Biography:
Samuel Watts
1861 –16-021927
Samuel Watts
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Plot 952a Samuel Watts (1861-1927)
Samuel was born in 1861 in Berkhamsted, the son of William and Priscilla Watts. His father was a sawyer.
In 1871 the family lived in Holiday Street. Samuel had three sisters and two brothers.
In 1881 he was living with parents in the High Street near the Queen’s Arms. His father was a sawyer and Samuel was a wood tuner.
He was still with his parents in 1891 living in George Street. He was a brush hawker – selling brushes door to door. Two unmarried sisters and a widowed brother and his children were living with them. His father was a fish hawker.
Ten years later, in 1901, Samuel seems to have bettered himself. He was living at 51, George Street, Northchurch and was the owner of a hardware shop. Living with him were his unmarried sisters Priscilla and Elizabeth and an aunt.
Samuel married Annie Bearfoot in 1904 in Marylebone, London.
The 1911 census records the couple at 127, High Street. Samuel was a “China and hardware shopkeeper”.
By 1921 they were living at “The Bays”, Prince Edward Street. Samuel was a “China, glass and hardware dealer, retired.”
He died 16 February 1927 at “The Bays”.
Annie survived him until 1940 and is buried here.
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Plot 952a Samuel Watts (1861-1927)
Samuel was born in 1861 in Berkhamsted, the son of William and Priscilla Watts. His father was a sawyer.
In 1871 the family lived in Holiday Street. Samuel had three sisters and two brothers.
In 1881 he was living with parents in the High Street near the Queen’s Arms. His father was a sawyer and Samuel was a wood tuner.
He was still with his parents in 1891 living in George Street. He was a brush hawker – selling brushes door to door. Two unmarried sisters and a widowed brother and his children were living with them. His father was a fish hawker.
Ten years later, in 1901, Samuel seems to have bettered himself. He was living at 51, George Street, Northchurch and was the owner of a hardware shop. Living with him were his unmarried sisters Priscilla and Elizabeth and an aunt.
Samuel married Annie Bearfoot in 1904 in Marylebone, London.
The 1911 census records the couple at 127, High Street. Samuel was a “China and hardware shopkeeper”.
By 1921 they were living at “The Bays”, Prince Edward Street. Samuel was a “China, glass and hardware dealer, retired.”
He died 16 February 1927 at “The Bays”.
Annie survived him until 1940 and is buried here.
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