Last updated on 01/12/08

Walter and Rebecca had nine children. Click on their names for more information.

  •   1 George Walter WATSON b: 01-27-1808 in West Bloomfield, Ontario Co, N.Y.; Occupation: Farmer; Age at Marriage: 18; d: 11-08-1879 in Canton, Wayne Co., MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Cause of death: Consumption; Age at death: 71
    +Rebecca TOWNSEND b: 04-17-1808 in Windham, Green Co., NY; m: 04-16-1826 in Mendon, Monroe Co., NY; Age at Marriage: 17; d: 09-11-1878 in Canton, Wayne Co., MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Cause of death: Dropsy; Age at death: 70

  • 2 Lucetta WATSON b: 07-28-1828 in East Mendon, Monroe Co., NY; Age at Marriage: 21; d: 02-28-1903 in Canton, Wayne Co., MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 74
    +Benjamin F. GORHAM b: 05-15-1825 in Gorham, Wayne Co, NY; m: 07-04-1850 in Canton, Wayne County, MI; Age at Marriage: 25; d: 01-18-1877 in Canton, Wayne Co., MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 51 (Brother of Anson A. GORHAM)

  •  2 Marietta WATSON b: 06-27-1830 in East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York; Age at Marriage: 17; d: 02-23-1890 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 59
    +John M. AMRHINE b: 07-18-1825 in PA; Occupation: Civil War ; 1868 - Joiner; m: 12-29-1847 in Canton, Wayne Co., MI; Age at Marriage: 22; d: 08-24-1892 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 67

  •  2 Jane WATSON b: 03-16-1832 in Superior, Washtenaw Co, MI; Age at Marriage: 15; d: 05-19-1853; Burial: Spencer Cemetery; Age at death: 21
    +Joshua M. CHAFFEE; m: 02-03-1848 in Canton, Wayne Co., MI; Age at Marriage: ?

  •  2 Laura WATSON b: 09-06-1834 in Superior, Washtenaw Co, MI; Age at Marriage: 17; d: 09-14-1902 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 68
    +Anson A. GORHAM b: 12-29-1830 in Yates, Orleans Co., NY; Occupation; Carpenter; m: 10-15-1851; Age at Marriage: 20; d: 02-01-1914 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Cause of death: Serial gangrene in left foot - old age; Age at death: 83 (Brother of Benjamin F. GORHAM)

  •   2 Lewis H. WATSON b: 09-09-1837 in Superior, Washtenaw Co, MI; Age at Marriage: 19; d: 01-28-1893 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ; Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ; Age at death: 55
    +Melvina C. HARNDEN b: 11-15-1838 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY; m: 02-04-1857 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI; Age at Marriage: 18; d: 06-01-1929 in Wayne, Wayne County, MI; Cause of death: Senile Dementia - fracture of neck of right femur, fall on flank; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 90

  •   2 Ann "Annie" WATSON b: 12-13-1840 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI; Age at Marriage: 15; d: 08-27-1902 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 61
    +William K. DENTON b: 10-29-1829; m: 11-10-1856; Age at Marriage: 27; d: 09-17-1863 in Lowell, MI; Burial: Fox Cemetery, Lowell, MI; Age at death: 33
    *2nd Husband of Annie:
    +Charles Norman AYRES b: 11-03-1843 in New York City, NY; m: 12-25-1866; Age at Marriage: 23; d: 03-03-1892 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Pontiac, MI; Age at death: 48

  •  2 Harriett WATSON b: 05-08-1843 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI; d: 09-27-1844; Age at death: 1

  •   2 George Washington WATSON b: 02-22-1845 in Canton, Wayne Co, MI; Age at Marriage: 20; d: 12-02-1900 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 55
    +Martha Elizabeth BURRELL b: 07-14-1845 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; m: 11-08-1865; Age at Marriage: 20; d: 04-01-1915 in Denton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 69

  •   2 Joseph Warren WATSON b: 06-16-1848 in Canton, Wayne Co, MI; Occupation: Poet; d: 01-22-1872 in Canton, Wayne Co, MI; Burial: Denton Cemetery; Age at death: 23; Cause of death: Consumption (No children)

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