About 10 days ago I googled the name of one of my Great Grandfathers and the area in which he lived.
I came up with a link to ebay.
I accessed the link and found that someone was selling an engraved pocket watch.
Knowing I had this Great Grandfathers death cert as well as info from the census about where he worked I know that the watch belonged to him.
The cost of the watch was quite high however there was something else that added to why I had to have it. It was presented to him on what would have been my birthday had I been alive back then.
After deliberation and emails to and from the seller I decided to buy it from him.
The watch arrived today. It was sent in the box and tissue it was wrapped in when it was found behind the fireplace of what was his property back in 1923 when the watch was presented to him. He still lived at the same address at the time of his death 10 years later.
Please see pictures below of the watch.
Richard Woods watch with inscription.jpg Richard Woods watch front.jpg
I came up with a link to ebay.
I accessed the link and found that someone was selling an engraved pocket watch.
Knowing I had this Great Grandfathers death cert as well as info from the census about where he worked I know that the watch belonged to him.
The cost of the watch was quite high however there was something else that added to why I had to have it. It was presented to him on what would have been my birthday had I been alive back then.
After deliberation and emails to and from the seller I decided to buy it from him.
The watch arrived today. It was sent in the box and tissue it was wrapped in when it was found behind the fireplace of what was his property back in 1923 when the watch was presented to him. He still lived at the same address at the time of his death 10 years later.
Please see pictures below of the watch.
Richard Woods watch with inscription.jpg Richard Woods watch front.jpg
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