Person:Peter Watson (6)

Watchers
Peter Watson
b.Aug 1841 Greece
d.8 Jan 1927 Brooklyn, N.Y.
m. 1840
  1. Peter Watson1841 - 1927
m. 1871
  1. Angelo J. WATSON1872 - 1953
  2. Mary Jane WATSON1873 - 1925
  3. Elizabeth Watson1874 - 1950
  4. James WATSON1876 - 1895
  5. Catherine WATSON1878 -
  6. Ellen WATSON1881 - 1898
  7. Winnifred WATSON1883 - 1890
Facts and Events
Name Peter Watson
Gender Male
Birth? Aug 1841 Greece
Immigration? 24 Jul 1866 Immigrated to NYC aboard the ship "Saint Mark" from Scotland with his younger sister, Mary.
Marriage 1871 Brooklyn, N.Y.to Winnifred O'NEIL
Unknown? 27 Feb 1894 Kings County Court
Death? 8 Jan 1927 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Burial? Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Peter Watson worked as a carpenter after his arrival, and lived in the South Brooklyn tenement district. The Watson family lived in various tenement houses on Atlantic Avenue near the Brooklyn waterfront. After the death of Peter's wife, the Watsons moved to 270 17th Street in the 22nd Ward, where Peter died 40 years later.