Rosa Belle Lowrie

Rosa Belle Lowrie was born 1885.  She was the second wife of Samuel Joseph Watson.  They married in 1910. 

They had seven children: John James Watson (1911-1966), Virgil Dexter Watson (1913-1949), Stuart Lansing Watson (1915-?)(He was alive in 1983), Herbert Hoover Watson (1918-1940), Clifford Joseph Watson (1921-? He was alive in 1986), Austin Ray Watson (1924-? He was alive in 1986), Thomas Freeman Watson (1927-? He was alive in 1986).

She died in 1963.  

Lillie Alma Swift

 

Lillie Alma Swift born 1898. 
Married Benjamin Everett Caudill.  Mother of Mary Louise Caudill.  Died 1991.

Dorothy Phillips (Monroe)

holding Nancy Monroe 1938

Dorothy (Dorsey) Phillips.  Mother of Lauretta Guillet (monroe).  Married to Frank Forest Monroe.

Mary Louise Guillet (Green)

Mary Louise was born 1875.  Her father was George Samuel Green (junior) and mother was Laura Orth.  She Married Edward Guillet on October 10, 1895.  They had four children:  Adelaide, Stanly, Ross (1910) and Mary Lou. She passed away in 1919.

early part of the century with husband and eldest child

Lydia Stone Potts (Hoyt)

Lydia Stone Hoyt was born January 30, 1882 in North Monroeville, OH.  Her parents William Jules (Judd) Hoyt  and Harriet (Hattie) M. Hoyt.   Lydia's parents had the same last name because they were second cousins.  The Hoyt line can be traced back to Walter Hoyt  of Somerset, England.   He came to the US in 1629.  She was a licensed practical nurse.  She was working in a hospital when she met George Herbert Potts.  On May 3, 1909 she married George in Sandusky, Ohio.  After her husband died in July 1942 her son, Wallace, was hospitalized for mental illness at Toledo State Hospital.  Lydia came to stay with Wallace's wife and two boys.  She moved to Spokane Washington with Wallace and his family in 1943.  She died of Heart Failure November 2, 1945 in Seattle Washington.  She was buried in Acacia Cemetery.

Bernice Marie McCallister (Roach) 1892 - 1988

My Great Grandmother "Grammy Mac," daughter of Lydia Caley and Edward Docherty, was born in   1892.  After Docherty left the family Lydia the married Ed Roach.  Ed adopted Bernice and her name was legally made Bernice Roach.  Bernice had two half siblings from Ed and Lydia:  Mildred and Glenn (both died prior to 1983).  She also had 11 half siblings from Docherty and Rose Watz whom she most likely did not know.
Bernice married Frank McCallister on June 16, 1916.  They lived with Frank's parents for the first six months but Bernice and Franks mom, Ida, did not get along.  They had a daughter, Wilda, March 3, 1918.  They bought a farm in Ohio with Frank's dad.  June 30, 1930 they had their second daughter, Joyce.
Bernice and Frank sold the farm in 1967 and moved to Hugo St, Maumee, Ohio.    In 1976 they moved to a duplex in Ashland with Wilda and her husband living in the other half.
 In 1977 Bernice moved into a house in Tennessee bought by Joyce.  Her husband, Frank, died January 20, 1981.  Joyce transferred to Florida and Bernice followed and moved into a retirement home in Kissimee.  She passed away in at age 93 on 24 Jan 1988.

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