Watkins of Woollaston (General)

by rickjt62 , Saturday, May 30, 2009, 08:21 (5730 days ago)

Hello

I am searching for information about four of my great grandmother's siblings, all born in Woollaston

They are the children of WILLIAM WATKINS (1849-1915) and his second wife ESTHER WOOD (1861-1938)

I have found the family on the 1891 Census living at a small house (2 rooms) called Norman's Head in the EC of Alvington, Lancaut, and Woolastone St Andrew but have failed to find them in the 1911 Census

I know that the eldest child of the marriage (Annie - 1891-1974) settled in Blaenafon, Monmouthshire and then Nottingham - she married Albert Bostock (1890-1969) in 1911

Florence (1892-1966) was my great-grandmother and she too lived in Blaenafon, marrying William Amor (1887-1958) in 1914

Alice (b c1896) lived in Blaenafon for a while prior to leaving for Belgium - last seen in the 1940's. I believe that she had a daughter out of marriage Janet C Watkins (b Blaenafon 1918)

Ernest (b c1898) married and had two children, one severely disabled

Charles (b c1895) I have no knowledge of

Their half-sibling was William Watkins (b c 1880) - could he be the one that a family member says drowned in the Severn?

I know that WILLIAM WATKINS (1849-1915) died in Blaenafon and is buried alone in St. Peter's Churchyard - ESTHER WATKINS (formerly Jones, maiden name WOOD) remarried to Alfred Cook in 1916 and also died in Blaenafon

But it's Charles & Ernest who puzzle me - and I wouldn't know where to start looking for Alice

Hope someone out there has links to this family or may have remembered them in the area - my grandmother, daughter of Florence is 94 and would like to know what happened to the missing family

Also, on the marriage certificate of Alfred Cook & Esther Watkins, she is listed as WATKINS, formerly Jones, fomerly WOOD ... although I cannot find a marriage for ESTHER WOOD & .... JONES in any records

Thanks