Rowena Watson

1867 - 1951  (83 years)

• Name	Rowena Watson
  Birth	25 May 1867	Napa, Napa, CA
  Gender	Female
  Census	17 Jun 1870	Napa, Napa, CA ; Mary, age 2, born CA, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Calistoga, Napa, CA ; Mamey, age 12, born CA, at school, living with parents
  Census	25 Jun 1900	Napa, Napa, CA ; age 32, born May 1868 in CA, single, living with brother Walter
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Napa, Napa, CA ; age 50, born CA, single, farmer, parents born IRE/GA
  Census	14 Apr 1930	Napa, Napa, CA ; age 62, born CA, single, farmer, living with mother
  Death	15 Feb 1951	Napa Co., CA
  Person ID	I4484	Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Ringrose Drew “Ring” Watson,   b. 27 Jun 1833, Ireland d. 26 Dec 1887, Napa, Napa, CA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Sarah Thomas,   b. 17 Jan 1848, Georgia d. 25 May 1935, Belvedere, Marin, CA (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Rowena Watson Newspaper Drawing Article about Rowena's time in Franch to study art

  
  

• Notes

  from "California, Death Index, 1940-1997" (ancestry.com) Rowena Watson, born 24 May 1867 in "other country" to -- Watson & -- Thomas, died 15 Feb 1951 in Napa Co, CA. from "Artists in California, 1786-1940" by Edan Hughes, Rowena Watson was born in California on May 25, 1867. Raised on a farm in Napa, Watson was working as an artist in San Francisco in 1902-05. After the earthquake in 1906, she moved across the bay to Sausalito and by 1930 had returned to the farm in Napa. A spinster, she died there on Feb. 15, 1951.