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Query on Sophia BESTER husband

Started by Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 on Wednesday, September 4, 2019
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Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 C
9/4/2019 at 5:14 AM

Sophia Bester is on Geni with 2 husbands with the same name and both are listed as the father of her children
* born 1862
* died 1902
* father Robert Bester, {Australian Immigrant} (1830-1904)
* mother Sophia Bester, {Australian Immigrant} (1829-1910)
children
* 1859 Thomas Edward Bester
* 1885 Amy Watson
* 1886 Naval Lilly Watson
* 1888 Albert Robert Watson
* 1889 Erman Charles Watson
* 1889 Erman Charles Watson
* 1891 Violetta Mary Watson
* 1891 Edith Mary Watson
* 1892 Henry Victor Watson
* 1893 Merton Theodore Watson
* 1895 Christiana May Watson
* 1897 Minnie Watson
* ? Henry Theodore Watson

Husband 1 - Alfred Watson, {uncle} (1834-1852) - son of Robert Watson, {Australian Immigrant} (1800-1866) and Maria Watson, {Australian Immigrant} (1804-1875)

Husband 2 - Alfred Watson {nephew} (1860-1907) - son of Robert John Watson (1833-1905) and Mary Ann Jamieson (1838-1915)

Can anyone add any information on this family?
Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 C
9/4/2019 at 5:21 AM

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Watson-14998

Robert WATSON (died 1866) married Maria HITCHCOCK (died 1875)
* Robert John WATSON (1833-1905)

Robert John WATSON (1833-1905) married Mary Ann JAMIESON (1838-1915)
* John James WATSON (1863-1931)
* William Robert WATSON (1866-1942)
* Henry Theodore WATSON (1868-1952)
Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 C
9/4/2019 at 5:38 AM

Looking at various internet trees

Thomas BESTER
* born 1859
* 1892 married Annie Elizabeth WOOLLEY (1869-1940) - daughter of John Miles WOOLLEY (1828-1910) and Mary Ann DAVIS (1833-1920)
* died 1927
* father Robert BESTER
* mother Sophia AIKEN

So Thomas Edward Bester should be Sophia BESTER's brother rather than her son
Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 C
9/4/2019 at 5:42 AM

Alfred WATSON (1834-1852) is the uncle of Alfred WATSON (1860-1907)

Sophia married Alfred in 1884 and had children between 1885 and 1897
As Uncle Alfred died in 1852, she had to have married Nephew Alfred.

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