Saturday, January 26, 2019

This week I completed a genealogy project for the Watts house. Over 700 pages of research notes, documents, family stories, etc. donated by Andy Watts Harrison. This collection certainly enhances what there was preciously. Not only did Andy copy the entire collection, but she paid for mailing it. It arrived as a birthday present for me about six months ago. It is now contained in eight 1" notebooks, with a list of what is found in each included. After 2 1/2 years this a nice capstone project to all that we have accomplished. Below is an updated listing of the materials as there was some reorganization to the materials. 



Susie Watts Almond Notebooks Collection, Watts Family Research

Notebook 1 – 140 pages
Picture of J. G. and Rose Watts and Pearl Becker, 1 page
Article, City Buys Historic House, Picture of Watts House in Scappoose, 1974, 1 page
Visit to Scappoose, J. L. Watts and Mrs. Becker, 1 page
Watts History in Columbia County History Annuals, 1 page, list of 1961 to 1975, 1 page
Letter from Ida to Susie, 1 page
J. G. Watts interview with Fred Lockley, 29 September 1934, 1 page
A Sketch of the Life Of My Mother by Minnie Watts Price, 1 page
Outline of Grant Watts History, 1 page
Scappoose in Oregon Territory - First Watts House on DLC Scappoose, Oregon, 1 page
Tillamook Scholarship Watts Family, 1 page
Thank you to people who helped in work 1 page
Old Time Stories of the Watts and Stark Families, 2 pages
Stark Family History by Martha Stark Draper and more stories, 30 pages
Old Time Stories of the Watts and Stark Families, by Fannie Clifford Brown daughter of Margaret Stark and J. W. Brown, 8 pages
Watts Stories Continued, 1 page
History of Watts Family given by Martha Stark Draper, 1938, 1 page
Notes from Family Bible of William and Mary Ann Watts, 3 pages
William Watts and Elizabeth Naylor of Kentucky Pedigree Chart, Family Group Record, Tax Records, 11 pages
Proof for Watts and Related Families on the Chart, 3 pages
Jacoby Line -- History, 2 pages
History of Watts Family given by Martha Stark Draper, 1938, 2 pages
John Watts and Elizabeth Jacoby Family Group Record, 4 pages
Will of Elizabeth Jacoby Watts, Book C, page 438, 2 pages                   
Will of John Watts, Book B, page 255, 1839, 1 page
Obituary of John W. Watts, 1 January 1937, 2 pages
Will of Francis Watts, 1845, witness W.W.W. Watts, 1 page
Charts compared, Tessie E. Watts and Victor Lewis Roberts, 14 pages
William Watts and Maryann Spencer Watts of Columbia County, Beaverton, Oregon 17 pages
Letter from Aunt Alice granddaughter of Robert and Anne Butterworth and John and Elizabeth Watts, 1 page
Notes for William Watts family from Family Bible, 3 pages
Watts/Butterworth History, 9 pages
Pike County, Missouri, 8 pages
Notes of family of Victor William Watts, 1 page
Hills Ferry, sons of Henry Watts, 1 page
Picture of William Watts on cover
Picture of Scappoose Log Cabin, on cover


Notebook 2 – 107 pages
Marriage license and certificate of Robert D. Watts and Minnie Ibbitson, 1 page
Horse Story, Susie Watts Almond, 1 page
Church Award for Susie Watts Almond, 1 page
Marriage license and certificate of Douglas and Susie Watts Almond, 1 page
Baptismal Certificate for Francis Marion Watts, 1 page
Pedigree chart and notes of Robert Deady Watts, 1 pages
Outline of Events in the Life of F. H. Watts, 1840-1929, 2 copies, 2 pages
Marriage Certificate of Daniel Hagan and Mary E Watts, 1891, 1 page
Family Record of Daniel Hagan and Mary E. Watts, 1 page
Francis Harrison Watts family notes, Daniel and Mary Hagan, 1 pages
Letters from Aunt Annie Maylord of Bingley, Yorks, England, 1941, 1 page
Letter from San Louis Rey Mission, 1 page
1870 Census information request letter, from National Archives to Ben F Watts, 1 page
1860 Census Form Lamberson, 1 page
1870 Census Form Lamberson and Watts, 2 pages
Lamberson Family, 2 pages
Marriage Record of Sarah and Timothy Lamberson, 1 page
Francis Harrison Tyler Watts Family Group Record, 9 pages
Notes on Francis Harrison Tyler Watts Family, 2 pages
Frank H. Watts Story, 2 pages
Death Certificates for F. H. Watts and Elizabeth, 2 pages
Letter F. H. Watts 1909, 2 pages
The Brazen Overlanders of 1845 by Donna M. Wojick, 1 page
Letter to Susie and Douglas from Betty, 1976, includes pictures of F. M. and Guadalupe Watts; school Douglas, Arizona, 1911; Guadalupe and her sister a Nun. 5 pages
Outline for Ruiz and Watts Legend, 6 pages.
Family Story of Robert Deady Watts by Dorothy Elizabeth Watts, 1923; Picture Fernside Farm, 1902-1903, Prunedale, California, 49 pages
In Memory of Father Marion Watts O.F.M., 2 pages
Letter from Convent to Watts family 1 page
Letter from Bertita to Poly, 1975, picture of Sister Clara, 1 page
Letter to Mrs. Lamberson, cousin of Bertita, 3 pages
Wall Street Journal – Frank M. Watts Jr. of Watts Western Inc., Fullerton, California, picture, 1 page
Map of Arizona on cover, from Arizona’ Dark and Bloody Ground, from book Earle R Forest, 1 page
County map of Arizona on back cover


Notebook 3 – 111 pages
Columbia Historical Society – Letter from Pearl Becker to Van Watts, 1974, and Pioneers of Columbia County, Oregon,  - page of J. G. Watts and Rose (Rose came to Oregon in 1887); page of William J. Fullerton, 2 pages
Article, Pioneers of Columbia County, by James Grant Watts, 1 page
Article, Columbia County, William J Fulllerton, 1 page
Article, Out of the Past, by Pearl Becker, The Chornicle, 1944, 1 page
Article, Away Back When, Before 1910, by Roy A Perry, The Chronicle, 12 September 1968, 2 pages
Article, Away  Back When, Before 1910, by Roy A Perry, The Chronicle, 19 September 1968,2 pages
Article, Away Back When, Before 1910, William Watts, by Roy A Perry, The Chronicle, 26 September 1968, 2 pages
Article, Away  Back When, Before 1910, Elizabeth Matilda Nessly Watts, by Roy A Perry, The Chronicle, 1 October 1968, 2 pages
Article, Away  Back When, Before 1910, Maude Watts Collier and Elizabeth Matilda Nessly Watts, by Roy A Perry, The Chronicle, 10 October, 1968, 2 pages
Article, The Pioneer Trail Association, by Phillip H. Parrish, Ezra Meeker , Editorial The Oregonian, August 19, 1943, 2 pages
The Book of the American West by Jay Monaghan, Forrest Collection, Arizona Pioneer’s Historical Society; Feud between Tewksburys and Grahams, picture of Mrs. Thomas H. Graham, 5 pages
Van Watts copy of the same information, 6 pages
Watts Encyclopedia, Van Watts Newsletter, 1 page
Places Descriptions and Stories, 35 pages
Kansas City, Missouri, 6 pages
Watts Lights the Way, 1 page
What’s Up Watts!, Part 1, 11 pages
What’s Up Watts!, Part 2, 13 pages
Van Watts Congressional Record, 20 February 1973, 1 page
The Watts House by Van Watts, 1 page
Watts Castle, 14 pages


Notebook 4 – 58 pages
Historical and Biographical Record of Monterey and San Francisco Counties, California, by J. M. Guinn, A.M., 1910, Watts and Shotwell Family, 10 pages
Letter of Susie Watts Almond to DAR, 1970, 1 page
The Patriot Index list of Watts names, 1 page
Susie Watts Almond DAR Application 1975, 1 page
DAR #490157, 1962, John Watt, 1976, not our family Susie Watts Almond, 13 pages
DAR #160397, William Watts (Larager), 1937, 1979, 9 pages
DAR # 513932, John Watts, 1966, 1979, 20 pages
Draper DAR note, 1 page
Map Monterey, California, 1 page, on cover
County Map for California, 1 page, on cover


Notebook 5 – 49 pages
Death Certificate of Benjamin M Watts, 1 page
America’s Bicentennial Gets Rolling – In a Covered Wagon, Ben Watts, Burbank, California, by Van Watts, 1 page
Buena Park News, Ben Watts, 1974, 2 pages, plus 1 page of pictures of Ben Watts and Helen, Ben Watts and cousin Susie Watts Almond.
Van Watts on Benjamin M Watts, 14 pages
Benjamin M. Watts, Buena Park, California, 8 pages, includes death certificate and funeral card.
Poem a Daughter’s Tears found in Trail Log, 1 page
The Watts and America’s Great Daniel Boone, The Boone Legend, 2 pages
Foghorn Watts, 7 pages
Family Tree Search Leads to Unique Ancestor, 2 pages
Diary of John W. Watts and Benjamin Watts, with notes 6 pages
John W Watts League Trip from Nicaragua, Map of Nicaragua, 1 page
The Oregon Republican League article on family of Dr. J. W. Watts, 3 pages


Notebook 6 – 131 pages
Cradled in Thunder by Charles Ludwig, Dr. Isaac Watts, 1976, 4 pages
Notes on Virginia Watts Families, 1 page
Orange County, Kentucky Historical Society, 16 pages
Kentucky and Virginia Research, Robert Watts, 5 pages
John Watts sailmaker of Bristol, England, 1 page
John Watts formerly fishmonger of London, 1 page
John Watts by Martha Stark Draper, 6 pages
Cornelius Watts, England, English Research, 19 pages
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol XIII, No. 1, July 1906, Cornelius Watts, Virginia Gleanings in England, page 307, 3 pages
Mormon Church Computer Files Index Watts, 2 pages
C. B. Heinemann, pages 47 and 54, Edward Watts, 2 pages
Marriages of Culpepper County, Virginia, 1781-1915, 2 pages
Virginia Taxpayers 1782-87, Jacoby and Watts lists, 5 pages
Pictures of St. Martins Church, London, England, 2 pages
Watts Encyclopedia London, England, 1979, 1 page
Some Facts from Salinas Library, Kentucky Court and Other Records, Ardery, 1958, London notes, 2 pages.
Mary Watts Ashton Blackburn family note, 1 page
Marriages of Pike County, Missouri, from Sutro Library, 1 page
Information about John Watts son of Robert Watts, 2 page
Heirs of Robert Watts of Kentucky, 1 page
Court Records of Kentucky, Watts, Jacoby, Stark, 1 page
Facts from History of Pike County, Missouri, C. B. Heinemann, 1 page
Watts Families Descended from Early Immigrants Who Settled in the Tidewater Counties of Virginia by Charles Bank Heinemann, 1940, 8 pages
Watts Family First Virginia Settlers, 22 pages
Heraldry of the Watts Surname, 21 pages
State Map of Virginia, 1 page, on cover, Map of Kentucky from Master of the Wilderness-Daniel Boone, by John Bakeless on cover



Notebook 7 – 110 pages
Francis Harrison Tyler Watts Family, 10 pages
An Outline of Events in the Life of F. H. Watts, 1 page
Picture of house on fire, Watts?, 1 page
To Daddy, poem by Bertita Watts, 1 page
Note of Sister Clara to Susie and Douglas, 1978, 1 page
Obituaries of Mrs. Frank M. Watts, Guadalupe Ruiz Watts, Gabriel Eduardo Ruiz, Ramon de La Guerra, Family of Forencia Ruiz and Eufenia Garcia Telles de Ruiz, 1 page
Obituaries of Joseph Thompson O.F.M., Mrs. Anita Thompson, 1 page
Padre Jose de la Guerra Thompson, Hasta La Vista, 3 pages
Francis Marion Watts and wife Guadalupe Ruiz family book, with pictures, 12 pages
Journal of Frank Marion Watts travel and more family book, 20 pages
Wheeler Land Co. S. A. letter, 2 pages
More album with pictures, 8 pages
Letter to William Ibbetson from Monterey Abstract Company, 3 pages
Letters to Susie and Doug from Verne and Lupita Olsen and other people, 23 pages
The Californians, Love, War and Border Empire, 1985, 13 pages
Mudo: Slave of Geronimo by Ben Watts, 7 pages, picture 1920
Mexico’s Own Casey J, 1 page
Map of Sonora, Mexico, 1 page, on cover
Map of Counties of Missouri, 1 page, on back cover


Notebook 8 - 
Francis Marion Watts and wife Guadalupe Ruiz family book, with pictures

706 pages total and notebook eight not counted

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