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'Watts, Leonard'

WATTS Leonard Seaman   

Male 1914 - 2010  (95 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document



'Watts, Leonard'		 WATTS Leonard Vincent Cove,  
b. 02 Jul 1893, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 08 Jul 1972, Newcastle -Maroba Nursing Home Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
Marriage 17 Jan 1914  Wickham Find all individuals with events at this location 
Family ID F346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart










'CHRISTENSEN, Ruth'		 CHRISTENSEN Ruth,  
b. 02 Apr 1891, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 18 Dec 1975 (Age 84 years) 
Marriage 17 Jan 1914  Wickham Find all individuals with events at this location 
Family ID F346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • 'Watts, Leonard'    		 WATTS Leonard Seaman 
    Birth 09 Mar 1914  Mayfield Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Feb 2010  Warrabrook Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I456  NewcastleLinks
    Last Modified 9 May 2025 

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    WATTS Leonard Seaman    		 JONES Jean,  
    b. 09 Oct 1915  
    d. 20 Feb 2001, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 28 Nov 1936  Newcasle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2025 

Leonard and JONES Jean's children :
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    • BDM NSW reg #5810/1914 (birth) "WATTS LEONARD S" f-LEONARD V m-RUTH district-Waratah


      Was born extremely premature in 1914 at 26 Rawson Street Mayfield.

      He was 3/4 pound (approx. 400g).

      The midwife handed Leonard to his grandmother Ruth Beal, and said not to bother washing him as he wouldn't live.

      Ruth Christensen, his mother, said that he would live and that she would look after him.

      When Leonard was born he had no hair, no eye lashes, no finger nails and no skin.

      You could see the inside of his brain working.

      The two Ruths couldn't dress himbecause he had no skin so they would wipe olive oil over him and wrap him in cotton wool.

      His dad, Leonard VC, would go to the abattoirs and get ox bloodwhich they would mix with breast milk and feed to Leonard through an eye dropper.

      Leonard was 2 before he could walk and was always small but very strong.

      He died in 2010 almost 96 years old.



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