1830-06-07 | b. Wolviston Mill, Durham | censuses; 'JOHN WILLIAM WATSON, the first Scholar of Ayton School ' (Reprinted from the Autumn Term Beckside, 1919) |
1841 | living with his family and his maternal grandfather in Norton, Durham; his father not present | TNA: HO 107/317/16 f35 p27 |
"Said to have been the first scholar to enter Ayton School." | Annual Monitor | |
with his brother Alfred, reportedly walked into the school side-by-side on the first day, so that each could be the first | Brian Stevenson (2010) 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' | |
cal 1844 | became an assistant teacher at Ayton | 'JOHN WILLIAM WATSON, the first Scholar of Ayton School ' |
1851 | assistant teacher apprentice, North of England Agricultural School, Great Ayton Village | HO 107/2376 f162 p4 |
1852 | taught at the Flounders Institute, Ackworth | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' |
1852-09-17 | "John William Watson (Flounders Institute) gave a lecture to the Botanical Class" at Ackworth | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)', citing the diary of Joseph Spence Hodgson |
1852-11-05 | gave a lecture on botany at Ackworth | |
1852-11-24 | "Botanical Class had a lecture from John W. Watson (Flounders) on 'Mosses'" | |
1852-12-01 | one of three judges of the Society of Arts exhibition at Ackworth (William Pollard being one of the other two) | |
1852-12-03 | "John W. Watson (Flounders) on 'Fungi' , to the Botanical Class between eight and nine o'clock." | |
1854-01 | gave the second of a series of twelve lectures at
the Mechanics' Institute in Great Ayton: The second lecture was delivered by Mr. John W. Watson, formerly a teacher in the Friends' Agricultural School, and among the first members of the institute. By means of large diagrams he was enabled to represent spots on the sun, telescopic appearances of the moon, the planets and their satellites, comets, nebulæ and constellations of fixed stars. The audience, which was large and attentive, was much gratified with the lucid manner in which many difficult parts of astronomy were explained by the lecturer. |
York Herald, 1854-01-14 |
1854-06-26 | of the Flounders Institute; published 'A Few Remarks on the Pulsations of Some of the Land Mollusks" in The Zoologist | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' |
1855/1863 | master at Ackworth School | Joseph Spence Hodgson (1895) Superintendents, teachers, and principal officers of Ackworth School, from 1779 to 1894. Ackworth Old Scholars' Association |
1858 | advertised to lecture on 'Arctic Explorations' | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' |
1858-06-15 | present at a public meeting in Ackworth, under the auspices of the Temperance Society | Pontefract Advertiser, 1858-06-19 |
1858-07-22 | teacher, of Ackworth; m. Anne Wood (1830–1906, of Ackworth, b. Leeds, Yorkshire, d. of Thomas Wood, Warehouseman), at Norton | GRO index; Ackworth Old Scholars' Association, Annual Reports, 1904/1907; West Yorkshire Non-Conformist Records |
Children: | Gertrude (1861 – after 1919), and John Malcolm (1865–1871), both b. Ackworth, Yorkshire | GRO index; censuses; National Probate Calendar |
1861 | English and classical teacher, living at High Ackworth, Ackworth, with his family and a house servant | TNA: RG 9/3440 f5 p4 |
publication of William Mudd's A Manual of British Lichens | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' | |
1861/1869 | during his time as a Master at Ackworth, John Watson operated a business selling microscope slides | |
1861 |
TO MICROSCOPISTS.—J. W. WATSON is sending out Microscopic Objects, neatly mounted, for 7s. a Dozen, or Three Dozen for 15s. A List and Specimen sent, on receipt of nine Postage Stamps. Address, ACKWORTH SCHOOL, near Pontefract. |
'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)', citing Notes and Queries |
1863 | promoted to the position of Master on Duty; also offered his services to organizations, etc. as a guest lecturer | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' |
1865-07-31 | had graduated BA of the University of London, in the Second Division | Evening Mail |
1869 |
MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS OF UNPRECEDENTED CHEAPNESS, COMBINED WITH EXCELLENCE, PREPARED BY J. W. WATSON. ACKWORTH, near PONTEFRACT __________________ A List of about 300 choice Objects forwarded on application. |
'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)', citing Monthly Microscopical Journal |
1870-09-17 |
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. [ . . . ] The DRAWING CLASSES, under the care of Mr J.W. Watson, will meet as under:— SPECIAL CLASS FOR LADIES ONLY—Monday and Thursday Mornings from 11 to 1 o'clock. Terms, 15s per quarter. GENERAL CLASS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES—Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday Evening, from half-past 7 to half-past 9. Terms, Members of the Mechanics' Institute, 4s per quarter; Non-members 5s 6d. SPECIAL CLASS FOR SCHOOLMASTER, SCHOOLMISTRESSES, and PUPIL TEACHERS—Saturday Afternoons from 3 to 5. Terms, Masters and Mistresses, 10s per annum; Pupil Teachers, 4s per annum. Mr JOHN W. WATSON will form classes on Monday and Thursday Afternoons, from 4 to 6 o'clock, for Instruction in all branches of Drawing and Elementary Mathematics. Fees, 5s 6d per quarter. These Classes are specially designed for Apprentices in the different Works, and it is hoped other young men will avail themselves of this opportunity of study. N.B.—All Fees payable in advance. [ . . . ] |
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |
1871 | schoolmaster, of Corporation Rd, Middlesbrough, Durham, living with his family and a general servant | RG 10/4893 f53 p44 |
moved to Redcar, Yorkshire | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' | |
1881 | drawing master, living with his family at Westfield, Kirkleatham, Yorkshire | RG 11/4843 f121 p30 |
1891 | drawing master, living with his family at West Field West Dyke, Coatham, Yorkshire | RG 12/4001 f103 p17 |
1901 | drawing master, own account, living with his family in Appleton Wiske, Yorkshire | RG 13/4594 f26 p2 |
1905 | moved to Norton-on-Tees | 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' |
1911 | widower, teacher of drawing, own account, at home, living with his daughter in 4 rooms at 7 Ragworth Place, Norton | RG 14/29581 RD544 ED35 SN244 |
1919-01-09 | and elder, of North Meadows, Norton-on-Tees; d. Stockton RD | GRO index; Annual Monitor; National Probate Calendar |
1919-10-07 | will proved at Durham by Gertrude Watson, spinster; effects £400 12s. | National Probate Calendar |
The late John William Watson was born at Wolviston Mill, near Stockton-on-Tees, on June 7th, 1830. He was the eldest son of John Watson, whose wife, Mary Moon, was a near relative of the families, Dixon, Coates, Manners, etc. J. W. Watson at the age of ten years entered Ayton School, of which he was the first scholar. In those days there was no railway to Ayton, and it was the custom of the family to break the journey at Middlesbrough, where they had relatives. At fourteen years of age, he became an assistant teacher at Ayton, and remained there until he reached manhood, working very harmoniously with George Dixon the Superintendent, who was his mother's first cousin. Long walks over the moors helped their leisure hours to pass pleasantly, both of them being enthusiastic botanists, conchologists, etc. John Watson formed a warm attachment to Ayton which he retained through life, and he gained the hearty respect and affection of those amongst whom he laboured. For four years he was a student at the Flounders College, Ackworth, and from there he became a teacher at Ackworth School. Here he met Anne Wood, also a teacher there, whom he eventually married. She was descended from a family of Huguenot refugees, another of whose descendants was Mary Howitt, the poetess. John and Anne Watson had two children, a daughter and son, the latter of whom died in childhood. John Watson left Ackworth in 1869 and became an Art Master. He had the two schools of Art in Middlesbrough and Stockton, and was considered a successful teacher of both water-colour and oil painting. He also taught in many private schools and was for many years drawing-master at Ayton, where his cousin, Ralph Dixon, had become Headmaster. In 1871 J.W.W. and family removed from Middlesbrough to Redcar, where he had built himself a house. His large garden was a source of perpetual interest and pleasure. Having given up painting as a profession, he removed in 1905 to Norton-on-Tees, where he opened a small school for boys. Later he lived at North Meadows Cottage a house situated on a small estate of which he was part owner. Here he died in his eighty-ninth year on the 9th of January, 1919, of old age, which was hastened by an attack of bronchitis. He was buried in the ancient Friends' Burial Ground at Norton. John W. Watson was a man of some learning, having studied Greek, Latin, and Hebrew languages, as well as French, German, and Scandinavian. He also took an interest in many sciences, and his conversation was at all times instructive and entertaining. |
'JOHN WILLIAM WATSON, the first Scholar of Ayton School ' |
1832-04-25 | b. Wolviston Mill, Durham | censuses; Paul M. Street gedcom files |
1841 | living with his family and his maternal grandfather in Norton, Durham; his father not present | TNA: HO 107/317/16 f35 p27 |
with his brother John, reportedly walked into Ayton school side-by-side on the first day, so that each could be the first | Brian Stevenson (2010) 'John W. Watson (1830 – 1919) and Thomas H.W. Sharpe (1842 – ca. 1903)' | |
1851 | grocer (app.), one of two such in the household of John Baker, draper and grocer master, and his family, of Marketplace, Thirsk, Yorkshire | HO 107/2371 f248 p23 |
1861-01-04 | grocer, in Norton | Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser |
1861 | grocer and provision merchant employing one man and one boy, living with his mother and two siblings in Norton Road, Norton | TNA: RG 9/3695 f11 p20 |
1865-05-20 | shop keeper, of Norton; m. Jane Frances Bulmer (1841–1885, of Stockton on Tees, b. South Shields, Durham, daughter of Richard Bulmer, rope manufacturer, and his wife Elizabeth), at Stockton on Tees pc, by licence | marriage certificate; GRO index; censuses |
Children: | John Frederick (1867–1951), Richard Neville (1868 – after 1871), Charles Bertram (1869–1935), Joseph Henry (1870 – after 1891), Alfred (1871–1952), Ada Mary Elizabeth (1873 – after 1901), Frances Maud (1875 – after 1891), William Bulmer(1875–1974), and Richard Henry (1880–1961), all b. Norton | GRO index; censuses; Spink Family Tree owner Tony Spink |
1871 | grocer master employing five boys, living with his family, a general servant, and a nurse, in High Street, Norton | RG 10/4901 f137 p6 |
1879-05-01 |
FOR SALE, 60 Tons of Prime old Land HAY.—ALFRED WATSON, Norton. |
Northern Echo |
1879-08-12 |
FOR SALE, HOUSE and SHOP, cheap; a good street; Stockton.—Apply, ALFRED WATSON, Norton. |
Northern Echo |
1879-12-24 |
FOR SALE, FREEHOLD LAND, at Norton, in Three-Acre Lots; cheap.—Apply, ALFRED WATSON. |
Northern Echo |
1881 | grocer employing one man and one boy, living with his family in High Street, Norton | RG 11/4894 f69 p1 |
1882-11-01 |
For sale: OLD HAY.—Prime Old Hay, £5 per Ton.—Alfred Watson, Norton. |
Northern Echo |
1887-02-26 |
COTTAGE GARDEN and GRASS LAND To Let.—Apply, ALFRED WATSON, Grocer, Norton. |
Northern Echo |
1889/1890 | living in a dwelling house in High street, Norton | electoral register |
1891 | grocer, neither employer nor employed, widower, living with his family in High Street, Norton | RG 12/4053 f77 p1 |
1894/1897 | living with his sons John Frederick and Charles Bertram in a dwelling house and shop (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton | electoral registers |
1894-12 | grocer, elected to the Norton parish council, with 61 votes; "Mr Alfred Watson demanded a poll." | Northern Echo, 1894-12-07 |
1897-08-20 |
THE TEESCYCLE CYCLES have always been 26 PER CENT. BETTER VALUE than Cycle Agents or Companies' Depôts, and are ridden and esteemed in Scarborough, Sunderland, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Tunbridge Wells, Weston-Super-Mare, Norton, Greatham, Coopen, Billingham, Wolviston, Carlton, Great Ayton, Huddon Rudby, Penrith, London, &c. We would be pleased to refer you to these riders in the above places for their opinion. Write or call for Lists of many makes. NOTE THIS!—To introduce Alfred Watson's PURE BAKING POWDER, in Packets 1½d, 2½d, and loos 10d. per lb. (Wholesale terms on application), we are giving at NORTON FLOWER SHOW, Friday, August 20th, a SPECIAL PRIZE for the BEST RICE CAKE. First Prize, 5s.; Second, 3s; Third, 2s. To be eligible you simply purchase ¼lb. B.P., 2½d, with Seller's Signature, mentioning Competition, at our Shops, 3 or 127 High-street, and send part with your entry to the Secretary of the Show. WATSON BROS., Cash Salesmen and Poultry Farmers, Teescycle. NORTON, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. |
Northern Echo |
1898-03 | grocer; among 11 men elected to the Norton parish
council: These gentlemen were all re-elected, with the exception of Mr Alfred Watson, who takes the place of Mr Stephenson, wine and spirit merchant, who did not seek re-election. |
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1898-03-18 |
1898 | living with his sons John Frederick and Charles Bertram in a dwelling house and shop (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton | electoral register |
1899/1900 | living with his son John Frederick in a dwelling house and shop (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton | electoral registers |
1901 | grocer, employer, at home, widower, living at 3 High Street, Norton, with his family, a daughter in law, and a domestic servant | RG 13/4628 f24 p1 |
1901 | living with his sons John Frederick, Charles Bertram, and William Bulmer, in a dwelling house and shop (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton | electoral register |
1902 | living with his sons John Frederick, Charles Bertram, Alfred, and William Bulmer, in a dwelling house and shop (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton | electoral register |
1903 | living with his sons John Frederick, Alfred, and William Bulmer, in a dwelling house and shop (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton; Charles Bertram and William Edwin with a furnished bed and use of sitting rooms on the first and second floors of the same address | electoral registers |
1904 | living with his sons John Frederick and Alfred, in a dwelling house (joint) at 3 High Street West, Norton | electoral register |
1905/1908 | living in the dwelling house at 3 High Street; sons John Frederick and Alfred sharing the shop (joint) at the same address | electoral registers |
1906 | of 3 High street, Norton; qualified to vote in county and parochial, but not parliamentary, elections, from his land (joint) at North meadows cottage farm | electoral register |
1911 | widower, living with the family of his son John Frederick, in 8 rooms at Barisha, Norton on Tees | RG 14/29580 RD544 ED34 SN235 |
1913 | of 3 High street, Norton; qualified to vote from his shop there | electoral register |
1914 | emigrated to Australia, with his son | Devine Family Tree-pruned |
1922-02-27 | grocer, of Norton; nominated for election in Stockton Division 1, for Durham County Council | Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1922-02-28 |
1932-03-30 | d. Mount Barker, Western Australia, Australia | Spink Family Tree owner Tony Spink |
cal 1834 | b. Wolviston Mill, Durham | censuses |
1841 | living with his family and his maternal grandfather in Norton, Durham; his father not present | TNA: HO 107/317/16 f35 p27 |
1851 | miller's servant, one of four living in the household of Thomas Wren, miller and corn merchant, of Wren's Mill, Stockton on Tees, Durham | HO 107/2383 f579 p1 |
1861 | miller, living with his mother and two siblings in Norton Road, Norton | TNA: RG 9/3695 f11 p20 |
1865-05-20 | witnessed the wedding of his brother Alfred at Stockton on Tees pc | marriage certificate; GRO index; censuses |
1867-04-18 |
STOCKTON. VALUABLE STEAM CORN MILL, DWELLING-HOUSE, GRANARY, AND STABLING FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the VANE ARMS HOTEL, in Stockton, in the County of Durham, on THURSDAY, the 9th day of MAY, 1867, at THREE for FOUR o'Clock in the Afternoon, and subject to Conditions to be then and there read, Mr. W. PYBUS, Auctioneer, all that Freehold STEAM CORN MILL, situate in Skinner-street, in Stockton, in the County of Durham, comprising an Engine of 12-horse power, Three Pairs of French Stones, Flour Dressing Machines, Elevators, Corn Screen, and other requisites for carrying on the Business of a Miller, now in the occupation of Messrs. Alfred and Richard Watson. And also, all that DWELLING-HOUSE, GRANARY, STABLE, CART-HOUSE, and other Conveniences, immediately adjoining the before-mentioned Premises, and also occupied by Messrs. A. and R. Watson. The Mill has recently been supplied with a new Tubular Boiler. The Machinery is in excellent working order, and the whole of the Property is in good repair, and presents a very desirable Investment. There is a plentiful supply of Water, and Gas is also laid on. Possession can be given at May Day next, and, if desired, part of the Purchase Money can remain on Mortgage. The Premises may be Viewed and further Particulars known, on application at the Office of Mr. J.G. THOMPSON, Stockton, 18th April, 1867. Solicitor, Stockton |
York Herald, 1867-04-27 |
1868-07-20 | m. Sarah Jane Peacock (1848–1925, b. Masham, Yorkshire, d. of William and Mary Peacock), at Norton | GRO index; censuses |
Children: | William (1868–1951), Edith Mary (1870–1952), Ethel (1873–1961), Richard (1874–1962), Ernest (1875–1967), all b. Norton; Arthur (1879–1884), b. Middleton, Yorkshire; John Brukley (1881–1961), b. Stokesley, Yorkshire; Thomas Percy (1883–1885), b. Stockton RD; Mabel Jane (1885–1981), Grace Evelyne (1887–1969), and Marion (1890–1989), all b. Norton | GRO index; censuses; Spink Family Tree owner Tony Spink |
1871 | miller employing two millers, one cartman, of Norton Mill House, Stockton, living with his family, a domestic servant, and a nurse | RG 10/4903 f170 p37 |
1881 | corn miller, of White House Cottage, Norton, living with his family and a general servant | RG 11/4894 f114 p16 |
1890-09-15 |
HAY.—Good Old Hay, £2 15s per ton delivered. Richard Watson, Norton Mill, Stockton. |
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |
1891 | miller, of Old Mill Farm House, Norton, living with his family and his widowed mother-in-law | RG 12/4053 f104 p19 |
1891-04-12 |
GREY Pony For Sale, free and fast; about 12 hands high. Apply any night after six to Richard Watson, Norton Mill, Stockton. |
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |
1897-06-07 | of Norton; gave a short address at the annual reunion of old Aytonians, at Great Ayton | Darlington North Star, 1897-06-10 |
1901 | miller, corn, employer, living at Norton Mill, Norton, with his family and a servant | RG 13/4628 f95 p7 |
1911 | miller and farmer, employed, at home, living in 9 rooms at Norton Mill, Norton on Tees, with his wife and three daughters, and a servant | RG14PN29582 RG78PN1717A RD544 SD1 ED36 SN338 |
1919-08-11 | of Norton Mill, Norton on Tees; d. Stockton RD | GRO index; Annual Monitor; National Probate Calendar |
1920-03-31 | will proved at London by Ernest Watson, farmer, Thomas Skelton, commercial traveller, and William Watson, farmer; effects £3293 17s. 11d. | National Probate Calendar |
1836-10-15 | b. Wolviston Mill, Durham | censuses; Paul M. Street gedcom files |
1841 | living with her family and her maternal grandfather in Norton, Durham; her father not present | TNA: HO 107/317/16 f35 p27 |
1851 | scholar, boarder, of Great Ayton, Yorkshire | HO 107/2376 f162 p5 |
1861 | house keeper, living with her mother and two siblings in Norton Road, Norton | TNA: RG 9/3695 f11 p20 |
1865-01-10 | of Norton; m. Thomas Peacock (cal 1832 – 1903, miller, of Norton, later farmer, b. Masham, Yorkshire, s. of William and Mary Peacock), at the Wesleyan chapel, Stockton-on-Tees | GRO index; censuses; York Herald, 1865-01-14 |
1871 | living at Wolviston Mill, Wolviston, Durham, with her husband and her mother | RG 10/4899 p20 |
1881 | living in Wolviston with her husband and her mother | RG 11/4893 f97 p22 |
1891 | living in Wolviston with her husband, a farm servant, and a domestic servant | RG 12/4054 f64 p22 |
1901 | living with her husband at Wolviston Mill, Wolviston | RG 13/4629 f95 p24 |
1911 | widow, meadow and grazing farm, employer, at home, living with a house maid in 6 rooms at Wolviston Mill | RG 14/29593 RD544 ED47 SN5 |
1921 | [no occupation given]; living with the family of her niece Emily Watson, in 4 rooms at Wolviston Mill | RG 15/24310 RD544 SD1 ED49 SN137 |
1930 Q1 | d. Stockton RD | GRO index; Annual Monitor |
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