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George Watt of Arbroath, Scotland 1816-1884. Father of Charles Robertson Watt. He emigrated to the United States in 1841. He was the grandfather of Addie Watt Ferris |
Mary McAndrew Watt of Arbroath, Scotland ca 1816-1894. She was the mother of Charles Robertson Watt and grandmother of Addie Watt Ferris |
Watt Family Group dated 1888, Erie, Kansas.
Seated L to R: Addie Watt Ferris with son Charles, Charles R. Watt, Mary Charissa Watt, Jessie Watt. Standing L to R: Elihu DeForest Watt and Chauncy Ward Watt.
[note from Byron: The following is from a letter from Nancy Underwood]
"Yes, Aunt Jessie Moyer was Addie's sister and her husband was Ela Bliss Moyer and I adored both of them. Uncle Ela was a love and Aunt Jessie reminded me of a little bird flitting around the way she walked. It was my favorite place to visit. When Addie died Aunt Jessie took her place with my mother and they were very close. Uncle Ela used to take my brother and me on nature walks and do all the different bird calls. Another thing he could do which fascinated me was the Gregorian Chant..sounded just like the real thing. It was so sad when he became ill with what people used to call 'hardening of the arteries.' ... Ela and Jessie had three children: John who died when he was five, then Dorothy (Dottie) and Barbara (Bobbie). Both girls married quite late..Dottie was 35 and Bobbie was 38. Dottie suffered from severe depression in her later years and took her own life in 1971. 7 years later Bobbie's husband took his life as well. She died of cancer in 1993. A sad story."
[Another note from Byron: Allen tells me that Uncle Ela (since Jessie was Marion Ferris's aunt, Uncle Ela would be an uncle to Marion Ferris) managed to hold onto his job during the depression, and that he made the house payments for the house on Dover Street in La Grange so that Marion, Ethel, and the children had a place to live. Lillian told me that things were so hard during the depression that some of the boys (of Marion and Ethel) had to leave and live with some of their aunts and uncles for a while.]
Charles Robertson Watt 1841-1891. Born in Dundee, Scotland. Son of George and Mary McAndrew Watt. He was the father of Addie Watt Ferris. Photo taken ca 1887, Sioux City, Iowa. He was shot to death by an intruder while he was working late at his pharmacy. His four year old grandson Charlie Ferris refused to give him a kiss that day as his grandpa left to go to work and always regretted it. The murderer was never caught. The theory is that it was a drug addict there to steal drugs.
Mary Charissa Ward Watt (1842-1925) Mother of Addie Watt
Photo by Smith, La Grange, Illinois
ANCESTRY OF CHARLES ROBERTSON WATT
SCOTLAND
GEORGE WATT, grandfather of Charles R. Watt was born ca 1790 in Scotland. He married CATHERINE BRAID 7 June 1812 in Montrose, County Angus, Scotland.
CHILDREN:
1. Margaret, b. 22 April 1813, Montrose, County Angus, Scotland.
2. Mary, b. 25 November 1814, Montrose, County Angus, Scotland
3. GEORGE, b. 10 May 1816, baptised 16 June 1816, Montrose, County
Angus, Scotland.
4. John, b. 19 April 1818, Arbroath, County Angus, Scotland
GEORGE WATT (3 above), father of Charles R. Watt, b. 10 May 1816, Montrose,
Co. Angus, Scotland, died 1884, Augusta, Ill. (?). Married Mary McAndrew on 12 Jan 1835,
MARY A. McANDREW, b. ca 1816, Abroath, Co. Angus, Scotland, died 21 September
1894, Augusta, Illinois.
George and Mary Watt emigrated to America in 1841 with their two children, at the time, George Jr., age 3 years, and Charles, age 3 months. With them also came George's sister Margaret Watt. They sailed from Liverpool, England in the ship "Alerto" (Alesta [?]) Captained by Master Commander Henry Whiting and landed at the Port of New Orleans on May 16, 1841. (Happily none of the 50-odd passengers died on the voyage) It is not known where the family first settled in America. But their next child was born in Illinois in 1846.
CHILDREN:
1. George, b. 16 May 1838, Scotland, d. 20 January 1924, Denver,
Colorado. 2 children by lst wife, Marion and Harry C. Watt.
m. 2nd Marian C. (-----).
2. CHARLES ROBERTSON, b. 18 January 1841, Dundee (?), Scotland,
d. 6 July 1891, Thayer, Kansas. Charles Watt was shot to death by an intruder while working late at his pharmacy.) Married 30 August 1866, MARY CHARISSA WARD, b. 6 July 1842, Augusta, Ill., d. 29 November 1925, LaGrange, Ill.
3. Mary Ann (Mollie), b. 23 October 1846, d. 1 August 1887, m. John
H. Easterday 26 December 1865, Augusta, Ill.
4. Josephine McAndrew, b. 5 March 1851, Payson, Illinois, d. 16 Sept.
1926, Cody, Wyoming, m. 4 January 1873, Augusta, Ill., Thomas
Cole Raymond, b. 12 Sept. 1845, Boston, Mass., d. 11 Feb. 1922,
Cambridge, Mass., son of Emmons Raymond and Mehitable Converse.
Josephine and Thomas Raymond had 7 children, the eldest of whom was Alice Raymond of whom I often heard Grandfather Ferris speak.
From a recent (April 1998) letter from Lillian Morrison:
"Rachael Ingersoll married Elihu Ward and had a daughter Mary Charissa Ward who married Charles R. Watt, and who had 2 daughters--Jessie Watt and Addie Louise Watt. Mary Charissa Ward Watt had a brother Frank Ward, born the same year as Francis Marion Edwards Ferris. Uncle Frank and aunt Winifred used to visit on the farm- were lots of fun. Aunt Winnie would tell stories to us children that she made up. I'm enclosing some picture of them. Also uncle Ela and Aunt Jessie Watt Moyer visited us too, as their pictures show."
Photo of Frank and Winnie and friends:
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Dorothy Moyer, Lillian Ferris, Barbara Moyer, Betty Ferris, and "Laddie" |
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Ela Moyer, Charles Ferris, and Betty Lou Ferris |
Dorothy and Uncle Ela, Barbara and Aunt Jessie |
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Ela Moyer (Uncle Ela) and Jessie Watt Moyer June 13, 1948 on their 49th wedding anniversary |
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George Watt b. ca 1790 Scotland Married 1812 Montrose, County Angus, Scotland to Catherine Braid, b. Scotland 17--. |
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Margaret b. 1813 |
Mary b. 1814 |
George 1816-1884 m. Mary McAndrew |
John b. 1818 |
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George 1838-1924 Scotland |
Charles Robertson 1841-1891 M. 1866 Mary Charissa Ward 1842-1925 |
Mary Ann (Mollie) 1846-1887 Illinois |
Josephine McAndres 1851-1926 Illinois |
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Addie Louise 1867-1914 m. 1886 Francis Marion Ferris |
Chauncy Ward 1872-19-- m. 1889 Antoinette Ricketts |
Elihu DeForest 1874-1958 m. 1899 Florence Rockwell |
Jessie 1878-1961 m. 1899 Ela Bliss Moyer |
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More information (also provided by Nancy Underwood):
