Watts - Eckett

The Genealogy of the Watts and Eckett family surnames

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This site is a record of the genealogy of the Watts and Eckett families and our ancestors.

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We were brought up in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
In fact we were all born in Pinewood Avenue and attended Crowthorne C of E Primary school.
In 1968 we moved to North Road in Chavey Down near Ascot.
We attended Senior schools in Bracknell and all live locally in Bracknell and Wokingham.

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    • Agnes Willis




    Agnes Willis was our Great Grandmother and lived with us in Crowthorne. She was known to us by the name of Granny Eckett and was our Great Grandmother on our mother's side of the family.

    Kate Courtney




    Kate Courtney was our Great Grandmother. We still haven't nailed down her birth certificate. We know she was actually born in the vicinity of Sunderland around 1886. Her father John Courtney was a blacksmith and travelled for his work. As he was based in Dundalk he had easy access to the ferries that ran from Dundalk to Liverpool. It was then a case of a cross country trip to Tyneside and the surrounding areas where there were many iron mines and works where blacksmiths were in short supply. It was on one of these trips when Kate was born .

    Dundalk Barracks




    On the 6th of June 1903 the 135th Battery of the Royal Field Artillery arrived in Dundalk. They were part of the 32nd Brigage of the Brithis Army. Thomas Watts our Great Grandfather was a member of this battery. They were resident here for nearly 3 years and during this time Thomas met Kathleen (Kate) Courtney who became his wife. Their first two children Julianne and Emily were born here. The Battery later moved to Kildare between 1906 and 1907. Two more childen, Bernard and Gerald were born in Kildare. Gerald unfortunatley died within his first month.

    Crowthorne - 1960




    All three of us were born in Pinewood Ave, Crowthorne. Crowthorne was only a hamlet until Wellington College opened in 1859 and Broadmoor Hospital in 1863. Crowthorne was originally part of the parish of Sandhurst, and acquired its name as the postal authority wished to give it a name to facilitate deliveries from Wokingham.

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AITKEN Bartlett Besta BINT Brown Carpenter Churchill Churchman Clacey Clarke Courtney Doe Eckett Englefield Ferris Forder Francis Gilgrass Gillgrass Gordon Griffin Griffiths Jones Knight Leach Levasseur Mann McIlwain McKernon Orsborn Petts Revel Scrafton Seager Sheridan Skates Smith STENT Thompson Tuffin USHER Walker Watts WELCH Whicker WHITE Williams WILLIS Wintle Woodley

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