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Re: Watchman Surname

willjohnsen — 2006-12-15 08:04:37Z

Re: Watchman Surname

willjohnsen — 2006-12-15 07:50:49Z

Hullo James.....I have been contacted by a lady in Cheshire researching the Watchmans for a family friend.

Has re-kindled my interest...I have a family photo of the John Coulthard family...John married Mary Ann Watchman(my great-gran)...I have photo and copy of Marys birth certificate. If you are interested send me your e-mail address and I will send them to you.

regards
Bill Johnsen NZ,

Watchman Surname

2006-12-05 22:22:21Z

The earliest history (1500 and 1600s) of our name originates in the Culross, Torryburn, Carnock and Dunfermline areas of Fife. The Watchman families were strongly tied to the coal mining up to the early 1900s. Any help on these family names would be appreciated. My direct linw traces back to James Watchman (b:?) and Bessie Spowart (b: 1695)who were married 22 April 1720 in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland.
Thank you for your time.

Re: Watchman Surname

2006-12-04 20:53:44Z

The Bennents of NZ are Rhonda and Bob Bennent ?

Bill J.

Re: Watchman Surname

2006-12-04 20:19:53Z

wkspepper@xtra.co.nz is me direct.

Re: Watchman Surname

2006-12-04 19:47:31Z

Hi Pauline....wow !!! Thank you for your message and would like you to scan and send birth certificate. It is 4 years since my message so will dig up what I can find/remember and send to you.

Will keep in touch.

Regards
Bill
West Coast NZ

Re: Watchman Surname

2006-12-04 17:39:25Z

Hi, I am so excited, I am looking at Coulthards for my sons partner. They are Bennetts from New Zealand, and I have Sarah Ann Watchmans birth cert which can scan and send if necessary.
She has no father named on her birth cert, But as you know Mary Anne is her mother. I cannot give more info at the moment as I am in the Devon record office and do not have all relevant information to hand as we live in Cheshire a good way away, and I am supposedly looking for my family and thought to change the scene I would browse this site.
I would love to have any info post the arrival of Mary Ann, and John Coulthard in NZ. Please reply.
John is proving more of a problem as there are a few around the Durham area at that time, but I am persevering
Many Thanks
Pauline

Watcham family

lichy — 2006-07-18 03:29:37Z

Hi my name is Elizabeth Brown and I got relation with the family of Charles Watcham bornd in England in 1829 , he got married with Elizabeth (I supoused last name Barber) and got three daughters called Mena Maria, Lilian Olivia, and Bertha E. and a son called Henry Edgar. They all appear at census from 1871.
I got a little more information.
Regards.

P.S : By the way I'm from Chile.

Re: Watchman Surname

2002-05-16 23:57:55Z

James
I sent you some info.
Could you confirm you got it as may have mucked up e-mail when sending and may not have gone to you.
Thanks
Will

Re: Watchman Surname

2002-05-15 07:21:04Z

Jim-Thank you for the information and has helped a lot. I believe the Sarah Watchman is my grandmother and eldest daughter of Mary Ann Watchman who came out on the Ruapehu.John Coulthards first wife died 1886(Tarmar Hird) in NZ.John and Mary had 7 girls(including Sarah) and one boy John .This only son was killed in a coal mine payroll robbery 1917 along with two others.My mother Stacie Johnsen-Mary Ann was her great grandmother-is 90 years old and still going ok-she remembers much of the family history and often talks of the Hartshornes,Watchman and Coulthard families.We always wondered how "gran" was born in England but am I correct in assuming Mary Ann was her mother before coming to NZ and marrying John Coulthard ?

It all gets a bit confusing and I am a bit of a novice at working out family details espeically with so many family members having the same christian name!

Only 2 weeks ago we had a visit from Reg Watchman who lives in Rotorua NZ-he is the youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Watchman and is doing a family research.He is 89 years old but pretty agile and alert.Thomas and Elizabeth Watchman ran a grocery shop in Taylorville and this business was destroyed by fire in 1909 and the two girls were lost in the fire despite her fathers efforts-the girls were Jane and Elizabeth.The family left to live in Wellington after the fire ,parents ,Thomas ,Robert and John with Reg being born in Wellington.

There was a newspaper article done on this fire by the Christchurch press on the 27/8/1996-this was the year a commenarative re-union for the Dobson mine explosion(Taylorville) where Elizabeth Watchmans husband(Pattinson) was killed. The Reg Watchman who visited us -his father was Thomas who was brother of Mary Ann.

Hope this makes some sort of sense for you-any details I could get on Sarah would be good- was she a child in 1887 ???

Regards from New Zealand(West Coast South Island).

Cheers Will J

Re: Watchman Surname

2002-05-15 07:16:52Z

Re: Watchman Surname

2002-05-15 07:12:42Z

Re: Watchman Surname

jwatchman — 2002-05-15 00:12:28Z

Re: Watchman Surname

2002-05-14 10:55:28Z

My great-grandmother was Mary Ann Watchman and I think she emmigrated to New Zealand on the vessel Ruapehu from Plymouth
11/9/1886.She was from Durham and is on the 1881 census along with Father Thomas ,mother Ann,and family James,William,
Mathew,Thomas,John and Francis.
Family was coal miners and were from I think Chester Le Street.
Mary Ann maried my great grand father John Coulthard who came to NZ from Durham on the Opawa in 1879.
Not sure how far Chester Le STreet is from your familys home area but we have been dojmg some research on past family and saw your message.
Cheers

Will J

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1999-11-23 20:04:15Z

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Check it out. Enter "Watchman" in the surname and you will find over 40 names.