Annie Davis Watson

8 November 1844 — 12 May 1926

1 Born at Stockport, Lancashire, England; daughter of Elizabeth Moorehouse and Charles Davis. 2 Immigrated to Utah Territory with her aunt Matilda Moorehouse Barratt, 1876. 3 Settled at Salt Lake City. 4 Served as counselor to Ellen C. S. Clawson in the Salt Lake Stake Primary presidency, 1880–1881. 5 Married Joseph Moralee Watson, 1881. 6 Widowed, 1895. 7 Appointed a worker in the Salt Lake City temple by Lorenzo Snow, 1896. 8 Died at Salt Lake City. 9 (See Document 4.4)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Oct. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 914/315 (1926), Annie Davis Watson.

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 914/315. “Mrs. Annie D. Watson Dies at Family Home,” Deseret News, May 12, 1926, 3.

  3. [3] “Mrs. Annie D. Watson Dies,” 3. 1900 U.S. census, Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake Co., Utah, p. 7B, Annie Watson; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1684. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson Memorial Association; Deseret News, 1936), 4:273–274.

  4. [4] 1880 U.S. census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 178D, Hannah Davis in household of Matilda Barratt; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1337.

  5. [5] “Salt Lake Stake Relief Society Conference,” Woman’s Exponent 9, no. 3 (July 1, 1880): 21–22. “Brief History of the Stake Board Primary Association of Salt Lake Stake,” Woman’s Exponent 21, no. 11 (Apr. 1, 1904): 76. Maude M. Smith, “History of the Salt Lake Stake Primary”, n.d., fol. 1, pp. 1, 11, CHL.

  6. [6] “Mrs. Annie D. Watson Dies,” 3. 1900 U.S. census, Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake Co., Utah, p. 7B.

  7. [7] “Mrs. Annie D. Watson Dies,” 3. “Joseph M. Watson Dead,”  Deseret Evening News, Dec. 14, 1895, 5.

  8. [8] “Mrs. Annie D. Watson Dies,” 3.

  9. [9] Utah death certificate, file no. 914/315. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 30, 2015), Annie Davis Watson KWJ7-D7X .