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    Watson, Doctor Walter Carter

    Watson, Doctor Walter Carter

    Male 1854 - 1912  (57 years)

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    • Name Watson, Walter Carter 
      Title Doctor 
      Born 5 Jul 1854  203 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 7 Jun 1912  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I00812  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 9 Feb 2014 

      Father Watson, William Bourn Russell,   b. 20 Jun 1815, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1877, William Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
      Mother Leach, Esther Emma,   b. 10 Jun 1824, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1914, "Dalkeith", Alma Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
      Married 29 Jan 1841  Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Family ID F00005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Rendell, Isabel,   b. 11 Oct 1859, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1897, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
      Married Jan 1879  Orange, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Watson, Ernest W.,   b. 1880, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1880, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
      +2. Watson, Ada Isabel,   b. 11 Nov 1882, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
      +3. Watson, Harold Rendell,   b. 16 Jan 1884, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1962, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
       4. Watson, Augustus Frank,   b. 1886, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1940, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
       5. Watson, Horace C.,   b. 1888, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)  [Birth]
       6. Watson, Essie W.,   b. 1889, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
      Family ID F00369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 MacNamarra, Alicia,   b. 1873, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married 1898  Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Watson, Carl Russell,   b. 16 Dec 1899, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1961, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
       2. Watson, Kenneth Walter,   b. 1902, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1982, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
      Family ID F00370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      Walter Carter Watson
      Walter Carter Watson

      Headstones
      Walter Watson Headstone
      Walter Watson Headstone
      Walter Carter and Isabell Watson(nee Rendall)
      and their sons Augustus and Harold
      Plot: Row 2 Plot 24

    • Notes 
      • DR. W. C. WATSON'S DEATH.
        PRUSSIC ACID POISONING.
        Dr. Walter Carter Watson, of Fairlight street. Manly, was found dead in his con- sultlng-room at 78 Hunter-street, Sydney, on the 7th instant under suspicious clrcum- stances. An inquiry held at the City Coroner's Court yesterday failed to clear up the matter.
        Dr. Statford Sheldon, who performed a post- mortem examination of the body, said that when he entered the surgery on the 7th he saw a medicine glass in the room, stained with some brownish liquid, and evidently used recently. There seemed to be a smell of prusslc acid about it, and the body when opened the next day at the morgue presented several characteristics of prusslc acid poison- ing, which was, in witness's opinion, the cause of death. This poison was sometimes taken medicinally, though not usually kept by doctors, and witness had known accidents occur through its being taken in mistake or in an overdose.
        Alicia Watson, wife of deceased, said that her husband had seemed in fairly bright spirits during the week in which he died, though he had been ill for the last 12 months, and appeared to he growing steadily weaker. He suffered from rheumatism, and for about nine months had to be helped on with his clothes. He never said anything about taking his own life. He kept a stock of medicines, and used to dispense them himself.
        The coroner returned a verdict to the effectthat deceased died from prusslc acid poison- ilng, self administered, but whether accidentally or intentionally the evidence adduced did not enable him to say.(Sydney Morning Herald)

        Person Details Mr Walter Carter Watson (Alumni) Credentials: M.D.
        Graduated: Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1888; Born: Place unknown Died: Last Known Location: Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1907) Education 1888 M.D. Bellevue Hospital Medical College ( New York, NY )

    • Sources 
      1. [S00147] New South Wales Australia Marriage Certificate.