Joseph WATTERS (sic) 1776-1868 and Elizabeth HUTCHINSON married at St.Iberius, Wexford, Ireland, on 16th February 1801. Joseph was in the 44th (East Essex) Regiment when their family was commenced:
| Name |
baptised, died |
married |
children surviving infancy |
children's marriage | descend's |
| Catherine |
abt 1806- 1889 Aust. |
William HEWETT 1853 Collingwood Vic. Australia Joseph BRADFORD 1875 Preston Vic. Australia |
none known |
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| Charlotte |
29 Aug 1809 |
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| William Henry |
4 Jan 1810- 1861 India |
Isabella JOHNSON 1839 Calcutta Ben. India | 1845 Isabella Bungarribee 1849 W. B. 1851 Rachel Elizabeth 1853 Leah Julia 1854 Joseph Henry 1858 Alice Mima 1861 Catherine Hope |
1866 to Walter Marsh OSMOND ? may have died 1888 at Rangoon 1870 to Alfred CLARK, 1872 to John Bristow WARWICK 1880 to Evangeline FRENCH 1886 to Matthew PETTIT never | 39 ? 2 6 56 8 - |
| Mary |
1812 |
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| Mary Ann |
1814 |
William SMYTH 1837 St.Iberius Wexford, Ireland |
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| Edward |
Dec 1816- 1886 Ire. |
Ann Agnesia MEYER 1859 St.Iberius, Wexford, Ireland |
Hannah Elizabeth 1861-1874 |
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| Joseph |
abt 1822- 1907 Aust. |
Mary ROSSITER 1862 Melbourne Vic. Australia |
none known |
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The WATTERS lived in a picturesque thatched cottage at Drinagh North. Joseph remained the occupier in 1833 and 1853. |
All that remains today is a clump of trees and shrubs, with a bit of a wall barely visible in the centre. The house was alongside the railway line from Wexford to Rosslare on the edge of Wexford Bay, giving it a panoramic view of the bay |
Many Irishmen, left their homeland in the 19th century,
often via Liverpool.
William's brother
Edward (boatman & farmer) erected a memorial in St. Magdalen's Cemetery which reads:
ERECTED BY EDWARD WATERS IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER JOSEPH WATERS, DIED 3RD DECEMBER 1868, AGED 92;
ALSO HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH DIED 1ST MARCH 1861, AGED 73. (Elizabeth's burial is recorded at St. Iberius 17th January 1860, aged 80.)
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William Henry enlisted at Liverpool on 9 Mar 1831, just 21 years old. He was described as a labourer, 5' 8" tall, of fresh complexion, round visage, blue eyes & fair hair, and embarked on the "Thomas Grenville" on 3 June, arriving in Calcutta on the 16 October. William began his military career as a gunner in 1 Troop, 3 Bgde. stationed at Dum Dum, the HQ of the Bengal Artillery. By 1839 he was a corporal, and on the 19 February married Isabella JOHNSON (the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth) at St. Stephens in Dum Dum. Isabella was just 15, but this was not unusual in India. By 1843 William was a sergeant, and travelled to Australia to the HEIC horse stud establishment at Bungarribee NSW.(Interesting that William could have met his sister Catherine & brother Joseph in Australia), but unlikey. In 1846 he returned on the "Emily Jane" with his wife and 2 children incl. Isabella Bungarribee. In 1847 William was the Sergeant Overseer of the Government stud, maintaining horses for the Artillery. In 1852 he completed 21 years service & was"pensioned to the GOCC" attached to Haupper Stud near Meerut. |
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In 1856 a new settlement "Hopetown" (now Kurseong, near Darjeeling)
was established in Sikkim. William became a Tea
Planter, assistant on 1500 acres on a spur of the Sanchall
Range. Daughters Alice Mima & Catherine Hope were born. William wrote his last will & testament* in 1859 (with Isabella Ann as sole Executrix - with provision made for education of children) and in December 1861 he died on the way from HopeTown to Calcutta. Isabella had a pension of Rup. 5-9-5 per month. The children were aged 6 months to 15 years. William's widow Isabella Ann survived another 27 years to 1888, by which time daughters Isabella, Rachel, Leah, & Alice had married, Harry was Headmaster at Rawalpindi Station School. Isabella Ann may have seen her grandson (Rosemary's father) Hal as a 3-year-old before she died. Isabella's grave is in the Calcutta Lower Circular Road Cemetery ---> |
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