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Born: April 8, 1859: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in England.
Passed away: May 6, 1915: Liverpool (Merseyside), in England.
Timeline:
April 8, 1859, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, parents: Ralph Watson (1834-1912) and Mary Ann (Watson) Hall GM (1836-1894).
1861 Census: Age 2, living with his parents and brother John (7 weeks) at 4 Heaton Street, Byker.
1871 Census: Age 12, living with his parents and brothers John Hall (10) and Robert William (3), sisters Elizabeth Priscilla (8) and Margaret (1), at 62 Heaton Street, Byker.
February 6, 1878, married to Catherine “Kate” Watson (Lucas).
1881 Cenus: Age 22, living with his wife Kate (1854-1917) and their child Ralph Lucas (2) at 280 Rosehill, Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tom’s employment is given as “moulder.”
September 23, 1887, Under the title “Secretaries of local Football Club” (in Newcastle Courant) it states: “Newcastle West End – Thomas Watson, 31 Hamilton Street, Newcastle.”
1901 Census: Age 41, living with his wife Kate and their children Ralph (21), Ethel (16), Tom (10), Winifred (8) in Liverpool.
1911 Census: Age 51, living with his wife Kate and their children Ralph (30), Ethel (26), Winifred (18) in 246 Anfield Road.
May 6, 1915, passed away in Liverpool.
Career:
Rosehill.
Newcastle West End: Appointed secretary: 1885.
Newcastle East End.
Sunderland: Appointed secretary: 1888.
** Resigned, July 1896.
Secretary: Liverpool: Appointed secretary: July 25, 1896.
Image(s):
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1896
1899, Lichfield Mercury, March 31 – 1899
1900
1915, Liverpool Echo, May 6 – 1915
Dundee Courier, May 6 – 1915.
Tom Watson’s signature from the 1911 Census:
"Play Up, Liverpool" 