Elizabeth Partridge

Elizabeth Partridge

• Father: John Partridge
• Mother: Jemima (?)

• Elizabeth Partridge was born in March 1857 in Canada West (later Ontario).
• She married William Benjamin Watkins, son of Benjamin Watkins and Anne (?), on 26 August 1875 in St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, by license, with minister Thomas Baldwin officiating. Witnesses were Michael McQueen and Mrs. E. McQueen of Southwold.
• William Benjamin Watkins and Elizabeth Partridge appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, Pennsylvania, at 293 Herkimer Street. Other members of the household included Marie V. Watkins.
• William Benjamin Watkins and Elizabeth Partridge appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, Pennsylvania, at 101 Dorchester Road.
• She officially witnessed the death of William Benjamin Watkins on 10 September 1924 in Erie County, New York; The Buffalo Morning Express: W. Benjamin Watkins died at his lakeshore home yesterday after an illness of several months. He came to Buffalo from Wales in his early youth and from here went to Canada in the employ of the Michigan Central railway, advancing to the position of master mechanic at Saint Thomas.
       Later Mr. Watkins returned to Buffalo to take charge of the New York Car Wheel works, with which firm he was connected for more than 30 years, and distinguished himself while thus associated, in connection with the building of the McAdoo tunnel. In 1917 he organized the Buffalo Commercial Body corporation.
       Mr. Watkins leaves a wife and two daughters, Mrs. Edith Gaudenzi and Mrs. Marie Dunn.
• Thomas Warren Dunn and Marie V. Watkins appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 43 Norwood. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Partridge, Edith Simpson Dunn and Warren Watkins Dunn. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• Thomas Warren Dunn and Marie V. Watkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Eggertsville, Erie County, New York, at 104 Brantwood Road. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Partridge, Edith Simpson Dunn and Warren Watkins Dunn. Also in the household was one female household servant.
• Elizabeth Partridge died on 14 June 1932 at age 75 in Manhattan, New York.

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2014