Portrait of John Watson, Anstruther, c.1900.

Portrait of John Watson, Anstruther, c.1900.
Portrait of John Watson, Anstruther, c.1900.
Portrait of John Watson, Anstruther, c.1900.
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Portrait of John Watson, Anstruther, c.1900.
Portrait of John Watson, Anstruther, c.1900.

John Watson, was born in Scotland, though his family came to Scotland from Spittal via Dunbar. He ived in Crail - either at Corstorphine House or Romford House and then at 'Eden Villa' in Anstruther. He hold the position of harbour master at Anstruther twice.

Commissioned by the firm Irvin & Johnson to bring their first fishing boat to South Africa in the early 1900s. The 'Evelyn' took six weeks to get there, packed to the gunwales with coal.

Watson also skipped the 'Pioneer', which was built in Anstruther and was the first fishing boat to be fitted with an oil engine. 'Pioneer' was manufactured by Jorgessen of Denmark. Watson later sailed her to London where she was taken on exhibition.

Among his personal exploits was climbing Nelson's Monument in Great Yarmouth, tying his muffled to one of the prongs of the trident, and descending the 160ft column grippeing the lightning conductor with his fingertips.

Watson moved to Canada to assist the salmon fishing industry in the Fraser River, Vancouver. Sadly, he accidentally drowned and was interred in the Moutain View Cemetery, Vancouver, on 25th August 1911.

Information from his grandaughter, Mrs H. McAdam.
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