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Elizabeth Watchman
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BiographyBorn about 1904. Elizabeth died in Taylorville, on 7 May 1909, she was 5. She was one of two victims of the Taylorville fire. 1909.
Thomas and Elizabeth Watchman ran a grocery shop in Taylorville and this business was destroyed by fire in 1909 and the two girls were lost in the fire despite her fathers efforts-the girls were Jane and Elizabeth.The family left to live in Wellington after the fire ,parents ,Thomas ,Robert and John with Reg being born in Wellington.
ContributorHeather Newby
Thomas and Elizabeth Watchman ran a grocery shop in Taylorville and this business was destroyed by fire in 1909 and the two girls were lost in the fire despite her fathers efforts-the girls were Jane and Elizabeth.The family left to live in Wellington after the fire ,parents ,Thomas ,Robert and John with Reg being born in Wellington.
ContributorHeather Newby
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Significant Dates
Date of birthabout 1904
Date of deathMay 1909
Date of deathMay 1909
Significant Places
Towns lived inTaylorville

Other links
EventTaylorville Tragedy

Category Information
Category Tagemergency servicesMenuBy Decade | 1900-1909
By Topic | WC History | Disasters
By Location | Taylorville
By Topic | WC History | Disasters
By Location | Taylorville
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LinkPosted October 2014
CommentsRosemary Thomas How terribly sad
31 October 2014 at 21:58 · Like · 3
Gordon McIntosh Raymond Watchman
31 October 2014 at 22:11 · Like
Matty G Williams sad az
31 October 2014 at 22:17 · Like
Helen Cantwell very sad
31 October 2014 at 23:22 · Like
Matty G Williams yip that sucks
31 October 2014 at 23:41 · Like
Anita Brussovs that's very sad
1 November 2014 at 00:20 · Like · 1
Rhonda Glasson God the things the old timers went through in those days were so sad tis a. Pity some of our younger generation didn't live back then
1 November 2014 at 10:09 · Like · 1
Paul Agnes Smith Just consider the loss to what would have been their descendants. Whole family trees unwritten. One must wonder what possible achievements were lost. RIP Girls.
1 November 2014 at 10:17 · Like · 1
CommentsRosemary Thomas How terribly sad31 October 2014 at 21:58 · Like · 3
Gordon McIntosh Raymond Watchman
31 October 2014 at 22:11 · Like
Matty G Williams sad az
31 October 2014 at 22:17 · Like
Helen Cantwell very sad
31 October 2014 at 23:22 · Like
Matty G Williams yip that sucks
31 October 2014 at 23:41 · Like
Anita Brussovs that's very sad
1 November 2014 at 00:20 · Like · 1
Rhonda Glasson God the things the old timers went through in those days were so sad tis a. Pity some of our younger generation didn't live back then
1 November 2014 at 10:09 · Like · 1
Paul Agnes Smith Just consider the loss to what would have been their descendants. Whole family trees unwritten. One must wonder what possible achievements were lost. RIP Girls.
1 November 2014 at 10:17 · Like · 1

West Coast New Zealand History (7th Apr 2018). Elizabeth Watchman. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 19th Mar 2026 13:37, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/36





