Joseph Watson

Role: Eldest son of Mary Jane Paynter & John Watson — Watson branch of the Telfer tree, Preston Victoria

Born: 21 March 1883 — Hawker, South Australia
Died: 1948
Spouse: May Bailey, of Hobart, Tasmania (m. 1907)

Family

Relation	Name
Branch	WATSON — son of Mary Jane Paynter (1861–1945) and John Watson (b. 1851 Hobart); grandson of Jean Telfer (1840–1892) and Richard Paynter (1838–1869)
Father	John Watson (b. 8 Jun 1851, Hobart, Tas; m. 1 Mar 1882; d. 10 Sep 1929, Brunswick, Vic)
Mother	Mary Jane Paynter (1861–1945)
Spouse	May Bailey, of Hobart, Tasmania (m. 1907)
Children	John Bailey (Jack) Watson (b. 1908), Hazel Beulah Watson (b. 1910, m. FIRTH), Richard Lancelot Watson (1910–1942), Donald Stewart Watson (b. 1914), Maxwell Charles Watson (b. 1916), Joyce Elaine Watson (b. 1920, m. LOCK)

Date	Event
21 Mar 1883	Born at Hawker, South Australia
~1910	Family moved from Hawker to Olinda, then Preston, Victoria
1907	Married May Bailey of Hobart, Tasmania
—	Caretaker-manager of a piggery at Preston, Victoria
1948	Died

Book: From the Borders to the Bush — Joseph Watson b. 21 Mar 1883, m. May Bailey of Hobart, piggery caretaker at Preston, d. 1948

Book: A Telfer Family Tree (Supplement 2008) — Jean Telfer line, Joseph WATSON m. May Bailey