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William, aged 53 then married the young Agnes Craig aged 18 on 6 March 1885.
William and Agnes had the following children:
 | William Jack (Bill), born 13 July1885, |
| Agnes, born 1887, died 1887 |
| Janet Lindsay (Jenny), born 12 January 1888, |
| Agnes Gilchrist (Nan), born 1890, |
| Mary (Polly), born 1891, |
| Jean (Jeanie), born 11 March 1894, |
| John Lawrence Craig, born February 1897, |
| Isabella Craig (Tibby), born 1900 and |
| David King (King), born 23 June 1903. |
By 1891 Agnes Craig's two sisters, Jane Craig and Bella Craig had moved in with William and Agnes as servants.
In 1900 William Watson, of KirkKnowe House, Wishaw bought the whole estate of Rainnieshill, Aberdeenshire.
In 1901 Agnes is living in Logie Stirlingshire with six of the children (possibly on holidays) separate from William who was living at Cambusnethan in Kirk-Knowe house.
William and Agnes’ Children
| Bill (b 1885) or Captain William Watson was stationed at Ripon in 1917. He married Alice Victoria Taylor and died in 1949 in Aberdeen. He did not have any children. |
| Agnes (b 1887) She died aged 2 weeks. |
| Jenny (b 1888) married Robert Scott in 1911 and died on 20 September 1971. They had three children: Agnes Watson (Bunty) Scott, James (Jimmy) Scott and William Watson (Bill) Scott. William Watson Scott married Margaret Baxendell and migrated to Sydney, Australia with their three daughters in 1970. Their eldest daughter Jane married Brian Spalding in 1976 and are living in Sydney. |
| Nan (b 1890) married Duncan Jackson in 1921 in Delhi and had at least one child, Agnes. |
| Polly (b 1891) married Harry Rae in 1915 at Kirk-Knowe and had four children, Harry, Agnes, Isobel and William. |
| Jeanie (b 1894) married Colin Campbell in 1917 at Cambusnethan and had three children, Jean, Agnes and Margot. |
| John (b 1897) was educated at Dollar Academy and was good at all outdoor sports. He captained the Cadet Corps and was captain of the Rugby XV in 1914-15, playing in the three quarter line. He received his commission in the Army in February 1915. After a course of training he went to France. Two months later he was invalidated home suffering from trench fever. Having recovered, he rejoined his regiment and returned to France towards the end of 1916. It is understood that the battalion to which he belonged had seen some very heavy fighting. He was killed in action in 1917 when aged 20. He was not married. |
| Tibby (b 1900) held the women’s' altitude record for flying in 1931 for light aeroplanes of the Scottish Flying Club and was granted the 10,000th aviators certificate of the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain. She married Robert Young at Christ Church Cathedral, Mexico City, in April 1934. Tibby Young died in 1984 at Hampshire. They did not have any children. |
| King (b 1903) married Margaret Chassells in 1944 at Glasgow. Their son, William was killed in Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1972 when in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. |
On 22 October 1910 in the Parish of Cambusnethan, William Watson, spirit merchant, died, aged 79, at Kirk Knowe Camnethan.
There was a continuing association with Aberdeenshire even after William's death in 1911. Son William Jack Watson is listed in a 1925 directory as being from Newmachar Aberdeen and he dies there in 1949. Daughter Mary marries Harry James Rae and all their four children are born in Aberdeen, William's son John Lawrence Watson who was killed in WW1 in France is listed on a war memorial in Newmachar Aberdeen, and William's youngest son David King Watson dies in Aberdeen.
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