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WATTS, William
1883 - 1964 (81 years) Has no ancestors but 3 descendants in this family tree.
1887 - 1971 (83 years)-
Name WATTS, William Birth 1883 Kirton, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1964 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I674 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family EDGOOSE, Alice, b. 23 Nov 1887, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1971, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 83 years) Marriage 8 Jun 1905 Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire Children 1. WATTS, Frank William, b. 1 Mar 1906, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1980, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. WATTS, Annie Elizabeth, b. 1908, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1908, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)3. WATTS, Alice Mabel, b. 1910, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1924, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 14 years)Family ID F459 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1883 - Kirton, Lincolnshire 
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ALICE EDGOOSE (1887-1971) and William WATTS (1883-1964)
Daughter of John William EDGOOSE (1860-1943) and his wife Sarah Ann EDGOOSE formerly WOODS (1861-1945).
DATE OF MARRIAGE: 8 June 1905.
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Kirton-in-Holland Parish Church, Lincolnshire.
WITNESSES: James EDGOOSE, SARAH EDGOOSE
CROWN COPYRIGHT 2021. Data supplied by General Register Office England under the terms of Open Government Licence v. 3.0.
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Notes
WILLIAM WATTS 1883-1964
The birth of a William, son of an Edward WATTS was registered in 1883. The 1939 Register records that he was born on 3 March 1883.
(GRO June Q 1883 Boston 7a 429)
Alice EDGOOSE married William WATTS, a 22 year old Kirton labourer and son of Edward WATTS, labourer, at Kirton parish church on 8 June 1905. She was described as an 18 year old Kirton spinster, the daughter of John EDGOOSE, farmer. James EDGOOSE and Sarah EDGOOSE were witnesses.
From the 1911 census of Cottage Row, Kirton, Lincolnshire:
*William WATTS, head, aged 28, married 6 years, 3 children of whom 2 living, farm labourer, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Alice WATTS, wife, aged 24, married, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Frank William WATTS, son, aged 5, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Alice Mabel WATTS, daughter, aged 1, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/19551)
From the 1939 Register of Middlegate Road, Frampton, Lincolnshire:
*William WATTS, born 3 March 1883, agricultural gang master, married;
Alice WATTS, born on 23 November 1877, unpaid domestic duties, married;
1 CLOSED RECORD.
(RG101/6371D/012/35 THBF)
"WORKED FOR THREE GENERATIONS
Frampton couple wed 50 years
Greeings cards and telegrams lined the shelves in the sitting room, and a vase of red geraniums stood in the hearth, when Mr. and Mrs. W. WATTS, Ivy House, Middlegate Road, Frampton, celebrated their golden wedding on Wednesday. One of the telegrams was from Messrs. W. DENNIS and Sons Ltd., with whom Mr. WATTS has worked for sixty years, and the flowers were a present from Mrs. Frank DENNIS.
This is the only firm for which 72-year-old Mr. WATTS has worked, and he is still a ganger in charge of women landworkers. He told the "Standard" he began this job soon after he was twenty, and usually has about twelve women under him.
He married the former Miss Alice EDGOOSE at Kirton (their home) in 1905, and they have one son, Frank, who is head foreman in Messrs. Dennis' warehouse. Their grandson has just passed the recent scholarship examination.
Mrs. WATTS is the oldest surviving member of her family, and has three sisters and three brothers - Mrs. E. SMITHSON (Peterborough), Mrs. A. CARTWIGHT (Frampton), Mrs. H. BURTON (Frampton), and Mr. Walter EDGOOSE (Boston), Mr. Fred EDGOOSEo. Frank EDGOOSE (Frampton).
Some relatives and friends visited Ivy House (where the couple have lived for 30 years) for a celebration, and another party is being held on Sunday."
(An abbreviated version of the article which appeared in Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian on 11 June 1955)
The death of William WATTS aged 81 was registered in 1964.
(GRO September Q 1964 Boston 3b 23)
(revised 14.05.2018)