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Hello everyone,iam trying to find my fathers mother called betty,surname unknown but he goes by the surname of watt ,i think they were in essex kent area some 70 ish years ago

I am related to george watt MBE born 1851 in aberdeenshire
Regards gordon

:-)

Have you done anything about looking for your father's birth record?

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-our-records

How have you PROVED your connection to the man born in 1851?

Did your father know HIS father's name? Is he named on your parents' marriage cert?

what is you father's name

is this him

Captain George Watt, MBE. He was born in 1851. He was Admiralty Pilot in Stornoway during World War 1 and Harbour Master, Stornaway 1918-1924. His sister Isabella


http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1351050

That’s the distant ‘relative’, not the poster’s father

its the the mbe person not the father

Yes

Your father’s birth certificate will give his mother’s maiden surname.

Get your fathers birth certificate for its info

No one can help without further info

I find it strange that the poster claims to be related to someone born 1851, yet says his father ‘goes by’ the surname Watt. If that wasn’t his birth surname, how has the poster PROVED the link to that earlier birth?

https://www.facebook.com/ScotlandsPeople/posts/my-great-uncle-was-captain-george-watt-mbe-he-was-born-in-1851-he-was-admiralty-/859132680812720/

The poster was born in Scotland, so one assumes his father was as well, which means he will have to purchase certs for info

PM sent advising of the need to return to the message board. Opened...........................

So reading the scotlandspeople posts indicates that these are the poster's ancestors, his grandmother being Isabella.

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Moss End Farm, Stronoway, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

George Watt Head Married Male 53 1818 Farmer 68 Acres Of Which 38 Acres Arable Slains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jane Watt Wife Married Female 41 1830 Farmer's Wife Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
John Watt Son Unmarried Male 17 1854 Stone Mason Aberdeenshire, Scotland
William Watt Son - Male 15 1856 Farmer's Son Sutherland, Scotland
Frank Watt Son - Male 10 1861 Scholar Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Peter Watt Son - Male 5 1866 - Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Elizabeth Watt Daughter - Female 13 1858 Scholar Sutherland, Scotland
Jane Watt Daughter - Female 10 1861 Scholar Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
>>Isabella Watt Daughter - Female 3 1868 - Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Mary A Watt Daughter - Female 1 1870 - Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Ann Murray Servant - Female 24 1847 General Serv Domestic Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census

2, Church Street, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

George Watt Head Married Male 62 1819 Agricultural Lab Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jane Watt Wife Married Female 52 1829 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Peter Watt Son Unmarried Male 15 1866 Apprentice Blk Smith Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Isabella Watt Daughter - Female 13 1868 Scholar Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Mary Ann Watt Daughter - Female 11 1870 Scholar Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Ann S Watt Visitor Married Female 28 1853 - Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland

Isabella was the grandmother of the Facebook poster Robert Bedford, but we don't know how the GR poster Gordon Watt is related.

We still need Gordon to come back and explain what his opening post means.

Was his father born as Watt or not?
If not, what was his birth surname?

Why does Gordon believe he is related to George Watt 1851?
I would guess that is his father's belief, and is the reason why he calls himself Watt (assuming he wasn't born as Watt).

Of course you are correct AG. I wonder if the last poster on that site. Maryb Watt has perhaps given the answer? Her husband was the son of Betty (Elizabeth) and she has all her siblings named. I think they are all Mackenzies born 1930s and 40ish.

Just pure conjecture of course, hopefully the poster will get back with some answers to the questions soon.

Gordon has presumably not been in touch with Maryb and her husband, or he would know Betty's surname and anything else he needs to know.

However, as Maryb and husband are living, I won't add more.

The more I re-read Gordon's post, the less I understand it.