Martin (Watson) Hobbs-Watson
Honor Code SignatorySigned 21 Nov 2015 | 23,504 contributions | 196 thank-yous | 1,547 connections
Signed 21 Nov 2015 | 23,504 contributions | 196 thank-yous | 1,547 connections
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Dr Martin D. Hobbs-Watson formerly Watson
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Brother of
[private sister (1940s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (1980s - unknown)], [private son (1980s - unknown)] and [private son (1980s - unknown)]
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This profile is part of the Rashleigh Name Study.
Biography
Martin participated in the England Project’s Boat Race Challenge.
Martin (Watson) Hobbs-Watson has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
The Rashleigh Name Study is also registered with the Guild of One Name Studies.
Birth:
- 2 Nov 1949, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK: [1]
Marriage:
- 9 July 1977, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
- to Barbara Ann Newland. [2].
- Divorced: 2001
- 16 Sep 2017, Durham, Co. Durham, England, UK
- to Joan Hobbs, Joan Hobbs
Martin was raised in Canterbury, Kent, UK. He attended Blean Primary School, The Archbishops Secondary Modern School, and then Canterbury Technical High School for Boys. In 1969 he went to Southampton University to study Physiology and Biochemistry graduating in 1972 with an upper second class honours degree. He remained in Southampton to study for a PhD in bacterial genetics. In Feb 1976 he moved to Edinburgh to work as a research scientist. In Feb 1978 he moved to Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA. In September 1979 he was appointed to a lectureship in Genetics at Durham University, England, UK. Now retired as a senior lecturer in Genetics and Biomedical Sciences he still lives in County Durham in the North of England. I actively research my immediate family, all those with my mother's maiden name (Rashleigh and its variants) and her mother's maiden name (Crimp). Other major names appearing are Heggs, Marlborough, Jacques, Gustard, Shepherd and Graham.
Sources
- ↑ England and Wales BMD Index: Births. OND Q4 Vol 5b Page 322. Canterbury. 1949
- ↑ England and Wales BMD Index: Marriages. JAS Q3 Vol 16 Page 0250. Canterbury. 1977.
- First-hand information. Entered by Martin Watson.
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- private children's names (3)
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DNA Connections
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Martin:
- Martin Hobbs-Watson is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 9, 2019.
- Martin Hobbs-Watson is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 9, 2019.
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Quite happy to continues as I am. Hardly a day goes by when Im not doing some WikiTree activity, either updating my profiles or adding new ones. Martin
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Yes I'm happy to continue with the England Project. Still have many profiles to update and many many more to add. Just completed OT2, it was tough!! At least it means I can get back that bit further!
Martin
I am glad that you are happy with what you are doing for the England Project. I hope you learned lots from OT2 and feel it was worth all the work. Regards Joan
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Thanks for your email. Yes I am happy to continues as I am. I occasionally do some of the challenges that pique my interest, but until I get most of my database onto WikiTree it will be only occasionally. I am starting to go further back in time so I will probably start screaming for advice once I get well into the 18th century. I do get a bit confused (swamped?) with the plethora of modes we communicate by. Discord is the best, as it very easy to track conversations in different categories. I don't use Google groups very much, so was a bit dismayed to see that some discussions have been moved from Discord to Google. G2G is not the greatest. There are so many discussions there, it is hard to trace any conversation if you leave it for more than a few days (it gets swamped by new discussions). Martin
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It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.
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Great to see the work you're doing on George Watson. His second wife, known as Polly, was the aunt of my grandmother, and I met her a few times when I was young. I have a vague memory (false?) of meeting Uncle George, too. Will you be adding his first wife and family? I was interested to see that our Wikitree paths may have crossed before. I did all the CIBs for Devon last year and you are/were a Devon Team Member. Best wishes, Steve Bartlett
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I would like to point out that there are ways to add to Pre-1500 profiles and that The Pre-1500 rules, are there for good reasons.
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1500_Profiles#Adding_Information_without_Certification
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Thanks for your support I think the problem was a few dodgy gedcoms were entered on Wikitree without being checked. Also its very difficult to be accurate with birth dates so there must be an element of guess work. We are all a bit guilty inputting this info,at least its on record and gives people an opportunity to improve and add to it.
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