• Born: 1 March 1865, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Died: 23 October 1903, Brentwood, Essex, England at age 38
• Buried: 1903, Brentwood, Essex, England

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Cenotaph: Although he is buried in England, a memorial exists for David in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, gravestone C29, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  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.

• He has conflicting death information of 28 October 1903 and Brentwood, Essex, England.