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George Dewey Watson 1922 – 1984 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Apr 1922

Birth Location: Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado

Death Date: 20 Jun 1984

Death Location: Delta, Delta, Colorado

Father: Thomas Watson

Mother: Dora Reed

Spouse(s): Edith Martin

Children(s): Georgia Watson, Donald Watson, Richard Watson, Anna Watson, Shirley Watson, Charles Watson

According to available records, George Dewey Watson was born in 1922 in Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado, the child of Thomas Charles Watson and Dora R Reed. Following those early years, George Dewey Watson married Edith Louise Martin, and their family grew to include Georgia L Watson, Donald Louis Watson, Richard Glenn Watson, Anna Darlene Watson, Shirley D Watson and Charles M Watson. In the later years of life, George Dewey Watson died in 1984 in Delta, Delta, Colorado.

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Parents

Thomas Watson
1878 – 1944
Birth Location: Kansas
TW
Dora Reed
1882 – 1955
Birth Location: Elm Springs, Garvin, Oklahoma
DR

Spouses(s)

Edith Martin
1930 – 2008
Birth Location: Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado
EM

Children(s)

Georgia Watson
1950 –
Birth Location: –
GW
Donald Watson
1953 –
Birth Location: –
DW
Richard Watson
1954 – 2015
Birth Location: –
RW
Anna Watson
1955 –
Birth Location: Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado
AW
Shirley Watson
1959 –
Birth Location: Colorado
SW
Charles Watson
1959 –
Birth Location: Colorado
CW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 Apr 1922
    Event Place: Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Mesa County, Colorado, U.S., Obituaries, 1870-2023, S1115097879, S1115119443, S1115156069, S1115157067, S1115256297, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Estes Park High School; Year: 1938, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 255, Year: 1940; Census Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00459; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 15-20, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado; Roll: 4683; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 15-26, Marmot Library Network; Mesa, Colorado, USA; Cemetery and Cremation Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00459; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 15-20

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1938
    Event Place: Estes Park, Larimer, Colorado
    Record Source: S1115119443, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Estes Park High School; Year: 1938

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00459; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 15-20

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Event Place: Cedaredge, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: S1115156069, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 255

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado; Roll: 4683; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 15-26

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Colorado
    Record Source: S1115157067, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 26 Sep 1955
    Event Place: Grand Junction, Colorado
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel - 26 Sep 1955 - 3, Watson - girl 26 Sep 1955

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt 1968
    Event Place: Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: S1115155967, The Daily Sentinel; Publication Date: 20/ Jun/ 1968; Publication Place: Grand Junction, Colorado, USA; ,0.6065976,0.3402039,0.9104&xid=339

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 21 Jun 1984
    Event Place: Grand Junction, Colorado
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel - 21 Jun 1984 - 18, George Dewey Watson Obituary 21 Jun 1984

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Payne and Payne Mesa, Delta, Colorado; Roll: 4683; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 15-26

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Jun 1984
    Event Place: Delta, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: Mesa County, Colorado, U.S., Obituaries, 1870-2023, S1115097879, S1115157067, S1115256297, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Marmot Library Network; Mesa, Colorado, USA; Cemetery and Cremation Index

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado
    Record Source: S1115097879

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