Researching Sylva Watson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 69469 people with the Watson surname? In that year Watson was ranked number 31 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Sylva Watson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sylva Watson and the Watson Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Watson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Watson family tree.
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Watson Family History Databases
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Watson Forums
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Miscellaneous Watson Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Sylva Watson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sylva Watson
Sylva Stuart Watson
Sylva Stuart Watson (her married name) (4 March 1894 - 26 March 1984) was licensee and manager of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in London, England, from 1963.
Sylva Larratt was born in 1894 in Camberwell the daughter of Herbert Arthur and Jane Larratt (nee Van Dyk), she would later use the name Little Carmen Sylva when performing as child vocalist with her father who was a baritone. She married Stuart Watson in 1920 in Wandsworth.
Having been a child singer, she began her adult career singing opera and in music hall, and worked as an actress, once performing with Sybil Thorndike.
She formed the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company which included Ralph Richardson and Flora Robson.
Her father-in-law Horace Watson was previously manager of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
In 1969, she campaigned against the opening of theatres on Sundays, and was quoted in the House of Lords by Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby on the matter, in 1971.
She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 21 August 1971, where her book choice consisted of volumes on astronomy and astrology, and her luxury item was forty yards of flowered chintz, a needle & cotton.
Watson died on 26 March 1984 in London.
Source: Sylva Stuart Watson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Watson
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