Bertha (Wells) Watson [1870-1946]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.43

Description

Cabinet card of Bertha (Wells) Watson [1870-1946] - wife of John Isaac Watson, daughter of Thomas Wells and Louisa Roberts. Handwritten inscription on reverse of image reads, "Bertha Watson." Original, professional photograph from F. S. Hawkins, Photographer, Dougan's Building, Waynesburg, Pa.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Subject Person or Organization

Wells, Bertha [1870-1946]

Collection

Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Hawkins, F. S. (Studio)

Date made

circa 1890 - circa 1900

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Watson family, Wells family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOG-AN002-0022

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: Bertha (Wells) Watson [1870-1946]; circa 1890-1900, image by F. S. Hawkins, Photographer, Dougan's Building, Waynesburg, Pa.; item no. TOOG-AN002-0022, Watson Series, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).