Individual Details

Bertha Christine Trechter

(23 Jun 1877 - 3 Nov 1953)

Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, Thursday, November 5, 1953, Page 28, Col. 2: Watt---In Berkeley, November 3, 1953, Bertha C. Watt of 1032 Overlook Rd., Berkeley, dearly beloved mother of DeVore Watt of Berkeley and Raymond T. Watt of St. Louis, Mo.; loving sister of Lillian Rose of Santa Monica, sister-in-law of Lucy Conley of San Francisco and Otto Trechter of Hoisington, Kansas; devoted grandmother of Raymond T. Watt Jr. A native of Fort Scott, Kansas. Aged 76 years. A member of the Methodist Church. Private family services were held today from the drawing room chapel of the Ellis-Olson Mortuary, 727 San Pablo Ave., Albany.

Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, Thursday, November 5, 1953, Page 28, Col. 4: Final rites were held today from the Ellis-Olson Mortuary, Albany, for Mrs. Bertha Christine Watt, 76, who died Tuesday at a Berkeley rest home after a lengthy illness. Rev. A. O. Odegard of the Albany Methodist Church officiated. A native of Fort Scott, Kan., she had resided in Berkeley for 17 years, making her home at 1032 Overlook Rd. She was a member of the Methodist Church. The deceased is survived by a daughter, DeVore Watt, Librarian at Albany High School; a son, Raymond T. Watt of St. Louis, Mo.; a sister, Lillian Rose of Santa Monica, and a grandson, Raymond T. Watt Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.

Events

Birth23 Jun 1877Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1880Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1 Mar 1885Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Marriage1899Jesse DeVore Watt
Residence1900
Residence1910Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1915Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1920Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1925Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1925Lakin, Barton Co., Kansas
Residence1930Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Residence1 Apr 1940Albany, Alameda Co., California
Death3 Nov 1953Berkeley, Alameda Co., California
Alt nameBertha Trector
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseJesse DeVore Watt (1877 - 1920)
ChildRaymond Trechter Watt Sr. (1900 - 1977)
ChildDeVore Watt (1902 - 1977)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. California Death Index.

3. Obituaries of Bertha C. Watt, Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, Thursday, November 5, 1953, Page 28, Col. 2 & Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, Thursday, November 5, 1953, Page 28, Col.4.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. 1900 Census Scott Co., Illinois.

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

13. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

14. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

15. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

16. California Death Index.

17. Obituaries of Bertha C. Watt, Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, Thursday, November 5, 1953, Page 28, Col. 2 & Berkeley Daily Gazette, Berkeley, California, Thursday, November 5, 1953, Page 28, Col.4.

18. Find A Grave.