John Isaac Watson and Bertha (Wells) Watson family

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

John Isaac Watson and Bertha (Wells) Watson family

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.44

Description

[Left-Right]: Sarah "Sadie" (Watson) Brown [1903-1980] and Harriet "Hattie" (Watson) (Newell) (Willard) McVay [1898-1985] - daughters of John Isaac Watson and Bertha Wells. Handwritten inscription reads, "Hattie & Sadie Watson." Original, professional photograph from Babbitt, Waynesburg, Pa.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Watson, Sarah (a/k/a Sadie) [1903-1980], Watson, Harriet [1898-1985]

Collection

Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Babbitt, John Henry [1876-1938] (Studio)

Date made

circa 1915 - circa 1925

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Watson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOG-AN002-0023

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Watson Series - Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Notes

The Watson Series photographs, documents, and heirlooms were passed from Robert Watson [1847-1942] and his wife, Catharine Anderson [1848-1933], to their daughter, Ella May (Watson) Throckmorton [1893-1988], and her husband, Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr. [1889-1964], to their daughter, Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman [1919-2012], to her son Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III who owned and shared the items with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2016 and 2022. Source Citation: [Left-Right]: Sarah "Sadie" (Watson) Brown [1903-1980] and Harriet "Hattie" (Watson) (Newell) (Willard) McVay [1898-1985] - daughters of John Isaac Watson and Bertha Wells; circa 1915-1925, image by Babbitt, Waynesburg, Pa.; item no. TOOG-AN002-0023, Watson Series, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).