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13-05-11, 07:59
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Mary Watson
Date and place of birth
6 Sep 1808, Perth Scotland
Names of parents
Alexander Watson (shoemaker) and Janet Wedderspoon
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
11Sep 1808, Perth Scotland
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
married William Kethel (also Kettle, Cathell) on 12 May 1830 at Perth Scotland
Occupation(s) - if any
none recorded
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841 - Coldside, Dundee city
(William was a worker at the Dundee Railway Carriageworks)
Date, place and cause of death
not known but probably before the 1851 census. Some of her children were with their grandparents, Alexander and Janet Watson in Perth.
Date and place of burial.
not known
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any
This is an except from her son Alexander's obituary and sheds some light on Mary's life.
By the death of Mr. Alexander Kethel, M.L.C., which took place yesterday morning at Letherby, Castle Hill, we have lost one more of the rapidly diminishing number of our older public men - one who during a long and busy life rendered much valuable service to the community.
Mr. Kethel was 84 years of age, having been born in the ancient town of Perth, Scotland, on November 2, 1832. His father was employed in a leading capacity in the carriage workshops of the Dundee Railway, but, died when his boy was eight years of age. Thus the school days of young Alick carne to an end, and a life full of active work began, continuing for a period of nearly 70 years. Two years' schooling was a poor equipment with which to enter upon life's battle, but like many another Scottish lad in similar circumstances, he was blessed with a mother who was not only capable of directing and fostering the studious bent of his mind, but of administering, as Mr. Kethel has recalled In his "Reminiscences of an Ancient Mariner," correction with a willing hand. He had learned to read at a very early age, and when only six he took the firrst prize for reading at a village school near Dundee. All his life, under the most diverse circumstances, afloat or ashore, he was an omnivorous reader. Fortunately, he had an equal passion for an open-air life, and this led him, after what he described, was "three years' drudgery as shop and errand boy, in his grandfather's shoemaking business," to run away with the intention of following the sea for a livelihood. This adventure terminated somwhat inglorlously. He received peremptory orders to return - and he also received a "belting." How ever, he very soon had his own way, and at the age of 12 became a ship's apprentice for four years.
Mary Watson
Date and place of birth
6 Sep 1808, Perth Scotland
Names of parents
Alexander Watson (shoemaker) and Janet Wedderspoon
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
11Sep 1808, Perth Scotland
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
married William Kethel (also Kettle, Cathell) on 12 May 1830 at Perth Scotland
Occupation(s) - if any
none recorded
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841 - Coldside, Dundee city
(William was a worker at the Dundee Railway Carriageworks)
Date, place and cause of death
not known but probably before the 1851 census. Some of her children were with their grandparents, Alexander and Janet Watson in Perth.
Date and place of burial.
not known
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any
This is an except from her son Alexander's obituary and sheds some light on Mary's life.
By the death of Mr. Alexander Kethel, M.L.C., which took place yesterday morning at Letherby, Castle Hill, we have lost one more of the rapidly diminishing number of our older public men - one who during a long and busy life rendered much valuable service to the community.
Mr. Kethel was 84 years of age, having been born in the ancient town of Perth, Scotland, on November 2, 1832. His father was employed in a leading capacity in the carriage workshops of the Dundee Railway, but, died when his boy was eight years of age. Thus the school days of young Alick carne to an end, and a life full of active work began, continuing for a period of nearly 70 years. Two years' schooling was a poor equipment with which to enter upon life's battle, but like many another Scottish lad in similar circumstances, he was blessed with a mother who was not only capable of directing and fostering the studious bent of his mind, but of administering, as Mr. Kethel has recalled In his "Reminiscences of an Ancient Mariner," correction with a willing hand. He had learned to read at a very early age, and when only six he took the firrst prize for reading at a village school near Dundee. All his life, under the most diverse circumstances, afloat or ashore, he was an omnivorous reader. Fortunately, he had an equal passion for an open-air life, and this led him, after what he described, was "three years' drudgery as shop and errand boy, in his grandfather's shoemaking business," to run away with the intention of following the sea for a livelihood. This adventure terminated somwhat inglorlously. He received peremptory orders to return - and he also received a "belting." How ever, he very soon had his own way, and at the age of 12 became a ship's apprentice for four years.