James Ernest WATTERS

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Name James Ernest WATTERS [1, 2] Relationship with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth Record 1892 Victoria, Australia [2]
#20030 Birth 23 Jul 1892 Long Gully, Victoria, Australia [2]
Gender Male Newspaper Article
31 May 1893 [3] Newspaper Article
11 Aug 1915 [4] Occupation Between 28 Sep 1926 and 10 Jan 1927 Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) Newspaper Article
23 Sep 1935 [5] Newspaper Article
10 Sep 1937 [6] Death Record 1959 Swan, Western Australia, Australia [7]
#100 Death 19 Aug 1959 Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia - St Andrews Hospital
Burial 21 Aug 1959 Cemetery, Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia [8]
- Anglican A097
Blog 5 Feb 2016 [9] BLOG - Family Portraits Certificate of Birth Have WATTERS-JamesE1892-BC001.jpg FSID L2H2-BHV AKA Jim Occupation Laborer Half-siblings
3 half brothers and 6 half sisters (family of William Henry PHILLIPS and Nannie Kent WILLIAMS) Patriarch & Matriarch Samuel PHILLIPS, b. 1751, St. Agnes, Cornwall, Englandd. Jan 1814, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England
(Age 63 years) (3 x Great Grandfather)
Ann FITZGERALD, b. Between 1836 and 1840, Clare, Irelandd. 21 Sep 1918, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
(Age ~ 82 years) (Grandmother)
Person ID I560 MyBradyTree | BRADY, Ancestor of Darryl William BRADY , KW, KT, P2, CB, KH2, KMS Last Modified 2 Feb 2025
DNA Tests 1 DNA test is associated with James Ernest WATTERS
Father William Henry PHILLIPS, b. 4 Jul 1868, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England
d. 14 Jan 1964, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
(Age 95 years)
Other Partners: Nannie Kent WILLIAMS m. 9 Jul 1894Mother Mary Ann WATTERS, b. 5 Jun 1871, Milang, South Australia, Australia
d. DECEASED
Marriage NEVER MARRIED Newspaper Couple 23 May 1893 [10] http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174256007 Newspaper Couple 24 May 1893 [11] http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88967970 Newspaper Couple 31 May 1893 [3] http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/88968203 Documents WATTERS-MaryA1871-GC001 Family ID F299 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruby Florence TREW, b. 16 Apr 1898, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia
d. 1 Nov 1964, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 66 years)
Marriage 26 Jun 1915 Midland, Western Australia, Australia - Church of Ascension
WATTERS-JamesE1892-MC001.jpg WATTERS-JamesE1892-MC002.jpg Certificate of Marriage Have Reference Number #38 [12, 13] Notes - They were married in the presence of George Walter Trew and Edward Maurice Trew.
The rector that married them was W.J.Parish of (Biatenning) and for Kaltening. new Midland Junction.
Children 1. Percy Leonard WATTERS, b. 1 Sep 1915, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 7 Sep 1997, Greenmount, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 82 years)
â–» Audrey Winifred SCOTT m. 1964+ 2. Verna May WATTERS, b. 6 May 1917, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 19 Jun 2008, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 91 years)
â–» Arthur Herbert DALTON m. 1940+ 3. Jean Florence WATTERS, b. 16 Apr 1919, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 1 Jan 1966, Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 46 years)
â–» William James GUILD m. 1937+ 4. Grace Myrtle WATTERS, b. 9 Mar 1921, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 27 Jun 1944, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 23 years)
â–» Charles John DALTON m. 1937+ 5. Ernest Harold WATTERS, b. 16 Aug 1924, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 10 Jun 1947, Midland, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 22 years)
â–» Betty Sarah TREW m. 1946+ 6. Stella Ruby WATTERS, b. 10 Dec 1926, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 14 Oct 2021, Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 94 years)
â–» William Frederick BRADY m. 30 Nov 1946+ 7. Rita Winifred WATTERS, b. 27 Jul 1930, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 4 Aug 1983, Mount Helena, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 53 years)
â–» Kenneth Lawrence VIGAR m. 10 Dec 1949+ 8. William James WATTERS, b. 29 Sep 1934, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 11 Jul 2019, Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 84 years)
â–» Joan Margaret SELKIRK m. 30 Nov 1957+ 9. Brian Ronald WATTERS, b. 10 Jul 1937, Sawyers Valley, Western Australia, Australia d. 6 Nov 2016, Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 79 years)
Family ID F49 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2025
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Histories Watters
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Headstones DALTON-ArthurH1914-DE001.jpg
Plot: Anglican A-105
Notes - On the birth record of James (Listed under Walters) it lists:
Dr Hugh BOYD of Bendigo proformed the delivery with WATTERS (Probably Ann Fitzgerald) and Currie (UNKNOWN) witness.
His mother recorded his birth mid August and then no other refrance to Mary Ann WATTERS, as James grew up thinking his Grandmother was his Mother.
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31 or 22 Lot (170) Throssel Road, Sawyers Valley the original house of James Watters and Ruby Florence Trew. Seven (7) acres in total. When James Watters passed away Brian Watters received four (4) acres and Percy Watters received the other three (3). When Percy passed away and left no will his three acres was sold and the money was split up between the four surviving children of James Watters and the children of his deceased children. It was sold for $107,000.00 on the 11th January 1999. Settlement went through on the 24th February 1999. They received $12,000.00 each after the Tombstone was chosen for Percy's grave and any money owing against the property was taken out.
Reference Darryl Brady. "James Ernest WATTERS". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I560&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed February 12, 2025).
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