THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OUTLINE/OVERVIEW OF MY LINEAGE.

WATSON'S

THE WATSON'S ORIGINATED FROM CAMBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THEY WERE A POOR FAMILY ALMOST ALL BEING WOODCUTTERS OR AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. ALTHOUGH THEY MOVED AROUND THE IMMEDIATE AREA LOOKING FOR WORK, THEY NEVER TRAVELLED FAR AFIELD, UNTIL, THAT IS, AT THE OUTBREAK OF WW1, WHEN MY GRANDFATHER ENLISTED IN THE SCOTTISH RIFLES. ( WHY HE ENLISTED IN A SCOTTISH REGIMENT I HAVE YET TO DISCOVER.).

AS HE WAS ORIGINALLY BASED IN HAMILTON, NR. GLASGOW, AND, AFTER MEETING A LOCAL GIRL, SETTLED IN BLANTYRE AFTER THE HOSTILITIES CEASED.

TARLETONS

MY GRANDMOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY WERE ALSO OF POOR STOCK, THEMSELVES BEING WOODCUTTERS/ AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. HER FAMILY WERE FROM THE OLD MONKLAND AREA AND, LIKE THE WATSONS, NEVER TRAVELLED FAR.

CADLES

THE CADLES WERE ALL ORIGINALLY LAND OWNERS FROM THE GLOUCESTER AREA. ( MONEY AT LAST ) THEY HAVE , THOUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS, ALWAYS BEEN LARGE FAMILIES, AND THROUGH THE YEARS HAVE TRAVELLED FAR AND WIDE. MANY A MEMBER OF THE CADLES WENT TO AMERICA AND MADE THEIR FORTUNE AND SUCCESSFULLY SETTLED THERE. A FEW MEMBERS ALSO EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA AND LED SUCCESSFUL LIVES THERE. INDEED THE ANTIPODEAN SIDE OF THE CADLES IS STILL GOING STRONG. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, BEING DISINHERITED, ( POOR AGAIN) MOVED TO WALES AND SO BEGAN A LONG LINE OF WELSH CADLES.

BOLITHO'S

THE BOLITHO'S WERE ORIGINALLY FROM CORNWALL, MAINLY IN AND AROUND TRURO.
COMING FROM THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, OBVIOUSLY LED THEM TO A LIFE ON THE SEA, MARINERS AND FISHERMEN.THEY ARE STILL A WELL KNOWN CORNISH FAMILY.

MY SIDE OF THE WATSON'S ARE NOW SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF BRITAIN, SOME STILL IN THE HAMILTON AREA, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO MALE HEIRS, THAT SIDE OF THE WATSON'S WILL SOON CEASE TO EXIST. INDEED THEY ONLY MALES LEFT ARE IN WALES AND NEAR THE MIDLANDS IN ENGLAND, SO HISTORY SEEMS TO BECOMING AROUND IN FULL CIRCLE, AND THE FAMILY HEADING BACK TOWARDS THEIR ROOTS.

PROLOGUE

WHILST RESEARCHING MY FAMILY TREE I HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO DISCOVER THAT SOME MEMBERS OF MY ANCESTRY HAVE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AND CERTAINLY THE WORLD HAS BEEN A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THEM.

IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS HERITAGE!

LIKE MOST FAMILIES, WE HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF SUCCESS STORIES, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND TRADGEDIES.BUT ALL IN ALL, IT IS A GOOD FAMILY TO BE PART OF. I ONLY HOPE THAT THROUGH THE COMING GENERATIONS, MY DESCENDANTS WILL READ THIS AND BE PROUD TO BE CALLED A WATSON,

AS I AM