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Major-General Sir William Watson Pike b.10 March 1860 d.26 June 1941
Son of William Pike (2) d.1881. [More information][picture]
Married 15 December 1886 Sarah Louisa Wheatley of 21 Belgrave Square Dublin [picture] b.1863 d. 3 March 1918, daughter of Ephraim Parke Wheatley (2) b.circa1832 d.1881 and Anne McDonnell [picture] ¹.
They had the following children:
F i Violet Marion Watson d.18 May 1935 [pictures].
Married in January 1914 Oswald Yates Hibbert
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¹ thanks to Jill Watson (email 28.8.2010 12.33)
Marriage details¹:-
At Milltown, Dublin
Addresses: William Watson Pike, Willow Park, Booterstown, Dublin; Sarah Louisa Wheatley, 21 Belgrave Square [Dublin]
Witnesses: J Gurtarn Wheatley for husband, William's sister Elizabeth Barrington Pike for wife.
¹ Irish Genealogy website 11.4.2013
Major-General Sir William Watson Pike, Army Medical Service and RAMC, KCMG 1 January 1919¹, DSO 1900, FRCSI. 4 February 1882 listed as as probationary surgeon in the Army Medical Department². Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 4 February 1902³. President of Special Commission to East Africa 1917-18 and to India 1918-19, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Avis of Portugal, served in South Africa War (despatches) and in World War 1 (despatches).
¹ p.204 Edinburgh Gazette 10 January 1919.
² p.1066 London Gazette 10 March 1882.
³ p.1039 London Gazette 18 February 1902.
Left: William Watson Pike aged about 2 years. Right: Major-General Sir William Watson Pike
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Major-General Sir William Watson Pike, Oswald Yates Hibbert and (we think) Violet Marion Watson Pike at Auchestiel in 1930
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Sarah Louisa Wheatley (left) and (right) Sarah Louisa Wheatley with their grandchildren Desmond and Richard Hibbert and Major-General Sir William Watson Pike
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Major-General Sir William Watson Pike with King George V
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Sarah Louisa Wheatley b.1863 d. 3 March 1918 with one of the Hibbert twins
Anne McDonnell, wife of Ephraim Parke Wheatley and mother of Sarah Louisa Wheatley
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Baby Violet Pike (left) and (right) aged 1 year 7 months
Violet Pike
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Violet Pike
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Violet Pike (left) in 1912
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Notes on sources
Anderson family tree
Information is largely taken from the book 'The Andersons of Peterhead'. This was based on the records made by John Anderson 1825/1903 [VIII 32], known as 'China John'. This was brought up to date in 1936 by Cecil Ford Anderson [X 17] and Agnes Donald Ferguson [CS 45 X b]. Many photographs were taken and compiled in an album by Olive Edis (daughter of Mary Murray, daughter of Andrew Murray (2) of Aberdeen). Corrections to both Janet Innes Anderson's and Alexander Murray's death dates from Robert Murray Watt and Iain Forrest.
Forrest family tree
Iain Forrest kindly supplied material to update the Forrest family (progeny of William Forrest) details.
Hibbert family tree
The information is largely taken from a tree compiled by F.B. (she knows who she is!) with extra material found by the author.
Murray family tree
The 'Genealogical Table showing various branches of the Murray family', from which this information was taken, was prepared by Alexander Murray of Blackhouse, extended by Andrew Murray - advocate - Aberdeen circa 1880 and further extended by Arthur Murray Watt 1972. The generational notation is the author's.
Pike family tree
Information from family sources as well as 'Burke's Landed Gentry' 1875
Stevenson family tree and many Stevenson and Anderson photos
Deepest thanks for some fantastic pictures and for writing the wonderful book 'Jobs for the Boys' to Hew Stevenson, which you can see on www.dovebooks.co.uk.
And the rest
Thanks also to all who have written in with information, advice, help and, most importantly, corrections.
© John Hibbert 2001-2013
28 February, 2021