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Jane Watchman
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BiographyBorn about 1893. Jane died in Taylorville, on 7 May 1909, aged 16.
One of the 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
One of the 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 NewbyPhotograph
Significant Dates
Date of birth~1893Date of deathMay 1909
Date of deathMay 1909Significant Places
Towns lived inTaylorville
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EventTaylorville Tragedy
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MenuBy Topic | WC History | DisastersBy Location | Taylorville
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LinkPosted October 2014CommentsGordon McIntosh Raymond Watchman
31 October 2014 at 22:12 · Like
Trish Harris So sad to have ones life cut short like this!
1 November 2014 at 06:58 · Like · 2
Greg Piner Didn't know they had cellphones back then?
1 November 2014 at 13:00 · Like
Rapahoe Countrie Beachside She looks (to me) older than 16 / just my perception I suppose.
1 November 2014 at 16:36 · Like
Debbie Hughes hey Glenda Snalam-Elliot show this to Stu Watchman he may be a realative
1 November 2014 at 18:18 · Like
Beverley Hooper How sad.
1 November 2014 at 19:45 · Like · 1
Bill Johnsen Thomas (married Elizabeth) his sister Mary Ann Watchman married John Coulthard and were my great-grand parents...the childrens gravesite (shop fire) is next to Brunner MIne mass gravesite at Stillwater cemetery....Reg Watchman visited here about 12 years back and was living Rotorua...
1 November 2014 at 21:22 · Edited · Like · 2
Heather Newby Bill Johnsen http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=3...
Watchman Surname - Watchman - Family History & Genealogy Message Board - Ancestry.com
BOARDS.ANCESTRY.COM
2 November 2014 at 16:02 · Like
CommentsGordon McIntosh Raymond Watchman31 October 2014 at 22:12 · Like
Trish Harris So sad to have ones life cut short like this!
1 November 2014 at 06:58 · Like · 2
Greg Piner Didn't know they had cellphones back then?
1 November 2014 at 13:00 · Like
Rapahoe Countrie Beachside She looks (to me) older than 16 / just my perception I suppose.
1 November 2014 at 16:36 · Like
Debbie Hughes hey Glenda Snalam-Elliot show this to Stu Watchman he may be a realative
1 November 2014 at 18:18 · Like
Beverley Hooper How sad.
1 November 2014 at 19:45 · Like · 1
Bill Johnsen Thomas (married Elizabeth) his sister Mary Ann Watchman married John Coulthard and were my great-grand parents...the childrens gravesite (shop fire) is next to Brunner MIne mass gravesite at Stillwater cemetery....Reg Watchman visited here about 12 years back and was living Rotorua...
1 November 2014 at 21:22 · Edited · Like · 2
Heather Newby Bill Johnsen http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=3...
Watchman Surname - Watchman - Family History & Genealogy Message Board - Ancestry.com
BOARDS.ANCESTRY.COM
2 November 2014 at 16:02 · Like
West Coast New Zealand History (7th Apr 2018). Jane Watchman. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 19th Mar 2026 13:37, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/37