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  1. 1.  Living

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Earl Eugene WatsonEarl Eugene Watson was born on 1 Jan 1925 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of William Hiram Watson and Lucy Elizabeth Dyer); died on 13 Sep 2015 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA; was buried on 3 Oct 2015 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • _MILT: 1943; Drafted - served in the 1317 Engineer General Service Regiment
    • Autobiography: 2012; Earl ''The Pearl'' Watson: Doorman To The Stars - Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel, 1945-1962 == some pages of 2013 edition at https://books.google.com/books?id=gp-DAgAAQBAJ&

    Notes:

    Buried:
    St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery; 264 N Blythe Ave

    Died:
    We all miss you, Earl.

    Earl married Melba Rose Smith on 16 Aug 1946 in California, USA. Melba (daughter of Philip Ignatius Smith and Inez Marie Haynes) was born on 28 Feb 1922 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Jul 2020 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Melba Rose Smith was born on 28 Feb 1922 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Philip Ignatius Smith and Inez Marie Haynes); died on 6 Jul 2020 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1450 N Derbigney, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Residence: 16 Apr 1930, 1450, North Derbigny Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; age 8, attended school, born Louisiana to Louisiana parents - Philip & Inez & kids Celita, Jeanne, Melba, Quinton, Gwendolyn, John, Corrine & his brother Alphonse
    • Residence: 11 Apr 1940, 1450 N Derbigney, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; age 18, born Louisiana, completed 4 years high school, same house 1935, waitress in N. Y. A. Cafeteria - widowed Phillip & kids Celita, Jeanne, Melba, Quinton, Gwendolyn, John, Carrine, Robbie & his bro Alphonse

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. 1. Living
    3. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Hiram WatsonWilliam Hiram Watson was born on 13 Oct 1885 in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA (son of Thomas W Watson and Mollie Suggs); died on 16 Mar 1971 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1910, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2241 W Lake St - William and "Berda" - married, he for second time, she for first time - living with her sister's family
    • Residence: 9 Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWI Draft Registration: 4783 Langley Ave - born 13 Oct 1885 - Train Porter fro Grand Trunk RR at 228 Dearborn St - nearest relative Lucy Watson 4423 Langley - medium height & build, brown eyes, black hair
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 4423 Langley - Pullamn Porter for Railroad Company - across the alley from his mother Mollie (Suggs Watson) Lucas
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1345 107th Street - age 24 at first marriage [1913] - Pullman Porter in Railroad business - Father birthplace Unknown - Mother birthplace North Carolina
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 6810 Langley Ave - lived same place in 1935 - Porter for Steam Railroad
    • Residence: 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Registration: 6810 Langley Ave - born 13 Oct 1883 at Wilson, NC - Contact person C. H. Shircliffe at 400 W Madison - Employer Chicago Northwestern RR at 400 W Madison

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birthplace from son William and daughter Mary Ellen birth records - death record & WWII draft: 13 Oct 1883 - WWI draft: 13 Oct 1885 - porter service card: 12 Oct 1885 - Soc Sec App shows 12 Oct 1889 Wilson NC to Thomas Watson & Molle Suggs

    William married Lucy Elizabeth Dyer on 18 Jun 1912 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Lucy (daughter of James Augustus Dyer and Mary Ellen Trumble Trumbull) was born on 21 Apr 1890 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jul 1951 in Ventura County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lucy Elizabeth DyerLucy Elizabeth Dyer was born on 21 Apr 1890 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Augustus Dyer and Mary Ellen Trumble Trumbull); died on 12 Jul 1951 in Ventura County, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1891, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 9 Apr 1901, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 4423 Langley
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1345 107th Street
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 6810 Langley Ave - lived same place in 1935

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birthplace is from son William birth record - daughter Mary Ellen birth record gives birth at Sarnia, Canada

    Notes:

    Married:
    he 27, widower - she 22, spinster - both Methodist

    Children:
    1. Catherine - Kay - Watson was born on 21 Apr 1913 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 19 Jan 2009 in New Mexico, USA.
    2. Living
    3. Morris Watson was born on 22 Oct 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 9 Aug 1993 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    4. Mary Ellen Watson was born on 29 May 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 2009.
    5. 2. Earl Eugene Watson was born on 1 Jan 1925 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 13 Sep 2015 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA; was buried on 3 Oct 2015 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.
    6. Ilean Watson was born on 15 Apr 1926 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 2009.
    7. Living

  3. 6.  Philip Ignatius Smith was born on 1 Feb 1890 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (son of Louis Smith and Corinne Landry); died in Feb 1956 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1450 N Derbigney, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Residence: 16 Apr 1930, 1450, North Derbigny Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; age 38, first married at 25, owns home valued at $3000, born Louisiana to Louisiana parents, Paper hanger in house industry - Philip & Inez & kids Celita, Jeanne, Melba, Quinton, Gwendolyn, John, Corrine & his brother Alphonse
    • Residence: 1940, 1450 N Derbigney, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; age 48, widowed, born Louisiana, completed 3rd grade, same house 1935, painter in house construction - widowed Phillip & kids Celita, Jeanne, Melba, Quinton, Gwendolyn, John, Carrine, Robbie & his bro Alphonse

    Philip married Inez Marie Haynes on 29 Dec 1915 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Inez (daughter of Armand Haynes, Sr and Rose Paturel) was born on 29 May 1895 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 7 Jul 1933 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Inez Marie HaynesInez Marie Haynes was born on 29 May 1895 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Armand Haynes, Sr and Rose Paturel); died on 7 Jul 1933 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 16 Apr 1930, 1450, North Derbigny Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; age 34, age 20 at first marriage, born Louisiana to England father & Louisiana mother - Philip & Inez & kids Celita, Jeanne, Melba, Quinton, Gwendolyn, John, Corrine & his brother Alphonse

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. 3. Melba Rose Smith was born on 28 Feb 1922 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Jul 2020 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.
    4. Living
    5. Living
    6. Living
    7. Living
    8. Living


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas W Watson was born about 1860 in North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: North Carolina, USA; Pharmacist - Had a drug store

    Notes:

    Birth:
    age 23 at 1883 marriage == maybe him in 1910 (line 19): http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4450094_00366/20333808 == maybe 1880 (18): http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4243412-00022/19771731

    Thomas married Mollie Suggs on 18 Jan 1883 in Wilson County, North Carolina, USA. Mollie (daughter of George Washington Suggs and Esther Best) was born about 1867 in North Carolina, USA; died about 1948 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mollie Suggs was born about 1867 in North Carolina, USA (daughter of George Washington Suggs and Esther Best); died about 1948 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 9 Jul 1870, Stantonsburg, Wilson, North Carolina; as "Mary" - age 2, Mulatto, born North Carolina - Washington with children Serena, Mary [Mollie], Decatur [D. Cato] and also in home Richard Hasper/Harper (17, farm laborer, born NC)
    • Residence: 1880, Wilson Township, Wilson, North Carolina, USA; age 12, Black, single, At Home, Attended school, born North Carolina to North Carolina Parents - Washington & Esther with children Nicy, Sarena, Cator, Molly, Edmonia, Juda [Julia], James
    • Residence: 10 Jan 1920, 4432 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 49, married, can read and write, born North Carolina to North Carolina parents, Dress Maker for private families on own account - Luther & Mollie - across the alley from her son William Hiram Watson
    • Residence: 1932, 4848 Evans Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; "In 1932, we moved in with my grandmother, Mrs. Mollie Watson Lucas who resided at 4848 Evans Avenue in Chicago." Earl Watson autobiography, p 8 == https://books.google.com/books?id=gp-DAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&lpg=8
    • Residence: 1935, 4848 Evans Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; In 1930, 4848 Evans was rented to David & Bertha McTorrance == http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4584346_00787/84182956 (But 1922 newspaper shows Luther Lucas at 4848 Evans and so does 1940 Census. So where was he in 1930?)
    • Residence: 6 Apr 1940, 4848 Evans Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; surname as LUSKER, age 68, married completed 3 years of high school, born North Carolina, same house in 1935, unemployed - Luther & Mollie (as Molly) with lodgers Dailue Page (48, married. seamstress on own account) & Bishop Jones (48, single, unemployed

    Notes:

    Birth:
    age 12 in 1880 census, 16 at 1883 marriage

    Notes:

    Married:
    License issued 18 Jan 1883 - he 23 colored, she 16 colored, performed by E. H. Ward, Min. B. C., on Jan. 18, 1883 at W. Suggs. Witnessed by: C. Forbes, June Tyson and George Forbes

    Children:
    1. 4. William Hiram Watson was born on 13 Oct 1885 in Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA; died on 16 Mar 1971 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

  3. 10.  James Augustus DyerJames Augustus Dyer was born on 25 Feb 1852 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (son of George Dyer and Elizabeth Carr); died on 25 Jul 1922 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 27 Jul 1922 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada; NOT SURE THIS IS HIM BUT SEEMS LIKELY - Mulatto, age 10, born Canada West, religion E ?
    • Residence: 1871, Draper-Ryde-Oakley Townships, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada; NOT SURE THIS IS HIM -- age 19, single, religion Canadian Presbyterian, origin African, Labourer, over 20 unable to read or write, apparently living in hotel of William Cameron
    • Residence: 1891, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 9 Apr 1901, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; Black Race - Presbyterian - Dock Labourer
    • Residence: 1911, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1 Jun 1921, Michigan Ave, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; age 69, born Ontario to US father and Ireland mother, no occupation

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birthplace is from daughter Bella's second marriage record - 1901 census gives birth 25 Feb 1852

    Buried:
    Lakeview Cemetery - Undertaker Phillips Bros of Sarnia - Section I, Plot 60, Lot NE 1/4 == http://www.lakeviewcemetery.ca/cemetery-ontario/burial-search-display/6332

    Died:
    age 70 y 5 m, born Toronto 25 Feby 1852, Laborer, at place of death for 23 years, father George Dyer born USA, mother Elizabeth Carr born Ireland, informant wife Mrs Dyer of Pt Edward, cause Tuberculosis 9 months, "See letter on Fall ... dated Sept 20 -22"

    James married Mary Ellen Trumble Trumbull about 1877. Mary (daughter of William M Trumble and Helen - Ellen - Mack) was born on 24 Mar 1856 in New York, USA; died on 10 Jul 1932 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Ellen Trumble TrumbullMary Ellen Trumble Trumbull was born on 24 Mar 1856 in New York, USA (daughter of William M Trumble and Helen - Ellen - Mack); died on 10 Jul 1932 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 30 Jun 1860, Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, USA; age 4, born New York - William (30) & Ellen (Mack) (24) & kids Mary Ellen (4), Sarah L (2) - Post Office: Camillus
    • Residence: 22 Aug 1870, Hanover, Wexford, Michigan, USA; age 14, Attending School, born New York to US born father & foreign born mother - William & Hellen & children Mary E, Sarah L, William E - Town of Hanover, post office Sherman
    • Residence: 29 Jun 1873, Hanover, Wexford, Michigan, USA; residence at time of marriage
    • Arrival: 1882; arrival in Canada per 1921 census
    • Arrival: 1884
    • Residence: 1891, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 9 Apr 1901, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; English Race - Methodist
    • Residence: 1911, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1 Jun 1921, Michigan Ave, Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; age 64, born US to US father and Ireland mother, arrived Canada 1882, naturalized

    Notes:

    Birth:
    NY per 1870 census & 1873 marr rec - dau Mary 1920: Mary b NY - dau Lucy 1930: Mary b KS son Fred 1920-30: Mary b MI

    Notes:

    Married:
    first child born 1878 (if Bella was James' dau) - probably in Michigan where Bella was born

    Children:
    1. Bella Dyer was born on 21 May 1878 in Walton Township, Eaton, Michigan, USA.
    2. William James Dyer was born on 30 Jan 1883 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Aug 1883 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
    3. George Frederick - Fred - Dyer was born on 2 May 1884 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lewis James Dyer was born on 30 Oct 1885 in Ontario, Canada.
    5. Anna May - Annie - Dyer was born on 24 Nov 1887 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 5. Lucy Elizabeth Dyer was born on 21 Apr 1890 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jul 1951 in Ventura County, California, USA.
    7. Mary Marie Dyer was born on 6 Oct 1892 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Alberta Berty Dyer was born on 4 Aug 1897 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Norman Augustus Dyer was born on 2 Feb 1900 in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Jul 1962 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  Louis Smith was born about 1860.

    Louis married Corinne Landry. Corinne was born about 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Corinne Landry was born about 1860.
    Children:
    1. Alphonse Smith was born about 1883 in Louisiana, USA.
    2. 6. Philip Ignatius Smith was born on 1 Feb 1890 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Feb 1956 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

  7. 14.  Armand Haynes, Sr was born about 1852 in Louisiana, USA.

    Armand married Rose Paturel. Rose was born about 1856 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Rose Paturel was born about 1856 in Louisiana, USA.
    Children:
    1. 7. Inez Marie Haynes was born on 29 May 1895 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 7 Jul 1933 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.