Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Watkins was born in 1737, in Breconshire, Wales, his father, Walter Watkins, was 38 and his mother, Hannah, was 30. He married Mary Prichard on 11 May 1766, in Llanbedr, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1817, in Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 80, and was buried in Llangorse, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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- 1814 Marriage of Mary Prichard and Walter Watkins, "Wales, Brecknockshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
- Walter Watkins, "BillionGraves Index"
- Walter Watkins, "Wales, Brecknockshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Watkins Family History by Julia E. Berntson in 1994
One can easily determine when he has entered Wales, for the place-names on almost every signpost start with double LL’s. It has been said there are three qualifications needed for the correct pronunc …
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