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Robert Stott Watkins

Robert was born on October 2nd, 1895 in Newchurch in Rossendale.¹

Birth Notes
- Name:    Robert Stott Watkins
  Registration Year:    1895
  Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
  Registration district:    Haslingden, Lancashire
  Volume:    8e
  Page:    85
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1895
  WATKINS    Robert Stott    DRAINE    Rawtenstall A 1st    Preston    R.A/1/72
  
  1939 register shows DOB.

Robert's father was Alfred James Watkins and his mother was Sarah Ann Drain. His paternal grandparents were <unknown> and Sarah Watkins; his maternal grandparents were John Draine and Winifred Astley. He had two brothers and four sisters, named John, Thomas, Sarah, Elizabeth, Rose and Bertha. He was the sixth oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 68 in December 1963 in Haslingden.²

Death Notes
- Name:    Robert S Watkins
  Death Age:    68
  Birth Date:    abt 1895
  Registration Date:    Dec 1963
  Registration district:    Haslingden, Lancashire
  Volume:    10c
  Page:    353
  
  Robert Stott Watkins died at Newchurch in 1963

General Notes
- Grandfather of "jrbsode" to whom I have a High DNA match.
  
  Robert Stott Watkins (1895-1963) was in the British Army: Kings Own Scottish Borders, Service No.241230. His older brother Thomas was a gunner.
  
  in 1939, Robert S Watkins was living with Dorothy and Jack at Rawtenstall

Occupation Details
- From before 1939 Robert's occupation was Felt worker in manufacturing for Shoe factory, in Rawtenstall.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Felt worker - Boot and Slipper Operative

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Alfred James Watkins
  - b.Mar 1861 in Newchurch in Rossendale d.Dec 1902 in Haslingden
  
  Sarah Watkins
  
  Robert Stott Watkins
  - b.02 Oct 1895 in Newchurch in Rossendale d.Dec 1963 in Haslingden
  
  John Draine
  
  John Draine
  - b.1801 in Bolton d.Sep 1877 in Haslingden
  
  Sarah Ann Drain
  - b.27 Apr 1865 in Accrington d.1941
  
  Winifred Astley
  - b.1821 in Manchester d.1895

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1901 UK Census
² FreeBMD.org.uk