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Hettie Irene (Tait) Watson
Hettie Irene Tait is eighth and second youngest child of James (Jim) Tait and Irene Marshall. When Hettie Irene Tait was born on November 27, 1918, in Burnt Corn, Alabama, her father, James, was 31, and her mother, Irene, was 34. She married Joseph Lee Watson on November 5, 1938, in Beatrice, Alabama. They had 11 children in 19 years. She died on September 8, 2011, in Monroeville, Alabama, at the age of 92Hettie Irene Tait was born on November 27, 1918, in Burnt Corn, Alabama, to Irene Marshall , age 34, and James (Jim) Tait , age 31. Her sister Verlie Rebecca was born in 1923 in Burnt Corn, Alabama, when Hettie Irene was 5 years old. Verlie Rebbeca Tait Her first sister Ruby Leigh Tait died on July 26, 1925, in Burnt Corn, Alabama, when Hettie Irene was 6 years old. Her first brother Garfield Tait died on October 8, 1931, in Burnt Corn, Alabama, when Hettie Irene was 12 years old. Her sister Verlie Rebbeca died in October 1935 in Monroe, Alabama, when Hettie Irene was 17 years old. 1 Jun 1936, at age 17 the 1936 North American Heat Waveexperienced one of the worst heatwaves in North American history while living in Burnt Corn, Alabama during the summer of 1936. On 5 Nov 1938, at age 19 she married Joseph Lee Watson in Beatrice, Alabama. On July 12, 1939, at age 20, she gave birth to her first son Alfred Mobley was born in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On February 24, 1941 at age 22, she gave birth to her first daughter Margret Louise was born in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On February 26, 1943, at age 25 she gave birth to her second son Joseph, Jr. was born in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On February 4, 1945, at age 27 she gave birth to her second daughter Dorothy was born in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On October 31, 1947 at age 29 she gave birth to her third daughter, Gloria was born in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On December 22, 1947 at age 30, her third daughter, Gloria, passed away in Burnt Corn, Alabama when she was two months old. On December 1, 1948 at age 31, she gave birth to her fourth daughter, Betty Ann in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On May 26, 1949, at age 31, her father James (Jim) Tait passed away in Burnt Corn, Alabama, at the age of 62. On September 30, 1951, at age 33, she gave birth to a set of twin, Vernon and Vernetta, a boy and a girl, her third son and fifth daughter in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On August 23, 1953, at age 35, she gave birth to another set of twins, Annette and Paulette, her sixth and seventh daughters in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On December 21, 1958, at 40, she gave birth to her final child Donald Ray, her fourth son in Burnt Corn, Alabama. On September 14, 1967, her brother John David died in a car accident in Monroeville, Alabama, when Hettie Irene was 48 years old. In July 1982, at age 63 her mother Irene Marshall-Tait passed away in July 1982 in Burnt Corn, Alabama, at the age of 97. On May 17, 1983, her brother Roger Lonrenzo died in Monroeville, Alabama, when Hettie Irene was 64 years old. On July 9, 1991, her husband Joseph Lee passed away in Monroeville, Alabama, at the age of 73. They had been married 52 years. In 1999, the Watson Family gave their mother Hettie (Irene Tate) Watson a surprised 80th birthday party on November 25, 1999 at Bethany Baptist Church." by the Watson family (not this compiler). SEVERAL WATSON PHOTO ON THIS TRIBUTE SITE: 80th Birthday Pics Her sister Maggie Tait-Preyear passed away on August 15, 2003 in Monroeville, Alabama, when Hettie 84 years old. On September 3, 2007, at age 88, her sister Anna Coleman died in Akron, Ohio. On September 8. 2011, at age 92 Hettie Irene Tait dies in Monroeville, Alabama, when she was 92 years old.
Hettie married Joseph Lee Watson and they had eleven children : 2. Margaret Louis, born February 1941 and married Ulysses Vawters, Sr., they have three children: Ulysses Jr., born 1961, Sherry born 1962, and Micah, born 1971. Ulysses, Jr, married Kim Buford, they have four children: Trisan, born 1982, Ryan, born 1983, Seth, born 1984, and Lyle Ann born 1991 Sherry Vawters married Holland Kevin born 1963 and they have two children: Aziza Louise born 1962, and Malachi, born 1998. Micah Vawters married Sherma Frett, they have two children: Logan Joseph, born 1997 and Kennedy, born 2000. 3. Joseph, Watson Jr. born February 1943 and he married Elizabeth (Liz) Williams. Liz had two children from a prior marriage, Elaine and Jackie. Joseph Jr. and Liz eventually divorced. Joseph later has a with daughter Jenny Nettles, Shada Vertessa, born 1994. 4. Dorothy Watson born February 4, 1945 and married David Duritte Henderson and they have two children: Debra Elaine, born 1964 and David Jr., born 1971. Debra Henderson married Kelvin Holloway, they have two children: Kelvin Jr., born 1992 and Jamel, born 1994. David Henderson Jr,. married Mary Jane Becker, they have three children: Duprise Yvonne, born 1992, David III, born 1994, and Dominique Marie, born 1997. 5. Gloria Watson, born October 1947 and passed away when she was almost two months old in December 1947.
6. Betty Ann Watson, born December 1, 1949 and married Barry Moore,/a> and had no children, they live in Cleveland, Ohio.
(The Watson family was blessed with two sets of twins back to back)
Vernon Terrance Watson, II has three children: T’Anna Mariah, born 2002, Vernon Tyrek II,
born 2006, and Darious Kyree, born 2015.
8. Vernetta Watson born September 30, 1951, (twin to Vernon) and she married
Freddie Blackburn and they have no children. Vernetta was school teacher until she retired.
9. Annette Watson, born August 23, 1953, (twin to Paulette). Annette never
married and had no children.
10. Paulette Watson born 1953, (twin to Annette) born August 23, 1953 married Johnny Williams
and they had two children: Justin, born 1988 and Megan, born 1991.
11. Donald Ray Watson, born December 21, 1958 . Ray had son with Mary Lou Hood name Shawn
born 1980. Ray later married Denise and they had two children: Jasmine, born 1987 and Jeremy,
born 1989. Ray and Denise divorced, he later married Gloria Barber and she has one child, Sterling Barber, born 1992.
Hettie Irene was born November 27, 1918 to James "Jim" Tait
and Irene Marshall of Burnt Corn, Alabama.
Hettie's grandparents on her father's side were Hettie Tait
and John Dukes. Obviously, Hettie was named after her
grandmother Hettie Tait and her mother Irene Marshall. Hettie great grandparents on her father's side were
John Tait and Racheal Tait
Hettie Grandparents on her mother side are George Marshall
and Nellie Lee. Her Great Grandparents are
Fannie Lee and Joe Lee they both were slaves and were freed.
Hettie is the eighth child of nine. Hettie sibling are: Ruby, Garfield, John David, Roger
Lorenza, Annie Coleman,
Maggie Preyear, Earlene,
Hettie married Joseph Lee Watson in 1938. They had eleven Children as following: Alfred Mobley, Margaret Louise, Joseph, Jr., Dorothy, Gloria, Betty Ann, Vernon, Vernetta, Annette, Paulette, and Donald Ray. Hettie is pictured here at age 80. jimtait.html"> James (Jim) Tait and Irene Marshall. Hettie grandfather on her father’s side was a white man by the name of John Dukes and her grandmother was named Hettie Tait who married a black man by the name of _______________. Her great great grand parents were John and Rachael Tait. It is believed that James and Rachael parent were slaves. On her mother’s side, Hettie Irene (Tait) Watson grandparents were Nellie Lee and George Marshall. Her grandmother Nellie Lee parents were Joe and Fannie Lee and believed that their parents were slaves. Her grandfather, George Marshall parents were Bill Marshall a white slave owner and a slave girl known by the name of Ann. Geneology
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