Florence Virginia (Thetford) Watson (1877 - 1947)

Born 29 Jun 1877 in Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi

Ancestors

Wife of John Archibald Watson — married 12 Apr 1893 in Claiborne, Mississippi, United States

Died 8 Feb 1947 at age 69 in Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana

Biography

Florence was born in 1877 in Copiah County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Robert Thetford and Elizabeth Parrish.

Florence married John Watson in April of 1893 in Claiborne, Mississippi. ^[1] The 1900 US Census documents that they were living in the village of Lamar, Franklin Parish, Louisiana.^[2]

In 1930 the family was living in Ward 5 of West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.^[3] In 1940, the family was living in the same home.^[4]

Florence passed away in 1947 in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.^[5] She is interred in Kilbourne Cemetery, Kilbourne, Louisiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZC-99H : 10 February 2018), John A. Watson and Florence V. Thetford, 12 Apr 1893; citing , Claiborne, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 875,446.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5Q-SQW : accessed 8 September 2018), Florence V Watson in household of John A Watson, Wards 3-4 Lamar village, Franklin, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 7A, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,564.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTF-5ML : accessed 8 September 2018), Florence Watson in household of John Watson, Police Jury Ward 5, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 19A, line 28, family 357, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 825; FHL microfilm 2,340,560.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYR9-R5C : 14 March 2018), Florence V Watson in household of John A Watson, Police Jury Ward 5, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-12, sheet 8A, line 30, family 125, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1466.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3MX-7T1 : 10 March 2018), Florence Virginia Watson, 08 Feb 1947; citing Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, certificate number 2617, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,221,975
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2019), memorial page for Florence V Watson (29 Jun 1877–8 Feb 1947), Find A Grave Memorial no. 90542591, citing Kilbourne Cemetery, Kilbourne, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by RobMinteer57 (contributor 47389024) ..