Family Group Record |
| Husband: Burton A. WATSON 1 |
| Born: 29 OCT 1881 | Place: Correctionville, Iowa 2, 3 |
| Died: 31 JUL 1950 | Place: Missoula, Missoula Co, MT 4 |
| Married: 12 JAN 1904 | Place: Home of Frank Feidler 2 miles north of Surprise, NE - by George Cobb pastor or 5 |
| Buried: | Place: Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Missoula Co, MT Lot 1 Block 9A Grave 4 |
| Father: William A. WATSON |
| Mother: Jane A. CASTLE |
| Other Spouses: Clara Almyra Alma
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| Wife: Elizabeth M. FIEDLER 6 |
| Born: JUN 1880 | Place: Heidleberg, Germany 7 |
| Died: 19 AUG 1960 | Place: Dallas, Texas |
| Buried: | Place: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas |
| Father: John FIEDLER |
| Mother: Ernstine WAGNER |
Other Spouses: Charles Herbert SATTERFIELD, Lee Oscar SPELMAN |
| Child 1 (F): Evelyn Vergene WATSON 8, 9 |
| Born: 19 MAY 1904 | Place: Surprise, Butler, Nebraska 10 |
| Died: 15 SEP 1983 | Place: Dallas, Texas |
| Buried: | Place: |
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Spouses: Henry Allison ALBIN, Floyd McRoy CURRY |
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HUSBAND NOTES: Middle initial of A. comes from the 1910 census. Montana Death Index, 1907-2002 Record Name:Burton Watson Age:68 Estimated Birth Year:1882 Gender:Male Death Date:31 Jul 1950 Death County:Missoula Index Number:Msla 2012 Comments: Source:Montana Office of Vital Statistics ---------------------------------- The Daily Missoulian Tuesday, August 1, 1950 FORMER SENATOR, RETIRED ENGINEER, DIES Burton Watson, 68, former state senator and retired Northern Pacific engineer, 704 Eddy Avenue, (Missoula, MT) died early Monday at the family home. The body is at the Squire-Simmons-Carr Mortuary and funeral arrangements are pending. Mr. Watson had resided in Missoula since 1908. He came here three years after graduation from the Omaha College of Pharmacy. He was born at Correctionville, Iowa, October 29, 1881, and is survived by his widow, Clara, at the family home: one son, Lieutenant Colonel Russell Watson, an army medical corps physician stationed at Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco; a daughter, Mrs. Elvin O’Loughlin, Idaho Falls, Idaho; a brother, Victor H. Watson, in South Dakota, and a sister, Clara Orr, Seattle. Mrs. Watson was a member of the Methodist Church, Missoula Lodge No. 13, AF&AM, Consistory, Missoula Valley Lodge No. 32, Algeria Shrine, Emmanuel Chapter No. 54, Order of Eastern Star, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. With nonpartisan league endorsement, he won the First Montana District Democratic congressional nomination in 1920 over the incumbent, John M. Evans. In the general election he lost to Washington J. McCormick, Republican. Two years later he was elected state senator from Missoula County for a four-year term, retiring the veteran Ed Donlan. Mr. Watson started working for the Northern Pacific railway on the Dakota division at Jamestown, N. D. as a fireman on June 27, 1906. He transferred to the Rocky mountain division to work as a fireman at Missoula, June 6, 1908, and was promoted to engineer on January 6, 1915. He remained active in the engine cab until his retirement under the federal retirement act on October 20, 1949. -------------------- Missoula Cemetery 2000 Cemetery Rd Missoula Missoula County Montana USA Postal Code: 59802 Phone: 406-721-2435 Fax: 406-549-7918. Email: cemetery@ci.missoula.mt.us ---------------------- The Daily Missoulian Friday, August 4, 1950 Watson Funeral Rites Conducted Funeral services for Burton Watson, 68, were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Squire-Simmons-Carr Rose chapel. Rev. M. J. Wilcox officiated and Missoula lodge No. 13, AF&AM, conducted graveside service at the Missoula cemetery. Pallbearers were E. C. Case, Charles Eiman, Charles L. Eiman, Paul L. Geis, Elyin O'Laughlin and Anton Weidra. Mr. Watson, a retired engineer of the Northern Pacific railway, and former state senator, died at his home Monday morning. He is survived by his widow, one son, one daughter, one brother and one sister. HUSBAND FACTS: OBJE @M258@: Census: 1940 Age 58 a locomotive engineer married to Clara/Missoula, Mi Census: 1900 Raymond Twp, Knox Co, NE - age 19 with widowed mother Residence: 1913 Missoula, Montana at death of sister WWI Draft Re: 1918 732 North Fourth Street W., Missoula, MT married to Clara Census: 1910 Missoula, Montana age 28 recently married to Alma C. Watson Census: 1920 Missoula, Montana age 38 married to Clara A. railroad engi Census: 1930 Missoula, Montana age 48 married to Almyra (probably is Cl OBJE @M6261@: Census: 1885 Age 3 with parents/Belmont, Woodson, Kansas OBJE @M255@: OBJE @M256@: OBJE @M257@: OBJE @M6259@: OBJE @M259@: OBJE @M260@: OBJE @M5659@: OBJE @M5706@: OBJE @M5707@: OBJE @M6260@: WIFE NOTES: House Elizabeth lived in in 1956 from Zillow.com 1414 S 61st St, Omaha, NE Assessed Value: $126,600 Beds: 2 Baths: 2.0Sqft: 1,065 Lot: 6,098 Built: 1941 WIFE FACTS: City Directo: 1925 2023 N. 16th, Omaha, NE Eliz Spellman Drugstore Immigration: 1882 Per 1910 Census OBJE @M2100@: Census: 1900 Reading , Butler Co, NE - age 19 lives with brother Frank NATU: 1904 Per 1910 Census OBJE @M3790@: Census: 1940 2125 Emmett St, Age 59 married to Oscar/Omaha, Douglas, NE Residence: AUG 1960 3120 Brookhollow, Dallas, Texas Census: 1910 Surprise, Butler Co, NE - age 29 a pharmacist recently mar OBJE @M1536@: OBJE @M3244@: OBJE @M2096@: Census: 1930 Omaha, Douglas Co, Nebraska - age 49 - drug store OBJE @M2102@: OBJE @M2109@: OBJE @M2110@: OBJE @M1538@: Census: 1920 Surprise, Butler Co, NE - age 39 a pharmacist divorced name OBJE @M390@: OBJE @M2111@: SOURCES: 1Marriage Certificate of Evelyn V. Watson and Henry A. Albin. 2Marriage Record of Elizabeth Fiedler and Burton Watson 1904. 3Census - Raymond Twp, Knox Co, NE 1900. 4Montana Death Index at Ancestry.com. 5Marriage Record of Elizabeth Fiedler and Burton Watson 1904. 6Marriage Certificate of Evelyn V. Watson and Henry A. Albin. 7Census - Omaha, Douglas Co, NE 1930. 8Marriage Certificate of Evelyn V. Watson and Henry A. Albin. 9Census - Omaha, Douglas Co, NE 1900. 10Marriage Certificate of Evelyn V. Watson and Henry A. Albin. |
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