James Robert Watts

Brief Life History of James Robert

When James Robert Watts was born on 19 April 1939, in San Francisco, California, United States, his father, Laurel Orwin Watts, was 27 and his mother, Doris Berry, was 23. He married Rita Merle Wilson on 15 August 1966, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in United States in 1949 and Chico, Butte, California, United States for about 43 years. He died on 9 November 2011, in Paradise, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Chico, Butte, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Robert Watts
1939–2011
Rita Merle Wilson
1941–2007
Marriage: 15 August 1966
David Wilson Watts
1973–1973
Kirk El Watts
1975–1975

Sources (20)

  • James R Watts, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dara J Watts, "California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
  • James Robert Watts, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

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World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal

The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.

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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