Louisa Watson1
#15618, (22 April 1838-23 April 1839)
| Father | Henry Watson1 (26 Jun 1802-16 Jul 1894) |
| Mother | Charlotte Eliza Float1 (22 Dec 1812-10 Mar 1892) |
| Last Edited | 20 May 2020 |
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Louisa Watson was born on 22 April 1838 at England.1 She was the daughter of Henry Watson and Charlotte Eliza Float.1
Louisa emigrated from Gravesend, Kent, on 31 October 1838 on the "Katherine Stewart Forbes" with her parents, her older sister, and her father's parents.1 Louisa arrived at Glenelg, South Australia, on 21 March 1839 with her parents, her older sister, and her father's parents.. the family had brought with them a pre-fabricated house that they had bought in London. Remarkably, the house is still standing and is the oldest ston ehouse in South Australia.1
Louisa died on 23 April 1839 at age 1.1
Her father wrote of her death and funeral in his journal:
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Louisa Watson was born on 22 April 1838 at England.1 She was the daughter of Henry Watson and Charlotte Eliza Float.1
Louisa emigrated from Gravesend, Kent, on 31 October 1838 on the "Katherine Stewart Forbes" with her parents, her older sister, and her father's parents.1 Louisa arrived at Glenelg, South Australia, on 21 March 1839 with her parents, her older sister, and her father's parents.. the family had brought with them a pre-fabricated house that they had bought in London. Remarkably, the house is still standing and is the oldest ston ehouse in South Australia.1
Louisa died on 23 April 1839 at age 1.1
Her father wrote of her death and funeral in his journal:
Alas ! for the fallacy of human expectations. Our poor baby whom we had brought with so much anxiety & watchful care across the sea, & who seemed so completely reestablished in health since she got on shore, was this day snatched from us very suddenly. Several of her teeth were pressing, we had her gums lanced, lest congestion came on & after two days illness we lost her. She passed away so tranquilly that we could scarcely tell when she ceased to exist. Thus it has pleased Almighty God for purposes only known in his inscrutable wisdom to bereave us of our child: may He give us strength to bear this heavy blow of his chastening hand. She was the darling of our hearts, the light of our eyes, endeared to us by her many sufferings & her sweet patience under them. Her countenance continued still more lovely after life had left it, nothing could exceed its beautiful expression, its calm serenity. She died this morning between 5 & 6 Oclock being exactly a year old.... [April 25th.]
This morning I performed the melancholy duty of laying my childs head in the dust. Her remains, after having been taken into the Church when the usual prayers were read, were conveyed across the River to North Adelaide, to a beautiful enclosed piece of ground where our poor niece Annie Mary Hack already reposes, & by her side we laid our dear little Louisa hoping we may be found worthy to rejoin her at the resurrection of the Just.2
This morning I performed the melancholy duty of laying my childs head in the dust. Her remains, after having been taken into the Church when the usual prayers were read, were conveyed across the River to North Adelaide, to a beautiful enclosed piece of ground where our poor niece Annie Mary Hack already reposes, & by her side we laid our dear little Louisa hoping we may be found worthy to rejoin her at the resurrection of the Just.2
Citations
- [S1173] Lloyd Family (http://www.lloydstory.com/) http://www.lloydstory.com/henry-watson.html
- [S1173] Lloyd Family (http://www.lloydstory.com/) http://www.lloydstory.com/louisa-watson.html