Robert Frew WATSON

1901 - 1997  (96 years)

• Name	Robert Frew WATSON
  Birth	02 Jul 1901	Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1906  [5]
  	Pahia School, Southland
  Death	27 Dec 1997	Riverton, Southland, New Zealand   [3, 6, 7]
  Burial	30 Dec 1997	Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I5767	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family	Ellice NELSON,   b. 12 Mar 1906, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England d. 03 Apr 1992, Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1928	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [8, 9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Margret WATSON,   b. 21 Jul 1931, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand d. 11 Jun 1997, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F1883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 02 Jul 1901 - Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand Marriage - 28 Nov 1928 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - 27 Dec 1997 - Riverton, Southland, New Zealand Burial - 30 Dec 1997 - Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S111] Otago Daily Times, (Allied Press Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand), none. Death Notice [S2] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Births - Indexes. [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S536] Southland District Council Cemetery Search, (Southland District Council, Invercargill). [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). School Admission, Progress, Withdrawal Registers [S111] Otago Daily Times, (Allied Press Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand), none. Deaths Tuesday, 30th December 1997. WATSON, Robert Frew (Bob), QSM, JP. - Peacefully, on Saturday, December 27, 1997, at Riverton Hospital. Dearly loved husband of the late Ellice Watson, dearly loved father and father-in-law of the late Joan; the late Eleanor and the late Owen Hillas; Anne and Daniel Phillips (Invercargill); Marion and John Soundy (Christchurch); John and Glenda Watson (Orepuki); and Bernard (Orepuki), loved Granddad of 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; aged 96 years. - A service for Bob will be held in the Orepuki Community Centre, at 1.30 p.m., on Tuesday, December 30, the funeral leaving at the conclusion for the Orepuki Cemetery. Messages to 11 Cheyne Street, Invercargill, or Box 3, Orepuki, Southland. - Macdonald and Weston Funeral Home, FDANZ. [S536] Southland District Council Cemetery Search, (Southland District Council, Invercargill). Orepuki Cemetery. Headstone: Ellice WATSON born 12 Mar 1906 died 3 Apr 1992 wife of Robert born 2 Jul 1901 died 27 Dec 1997. [S111] Otago Daily Times, (Allied Press Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand), none. Death notice [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index [S1211] Tom Russell, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Reid Johnston, (Ancestry.com).