New here and looking for Watts in Kintbury, Berkshire.

[WattsKnight1981]

My Great Grandmother was from Kintbury, Berkshire. She was born in 1893 and had 3 sons, all illegitimate and one of those sons was my Grandfather. I'm trying to see if anyone knows about that particular line of Watts' in Kintbury. Her father was George Watts and her mother was Eliza Smith, Alice worked at Barton Court as a scullery maid. If anyone knows any information or even better where I could get pictures of that family it would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Pau.

 

[solidrock2]

Alice Elizabeth WattsDeath Age 76Birth Date 2 Aug 1893Registration Date Apr 1970Registration Quarter Apr-May-JunRegistration district EtonInferred County BuckinghamshireVolume 6aPage 948

Alice E WattsGender FemaleMarital Status SingleBirth Date 2 Aug 1893Residence Date 1939Address 4 Convent GardensResidence Place Kensington, London, EnglandOccupation Domestic Duties

 

[solidrock2]

Are you sure her mother was Eliza ? 1901
Alice WattsAge: 7Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894Relation to Head: DaughterGender: FemaleFather: George WattsMother: Emma WattsBirth Place: Kintbury, Berkshire, EnglandCivil parish: KintburySearch Photos: View blank formEcclesiastical parish: Kintbury St MarysTown: VillageCounty/Island: BerkshireCountry: EnglandRegistration district: HungerfordSub-registration district: Kintbury

 

[DaveHam9]

Moved to England Board.

 

[solidrock2]

Possible marriage..

George WattsRegistration Year: 1872Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-MarRegistration District: HungerfordParishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration DistrictInferred County: BerkshireVolume: 2cPage: 365
Eliza Emma Smith

 

[solidrock2]

1911...
Alice Elizabeth Watts
Age in 1911: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Blewbury
Search Photos: Search for 'Blewbury' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Street Address: The Vicarage, Blewbury Nr Didcot, Berks
Marital status: Single
Occupation: General Servant Domesti

 

[WattsKnight1981]

1911...
Alice Elizabeth Watts
Age in 1911: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Blewbury
Search Photos: Search for 'Blewbury' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Street Address: The Vicarage, Blewbury Nr Didcot, Berks
Marital status: Single
Occupation: General Servant Domesti

Thanks for the info, I have a lot of what you have found. I'm really trying to find anyone who knew the family or is related to them.

 

[solidrock2]

Thanks for the info, I have a lot of what you have found. I'm really trying to find anyone who knew the family or is related to them.

Who was your Grandfather ?

 

[WattsKnight1981]

My Grandfather was Fred Watts, he was born into a poor house either in 1928 or 1930, the records given to us by Barnardo's have 2 possible birth dates. They give the name Alice Elizabeth Watts as his mother and say she was originally from Kintbury, Berkshire. I have found 2 other children by an Alice Watts, Charles Watts 1915(Kintbury) & David Watts 1934(Pancras). I have all the birth certificates for Charles, Fred and David and they all have Alice Elizabeth Watts as their mother and no father listed. I have been researching Alice Watts from Kintbury 1893 and found she had Charles baptised in 1915 so I'm pretty sure she's his mother at least. I have mine and my mothers DNA on GEDmatch and Ancestry but so far no matches and hat includes descendants of Eliza Smith. It's a tough nut to crack this one.

 

[solidrock2]

This is probably the original birth for Fred....

WATTS, FREDERICK GRO Reference: 1928 J Quarter in MAIDENHEAD Volume 02C Page 701
and this one his adopted birth...
WATTS, FREDERICK - GRO Reference: 1930 M Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 255
although I'm not so sure about the adopted birth as on 1939 this maybe him...
Frederick WattsGender MaleMarital Status SingleBirth Date 14 May 1928Residence Date 1939Address 26Residence Place Maidenhead, Berkshire, EnglandOccupation At SchoolLine Number 39Schedule Number 275
Stanley J Ranscombe and Dorothy E Ranscombe

Adopted parents ???

Not finding David 1934 Pancras id this him ?
WATTS, DAVID JOHN - GRO Reference: 1934 S Quarter in HAMPSTEAD Volume 01A Page 745 mmn Watts.
Alice was living in Hamstead in 1931..
Alice WattsElectoral Date 1931Street Address 31 Sumatra RoadWard or Division/Constituency Hampstead.
In the same house was Edward William Bradbrook anf Emery Joseph Henderson.

 

[solidrock2]

Did Fred marry Peggy E Slater ?

 

[WattsKnight1981]

No he married Vera Crack in Wandsworth and later he married Penny Dennant. David J Watts was born in Hampstead in 1934(Vol 1A Page 745) but one record had Pancras(can't find now). The birth certificate for Charles has her at Church Street, Kintbury in 1915, Freds she is listed as Sumatra Road in 1930 and David's has her listed a Northumberland Street, London 1934. I'm using DNA to hopefully find my mothers Paternal line, I'm not getting any Watts descendants from that so far so the records may have been messed up, Berkshire council paid for my grandfather to stay at Barnardo's which was highly unusual.

 

[solidrock2]

Is this Charles in 1939 ?Charles WattsGenderMaleMarital StatusSingleBirth Date6 Aug 1915Residence Date1939AddressBower FarmResidence PlaceEasthampstead, Berkshire, EnglandLine Number28Sub Schedule Number114OVSPIPatientEnumeration DistrictDugsBoroughEasthampsteadRegistration district125/1Inferred ChildrenGeorge Watts
intrigued about George, obviously not his son.

 

[WattsKnight1981]

Yes, he spent the rest of his life in mental health clinics as far as I can tell.

 

[solidrock2]

Yes, he spent the rest of his life in mental health clinics as far as I can tell.

Who is George, obviously not his son.

 

[WattsKnight1981]

I don't know, it may be just a coincidence they have the same surname. I can't find much on a George Watts born 1913 but I did find one at a poor house in Hammersmith but in 1913. His mother's name is hard to decipher but it looks like Rosetta?