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Dorothy A “Dora” Watson

Female 1860 - 1922  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Dorothy A Watson 
    Nickname Dora 
    Birth Apr 1860  Whiskey Diggings, Sierra, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Female 
    Census 12 Jul 1860  Whiskey Diggings, Sierra, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; Dora, age 3/12, born CA, living with parents
    Census 25 Jun 1870  Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; Dora, age 11, born CA, living with parents
    Census 10 Jun 1880  Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 20, born CA, Hair (?) worker, living with parents
    Census 12 Jun 1900  Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; Dora, age 40 born Apr 1860 in CA. marr 12 yrs, 1/1 children living, parents born IRE/IRE
    Census 28 Apr 1910  Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 20 born CA, mx1- 22 yrs, 1/1 children living, parents born IRE/IRE
    Census 2 Jan 1920  Oakland, Alameda, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 58, born CA, parents born IRE/IRE, son living in house
    Death 17 Jan 1922  Alameda Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Sunrise Memorial Cemetery, Vallejo, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I607  Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2023 

    Father AncestorsFeltham Henry Watson,   b. May 1827, Tipperary Co., Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1902, Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Catherine Agnes “Kate” O'Brien,   b. 1833, Wexford Co., Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1891, Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsCharles Henry Grayson,   b. Nov 1857, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1914, Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jul 1888  Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Children 
    Married1. Harry William Grayson,   b. 5 Jun 1889, Vallejo, Solano, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1923, Cloverdale, Sonoma, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2023 

    Family 2 George Clifford Burtchaell,   b. 4 Sep 1879, Oakland, Alameda, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1956, Oakland, Alameda, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jul 1919  San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "The Vallejo Evening News", 25 Jul 1919 (newspapers.com)
      Friends of Mrs. Dora Grayson are authority for the statement that this well known resident was married to Clifford Burchaewell of Oakland at San Jose on the the 15th of July. The newlyweds are said to be spending their honeymoon in Santa Cruz and vicinity. The groom is a well known business man of the mole city.
    Family ID F1039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Sacramento Bee", 19 Feb 1862 (newspapers.com)
      BIRTHS: At Newark, Sierra county, Feb. 10th, the wife of F.H. Watson, of a daughter.
    • from "The Oakland Tribune", 17 Jan 1922 (newspapers.com)
      BURTCHAELL - In this city, Jan. 17, 1922, Dora A. Burthaell, dearly beloved wife of George C. Burthaell and mother of Harry W. Gayson and sister of a Mrs. C.J. Stratton of Vallejo, Cal., and Mrs. J.J. Cunningham of Charleston, Washington. A native of California, aged 61 years. A member of Oakland Circle No. 3, Companions of the Forest of America. Vallejo papers please copy. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services a Thursday, Jan. 19, 1922, at 2p.m., at the residence Chapel of the Truman Undertaking Co., Telegraph ave. at 30th Street, under the auspices of Oakland Circle No. 3, Companions of the Forest of America.