Thomas Jay Watson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1911 - 1951  (39 years)

• Name	Thomas Jay Watson  [2, 3, 9, 11]
  Birth	10 Oct 1911	Kern, California   [2, 3, 9, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	112 i Grand Avenue   [10]
  Residence	Kern, California   [8]
  Residence	1920	McKittrick, Kern, California, USA   [7]
  Residence	1935	Bakersfield, California   [3]
  Residence	1940	Shafter, Kern, California, USA   [2, 3]
  Residence	1943	Bakersfield, California, USA   [4]
  Residence	1950	San Luis Obispo, California, USA   [11]
  	Occupation: Truck Driver; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
  Death	21 Jul 1951	San Luis Obispo   [9]
  Person ID	I422206992500	Kaufmann
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas John Watson,   b. 09 Jul 1874, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Nov 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Bertha Eunice Bryan,   b. 8 Jul 1879, Sloan Township, Woodbury, Iowa, USA d. 27 Nov 1957, Kern, California, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1899	Woodbury, Iowa, USA   [13]
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erma Luella Gwin,   b. 3 May 1909, Mendocino, CA d. 18 Nov 1982, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, CA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1933	Bakerfield, Calif
  Family ID	F1167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California Grover Fisherman Drowns At Morro Search is still going on for the body of Thomas. J. Watson, 39, of 1123 Grand Avenue, who drowned Saturday when a commercial fishing boat capsized outside the breakwater in Morro Bay Watson's brother, Jack Watson, 35, and the latter son, Jack, 12, of Morro Bay saved themselves by clinging to the overturned boat until they were rescued by Coast Guardsmen. The Guardsmen also suceeded in beaching the craft north of the breakwater after rescueing the father and son. Thomas Watson was employed by a trucking company in Santa Maria for the last year or more, and resigned to operate the boat, which the two men purchased several weeks ago. Watson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Erma Watson, 1. Grover City; his mother, Mrs. Ernest Fudicker, and stepfather and his brother, Jack, of Morro Bay. He was a son-in-law of Mrs. Dovie Gwin, and -in-law of J. W. Gwin, of Grover City.

  
  

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