Family of Alfred James Watkins & Sarah Ann Drain

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- Alfred James Watkins
  Alfred was born in March 1861 in Newchurch in Rossendale.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Name:    Alfred Watkins
      Age:    40
      Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1861
      Relation to Head:    Head
      Gender:    Male
      Spouse:    Sarah Ann Watkins
      Birth Place:    Highworth, Wiltshire, England (1901 census)
      Civil Parish:    Rawtenstall formerly Newchurch
      
      Name:    Alfred James Watkins
      Registration Year:    1861
      Registration Quarter:    Jan-Feb-Mar
      Registration district:    Highworth, Wiltshire
      Volume:    5a
      Page:    2
  He died at the age of 41 in December 1902 in Haslingden.³
  - Death Notes
    - Name:    Alfred Watkins
      Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1866
      Registration Year:    1902
      Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
      Age at Death:    36
      Registration district:    Haslingden, Lancashire
      Volume:    8e
      Page:    62
  Sarah Ann Drain
  Sarah was born on April 27th, 1865 in Accrington and her baptism took place there on May 18th, 1865.⁴⁵
  - Birth Notes
    - 38 in 1901
      45 in 1911
      
      DRAIN, SARAH ANN     SMITH
      GRO Reference: 1865 J Quarter in HASLINGDEN
      Volume 08E Page 156
      
      Name:    Sarah Ann Drain
      Birth Date:    27 Apr 1865
      Baptism Date:    18 May 1865
      Parish:    Accrington, St James, Lancashire, England
      Father:    John Drain
      Mother:    Winifred Drain
      Register Type:    Parish Registers
      Reference Number:    PR 2890/1/7
  She died at the age of 76 in 1941.

Children
- John Alfred William Watkins
  John was born in 1885 in Newchurch in Rossendale and his baptism took place R Rossendale.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1885
    WATKINS John Alfred William DRAINE Newchurch Preston NEW/76/68
  Sarah Ann Winifred Watkins
  Sarah was born in 1887 in Newchurch in Rossendale.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1887
    WATKINS Sarah Ann Winifred DRAINE Newchurch Preston NEW/80/45
  Thomas Edward Watkins
  Thomas was born in 1889 in Newchurch in Rossendale.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    21 in 1911
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1889
    WATKINS Thomas Edward DRAINE Newchurch Preston NEW/83/87
  He died as a war casualty, Killed in Action, at the age of 27 on July 22nd, 1916.
  - Death Notes
    
    Listed as killed in naction
    Rawtenstall Cemetery - Municipal War Memorial
  Elizabeth Alice Watkins
  Elizabeth was born in 1892 in Newchurch in Rossendale.⁶
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1892
    WATKINS Elizabeth Alice DRAINE Newchurch Preston NEW/87/43
  She died at the age of 1 in 1893 in Lumb.
  - Death Notes
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1893
    WATKINS Elizabeth Alice 0 Newchurch Preston NEW/56/36
  Rose Ellen Watkins
  Rose was born in 1893 in Newchurch in Rossendale.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    17 in 1911
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1893
    WATKINS Rose Ellen DRAINE Newchurch Preston NEW/89/40
  Robert Stott Watkins
  Robert was born on October 2nd, 1895 in Newchurch in Rossendale.⁴
  - 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.
  He died at the age of 68 in December 1963 in Haslingden.³
  - 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
  Bertha Annie (Ellen) Watkins
  Bertha was born in 1897 in Lumb.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1897
    WATKINS Bertha Annie DRAINE Rawtenstall A 1st Preston R.A/4/15

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