• Born: Abt 1813, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Mary JAFFREY on 13 December 1835 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{1 2}
• Marriage (2): Margaret BEVERIDGE on 7 November 1852 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Died: 3 April 1904, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland about age 91
• Buried: 1904, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

  Burial Notes

Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, gravestone C29

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He worked as a thatcher on 30 March 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

James Watson   Head   37   Kilwinning, Ayrshire   Thatcher
Mary Watson    Wife   37   Irvine, Ayrshire
Fanny Watson   Dau    14   Irvine, Ayrshire       Muslin Sewer
James Watson   Son    12   Dreghorn, Ayrshire
Mary Watson    Dau    10   Irvine, Ayrshire       Scholar
Jean Watson    Dau     8   Irvine, Ayrshire       Scholar

• He worked as a thatcher on 7 April 1861 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  James Watson       47
  Margaret Watson       35
  Margaret Watson       8
  David Watson       6
  Thomas Watson       4
  Henry B Watson       1 3 Mo

• He was buried at the Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, gravestone C29, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1904.
  
  Memorial Inscription on the James Watson monument in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland (gravestone C 29):
  
  
  Erected
  by
  JAMES WATSON
  in memory of his Wife
  MARY JAFFREY
  who died 22nd Nov. 1851, aged 33 years
  Also his Children Viz.
  JANE, died 7th Sep. 1868, aged 25 years
  MARY, died 28th Jan. 1862, aged 19 years
  DAVID, died 16th Sep. 1861, aged 6 years
  ROBERT, died 30 Aug. 1868, aged 5 weeks
  Also his Wife MARGARET BEVERIDGE
  who died 5th Nov. 1901, aged 75 years
  also his Son DAVID KERR
  who died at Brentwood, Essex.
  23th Oct. 1903, aged 38 years
  and is interred there
  the above JAMES WATSON
  died 3rd April, 1904, in his 91st year.

James married Mary JAFFREY, daughter of Peter Robertson JAFFREY and Frances McCLELLAND, on 13 December 1835 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Mary JAFFREY was born on 9 October 1813 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 22 November 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland and was buried in 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

James next married Margaret BEVERIDGE on 7 November 1852 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Margaret BEVERIDGE was born about 1825 in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 5 November 1901 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland and was buried in 1901 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)