John Alexander WATT

   General Notes:

"WATT.—On December 26, at his residence, 12c, Adelphi terrace. St. Leonards (Glenelg), Major John Alexander Watt, D.S.O., V.D, late of 5th and 6th I.B. Contingents, South Africa, dearly beloved husband of Martha Watt, and loving father of Stanley Montrose and Ethel Stewart aged 81 years. At rest."

News (Adelaide), Monday 27 December 1937

   Marriage Information:

John married Martha HARRIS, daughter of Ambrose HARRIS and Mary Jane BENNETTS, on 24 May 1880 in Wesleyan Church, Kooringa, Burra, S.A., Australia. (Martha HARRIS was born on 3 Feb 1862 in Kooringa, Burra, S.A., Australia and died on 24 Aug 1939 in Norwood District, S.A., Australia.)

   Marriage Notes:

"WATT— HARRIS.-On the 24th May, at the Wesleyan Church, Kooringa, by the Rev. James Bickford, John Alexander, fourth son of Mr. James Watt, Forque, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to Martha, eldest daughter of Mr. Ambrose Harris, of Kooringa, Burra."

Burra Record, Friday 4 June 1880