Showing posts with label Susannah Watson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susannah Watson. Show all posts

18 January 2020

Small discovery - big satisfaction!

Those who research their family history will understand the satisfaction given by the smallest discovery. 

I recently found the below photo in my collection (it was actually sent to me back in 2013). It is part of a much larger photo (a wedding photo) but my interest is what is shown in the background.


The image shows a small dwelling once occupied by my two-times great grandmother Susannah Watson. I believe she died there in 1925. 

The cottage was demolished (or fell down) many years ago - today it is a yard and garage next to Stoke Garage in Lower Stoke. I’ve always wondered what this house looked like, and now I know.
  

23 June 2010

Susannah Watson (nee Theobald) 1837 to 1925, Lower Stoke

I don't know when or where this rather interesting photograph was taken. I believe the older woman at the back is Susannah Watson (nee Theobald), who was my Great-Great-Grandmother. I believe the other people photographed are Susannah's daughter / daughter-in-law, but I am yet to work this out. Susannah lived in Stoke from the 1850's until her death on 23 November 1925. Her death certificate says that she died at "6 Gravel Pit, Stoke". A few days before Susannah's death, Queen Alexandra (Consort of Edward VII) died on 20 November 1925.