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Another update on Captain George Watt, the details that were published in the magazine of the Stornoway Gazette was answered by Captain George Watts Grandaughter, Sandra Maxkenzie (nee Watt). If Captain George Watt was my husbands Great Uncle what is the relationship to his Grandaughter? Would it be a a second cousin? We have rang her in Stornoway and exchanging photos and letters.

Just an update on my progress, I found a page on Facebook for the Stornoway Gazette, I sent them a message with the details I have and they got back to me with the email address of magazine called Back In The Day which is connected with their paper. The man that I emailed with details explaining how we were looking for living relatives in Stornoway of Captain George Watt. He going to publish details in his magazine so hopefully we will find some living relatives. Thank you all for your help.

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Thank you Jacqueline for your info. Will add all the info. To my family tree.

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Private House, North Street, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Jane Watt Head Married Female 38 1853 - Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Transcription
George Watt Son Unmarried Male 10 1881 Scholar Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Transcription
Alexr John Watt Son - Male 3 1888 - Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Transcription
Lizzy Jane Watt Daughter - Female 1 1890 - Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Grieve's Cottage, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Watt Head Married Male 42 1819 Grieve Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
Jane Watt Wife Married Female 31 1830 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
Alexander Watt Son Unmarried Male 11 1850 Scholar Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
George Watt Son - Male 10 1851 Scholar Nether Moor, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
John Watt Son - Male 7 1854 Scholar Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
William Watt Son - Male 5 1856 Scholar Sutherland, Scotland Transcription
Elizabeth Watt Daughter - Female 3 1858 - Sutherland, Scotland Transcription
Francis Watt Son - Male 0 1861 - Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Transcription
Jane Watt Daughter - Female 0 1861 - Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Transcription
Christina Stewart Servant - Female 20 1841 Domestic Servant Lochs, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

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Thank you for all your information

Jane in !901??

Name: Jane Watt
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Auchterless, Aberdeen
Registration Number: 98
Registration district: Inverness
Civil Parish: Inverness
Town: Inverness
County: Inverness
Address: Kenneth St Ashland
ED: 17
Household schedule number: 247
LINE: 8
Roll: CSSCT1901_29
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Watt 73

If it is the correct person, it's more than likely that one of her children lived nearby

Mary Ann in 1891???

Name: Mary A Watt
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relationship: Daut (Child)
Mother's name: Jane Watt
Gender: Female
Where born: Stornoway, Ross-shire
Registration Number: 374
Registration district: Logie
Civil Parish: Logie
County: Perthshire
Address: Cornton Vale Cottage
Occupation: Dressmaker
ED: 6
Household schedule number: 29
LINE: 13
Roll: CSSCT1891_114
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Watt 62 - widow b Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
Mary A Watt 21

Transcription from Ancestry (no image to check against)

??? Isabella Watt in the 1871 Scotland Census

Name: Isabella Watt
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relationship: Daughter (Child)
Father's name: George Watt
Mother's name: Jane Watt
Gender: Female
Where born: Stornoway, Ross
Registration Number: 88
Registration district: Stornoway
Civil Parish: Stornoway
County: Ross and Cromarty
Address: Moxend Farm
ED: 18
Household schedule number: 20
LINE: 9
Roll: CSSCT1871_15
Household Members:
Name Age
George Watt 53
Jane Watt 41
John Watt 17 - 1854, Anchtorkss, Aberdeenshire
William Watt 15 - 1856, Chpne, Sutherland
Frank Watt 10 - 1861, Stornoway, Ross
Peter Watt 5 - 1856, Stornoway, Ross <<<<
Elizabeth Watt 13 - 1858, Loth, Sutherland
Jane Watt 10 - 1861, Stornoway, Ross
Isabella Watt 3 <<<<
Mary A Watt 1 - 1870, Stornoway, Ross <<< Mary Ann?
Ann Murray 24 - Servant (employee)

It is all very confusing. He knows his Mothers brothers and sisters names. Trying to trace from his Great Grandmothers brothers and sisters to see if he has distant relations that he does not know of. We have found out in recent years that his Mums husband who is the father of his half brother and sister died, their Dad died in 1936 and my husband was born in 1941. We have found ot with a lot of research and travelling up to Gairloch Scotland, that his Mum went with her two children from London to her family in Gairloch before the war and she was a widow then. It seems she had an affair with the local policeman who was married, became pregnant , she was sent back to London and gave birth to my husband. We have found out his real Dads name but sadly he had died before we found out. My husband was brought up with his Mum and brother and sister without knowing all this until the last few years.

Thank you for you help.

Thanks Jacqueline - I wasn't sure.

So scrub the DC idea. On the other hand the death of the last grt grandparent to have died might be registered by a different relative.

I don't think children are named on Scottish death certs..................parents are.

Post on the thread, with a similar level of detail as you gave for Millicent. If he can remember names of cousins or aunts/uncles, then their names or that of their partners/approx year of birth as well.

If you've already accessed the 1911 census from Scotlandspeople, if Millicent had any siblings they ought to be shown on there. Unless its different from the English ones, it should also state how many children born to the marriage and how many alive.

Do you have one of grt grandparent's Death certificates? Don't they usually state the names of the children, or am I getting confused?

Will find out the names of his aunts, uncles and cousins and post them on tomorrow. He would like to know more about his Grandmothers side of his family he doesn't know any aunts or uncles on his grandmothers side of his family. He knows his Aunts and Uncles from his Mum, but would love to find out if he has any living relations from his Grandmothers side of the family. Should I try and come down from hid great Grandmothers side of the family, gets so confusing thank you for your replies. :-S

Should I answer as a message or a post, have not used this site for a long time and it has changed.

Thank you for replies, my husbands Mum was named Millicent Watt and was born in 1903 in Strath Gairloch. Thank you Jacqueline.

George Mackenzie
Scotland, Births and Baptisms
Name: George Mackenzie
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1891
Birthplace: Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Father's Name: Alexander Mackenzie
Mother's Name: Isabella Watt Mackenzie