Joseph Barton Watson

Born: 1 May 1828, Salem, Albany District, (South Africa)
Baptized: 26 October 1828
Parents: William Watson and Mary Ellen Watson (nee Wyatt)
(William and Mary Watson were 1820 Settlers in Hezekiah Sephton's party on the Aurora)
Siblings: William Watson, 8 September 1820, Salem
Thomas Watson, 27 June 1822, Salem
Mary Ann Watson, 8 August 1824, Salem
David Barton Watson, 28 April 1826, Salem
Joseph Barton Watson, 1 May 1828, Salem
Agnes Watson, ~1831 (married Benjamin Glass)
Esther Watson, 2 April 1831, Salem (married Samuel Wilmot)
Charles Watson, 9 June 1833, Salem
Sarah Watson, 9 June 1835, Salem (married Henry Turner)
Emily Watson, 23 August 1840, Salem (now Rosell)
May Ann Watson (now Fiddes)
Married 1: Esther Sophia Snyman, 26 December 1857, Somerset East, Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
(Esther: b. 8 March 1839, Albany District; d. 8 May 1890, aged 50, Grahamstown)
Children: William Watson, 1859-1901
Alice Watson (married John Matthews), 1860
Richard Christopher Watson, 1862-1869
Joseph Henry Watson, 1864
Thomas James Watson, 1866
David Inkerman Watson, 1868
John Martin Watson, 1869
Charles Watson, 1872
Mary Ellen Watson (Keevy), 1874
Esther Sophia Watson (Comley), 1875
Sarah Ann Watson (Comley), 1877
Louis Watson, 1878
James Allen Watson, 1880
George Wyatt Watson, 1882
Married 2: Dora Snetler
Children: Benjamin Christopher Watson, 6 October 1884 - 17 April 1967
Joseph Archibald Watson, 13 July 1886
Died: 20 June 1893, aged 65, Doorn Nek Zuurberg, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa

Marriage of Joseph Watson to Esther Sophia Snyman, 1857

Death notice for Esther Sophia Watson (nee Snyman), 1890

Death notice for Joseph Barton Watson, 1893

18841006 - Benjamin Christopher Watson
b. 6 October 1884, Eastern Cape
sib. William (1859-1901), Alice, Richard Christopher (1862-1869), Joseph Henry, David Inkerman, John Martin, Charles, Esther Sophia, Sarah Ann, and James Allen (or Alexander?) (1881-1965), ...?
m1. Anna Susanna Schoeman, 8 July 1913, Bloemplaats, Maraisburg, Cape Province, South Africa (*) (b. ~1890; d. 10 January 1954, PE)
c. Daniel John (Dan) Watson, 27 March 1914
Phebe Elfrieda Watson (married Koos Walters)
m2. Florence Helen Venetia Roberson, 12 December 1959, Port Elizabeth, South Africa b. 13 July 1893) at ages 75 and 66
c. Joseph Christopher Watson, 1 May 1915, PE - 16 November 1985, (married Emma Louise Rothman, b. 1 Aug 1924)
Thelma Watson, 32? January 1918 (married Harry Hoffman, then Rex Lategan)
d. 17 April 1967, aged 82, PE

19140327 - Daniel John Watson
Pentecostal lay preacher
Watson; Daniel John; 140327 5034 00 2; Businessman; Market Street, Alicedale; Albany/East London
b. 27 March 1914
sib. Joseph Christopher Watson, 1 May 1915 (PE) - 16 November 185
... Watson (now Hoffman)
Phebe Elfrieda Watson (married Koos Walters)
m1. Phyllis Keil
c. Benjamin Watson, 1 April 1938 (married Miemie Britz, daughter Angela 26 August 1969)
m2. Elaine Claire Roberts (b. 1 September 1918; d. 19 October 2010, PE)
c. Gavin Joseph, 12 July 1948
...
d. circa 30 March 1995 (77-85), Port Elizabeth
Represented EP in rugby in 1938, a promising career cut short by the war in which he served with distinction. He was captured to become a prisoner of war in Italy and managed to escape to spend close to eighteen months on the loose before making his way back through enemy lines. His daring earned hin the affectionate name of Capitano Danielli amongst the peasants who succoured him. He was a businessman and farmer, and around 1950 he received 'the call' to become a lay preacher.

All Watson brothers (Gavin, Ronnie, Valence, Daniel) were born on a farm near Somerset East, Eastern Cape.

19480712 - Gavin Joseph Watson, 12 July 1948 (PE) - 26 Aug 2019 (Jhb), died aged 71