – lived on Isle of Man)
Alicia
Ellen (Nellie) m ? Cunningham (Secretary of Licensed Victuallers Association)
Polly b 1867/8 (m Pickering)
Annie b 1870/1 (m William Johnston)
Henry and two others died young

Any leads much appreciated!

[uksearch]

Your family would appear to be at RG 9 2948 folio 7. The names of the panlids seem to fit with what you give, BUT the mother's name is given as Mary.My own GM was baptised Mary Eileen, on the 1891 Census she is listed as Ellen, in 1901 as Mary but with the wrong surname, in various TDs as Nelly and on her death certificate as Mary Ellen.

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