Missouri Jones Watts

Brief Life History of Missouri Jones

When Missouri Jones Watts was born in 1863, in Graves, Kentucky, United States, her father, Seneca Watts, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Gregory, was 33. She married Victor D. Daly on 18 October 1888, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1910 and San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1920. She died on 16 March 1936, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Victor D. Daly
1862–
Missouri Jones Watts
1863–1936
Marriage: 18 October 1888
Louis Victor Daly Jr.
1889–1976

Sources (10)

  • Missoura Daley, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Missouri J Watts, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Misouria J Watts in entry for Louis Victor Daly and Edna Maude Holbrook, "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco

The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Watt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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