Richard Henry Watson

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ca. 1807 — 12 July 1868

Richard Henry Watson (29A)

Headstone

Richard Henry Watson's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2014.

• Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 12 July 1868
• Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as R. H. Watson
• Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
• Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2014

Inscription

Sacred
to
the memory of
Richard H. Watson
who died
July 12^th 1868
aged 61 years

Learn more

• Death Record - Queensland Government

Death registration: Richard Henry Watson
Death date: 12/07/1868
Mother's name: Elizabeth Pilkinton
Father/parent's name: John Watson
Registration details: 1868/B/4589

• Family Notices (1868, July 13). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2.

DEATHS.
WATSON.—On the 12th July, at his residence, Male's Cottage, Kangaroo Point, Richard Henry Watson, late of Halliford, Darling Downs, leaving a wife and eleven children to deplore their loss.

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