Ross & Cromarty Roots | James & Flora (Ferguson) Watson.

Picture No:	10314
Courtesy of:	Roddie Macpherson
Year:	2010
Graveyard	Kilmuir Easter

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James & Flora (Ferguson) Watson.

In memory/of/JAMES WATSON/for over 20 years/schoolmaster of Strathconon/and thereafter for 23 years/schoolmaster of Boath/elder of the Free church/and United Free Church of Alness/for nearly 29 years/died at Contullich/4th February 1909, aged 75 years/also his wife/FLORA CAMERON FERGUSON/who died 21st November 1918/in her 77th year.

"Blessed are the pure in heart/for they shall see God."

The righteous shall be in/everlasting remembrance.

Picture Added on 08 April 2010.

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At the 1871 census, before James's marriage, when he was still at Strathconon, his 6 year old nephew, William J. Watson was living in his home. William also lived for some time with the family in Boath, receiving his early education from James. William was later Rector of the Royal Academy, Inverness, then of the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and finally professor of Celtic at Edinburgh University, 1914-1938. His publications include "Place names of Ross & Cromarty". It was he who registered James's death. Flora is mentioned on p.56 of "The MacLeans of Boreray" by H.H.Mackenzie (Inverness, 1946), her grandmother being a Flora MacLean descended from Lachlan Bronnach MacLean 7th chief. Mackenzie mistakenly gives James's name as William.
Added by John Lord on 13 June 2010.