Person Sheet


Name Sir Frank Watson DYSON, 14069
Birth 8 1 1868, Measham Leics
Birth Memo IoB 1Q1868 Ashby-de-la-Zouch 7a79
Death 25 5 1939, At sea Age: 71
Occupation 1910 - 1933: Astronomer Royal.
Spouses:
1 Caroline Bisset BEST, 14070
Birth 1867, St Ives
Birth Memo IoB 2Q1867 Penzance 5c307
Death 25 3 1937, 27 Westombe Park Road Blackheath Age: 70
Father Palemon BEST, 14071
Mother Caroline YOUNG, 14077
Marriage 1894
Children: Caroline Stella, 14072 (1895-)
Evelyn Frances, 14073 (1897-)
Agnes Sylvia, 14074 (1898-)
Ethel Margaret, 14075 (1899-)
Frank Palemon, 14076 (1900-1969)
Watson Harold, 14062 (1904-1987)
Elsie Gertrude (No children), 14078 (1906-1961)
Notes for Sir Frank Watson DYSON
Wikipedia070817: names, DandPofB, DandPofD, occ. Ancestry080817: IoB.
Census Notes for Caroline Bisset (Spouse 1)
Census1901 540/79/3: aged 34, mar, wife (but no husband), hd at 6 Vanbrugh Hill Greenwich, PofB St Ives.
Misc. Notes
Wikipedia070817: names, father Palemon Best. Ancestry080817: census1901, IoB. AncestryProbate080817: DandPofD.
Notes for Frank Watson & Caroline Bisset (Family)
Wikipedia070817: YofM.
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