My family-research starts up in 1982. During the past 20 years, I found the origins of the name WATTY in antique celtic times ("wad'hari" means warrior, leader), followed the marks to huguenot religious persecution in the 16th century in france, found the refugees in England (the first american Watty's came from there to Virginia in 1620 by the company of Christopher Stoakes), in Belgium (from there named WATIER de la VIGNE to Hamburg in Germany), in Holland, Austria and Russia.
In the 19th century german Watty's settled in Florida and California, Mexico, Uruguay and Argentina and the Caribean Islands, Australia and New Zealand.
I tried to follow the traces and wrote down a nearly complete genealogy of the WATTY FAMILY since 1570.

Please read more on the official website of the WATTY-FAMILY from HAMBURG GERMANY on www.watty-genealogie.de
Here you get all informations around the coat of arms, the history of the name and the tradition of goldsmithing including all known genealogical informations around the family members. In the download area: Historical editions of the Family-History of 1918, 1925 and 1985 as PDF-file.

The Family Book 2008 edition is published!

• The mexican and american WATTY's (13 KB)
  The mexican, californian and the Florida-Watty's got the same origins 2 generations after the first WATTY appears in Hamburg/ Germany as JOSEPH WATTIN, on different ways 4 families reached America, relatives in the new world...the mexican tree will be completed soon...

• The Californian Watty's - 8 (197 KB)
  ...and his wife.
• the WATTY's coat of arms (85 KB)
  The WATTY's coat of arms was created in the middle of the 19th century and officialy proclaimed in 1918 in the Hamburg Role of Coat of Arms by Carl Friederich Robert Watty, painted by the author. The use of the family sign is only allowed to direct descendants of the Hamburg-Watty's, so the living persons shown in the family tree...
• Hermann Alexis Watty (80 KB)
  Ancestor of the mexican Watty-Family
• The FLORIDA Watty's (101 KB)
  Johann Heinrich Watty, Juweler, the first Watty settled in Florida in the later Thirties of the passed century
• The Author, Fred Watty (69 KB)
  searching since 1982 in family history, visits the USA and the californian Watty's in 1984. Profession: IT-Manager,married with Betty Althof, 1 son - Fynn Hauke - born jan 15 2004, age 43 born in Siegburg near Cologne, Germany
• The Mexican Watty's (24 KB)
  The Family of Eduardo Watty Bordes and wife, Aline Ma. de Lourdes Calvet Warnery. From left to right: Oscar Watty Calvet, Eduardo sen., Monika - spouse of Eduardo jr., Aline, Patrick Watty Calvet
• A dynasty of juweleers since 1743 (133 KB)
  In direct line, the florida-ancestors where juweleers since 1822. The first juweleer called Watty from Hamburg went in middle of 18th century to the foreign juweleergroup in St. Petersburg, Russia, to build with the famous Bernstein-Chamber lost in WW II of the Russian Zar.
• Californians latest generation (63 KB)
  Jennifer Lorraine and Justin Lawrence Watty in 1983
• The FLORIDA Watty's 3 (78 KB)
  The Juwelry in 1876 in Hamburg
• The Californian Watty's - 2 (67 KB)
  The family of Garret Lewis Watty
• The juwelry in 1930 in Hamburg - The WATTY-House (155 KB)
  Still today the building looks like shown. Only the back part ist rebuilded in 1993. In WW II, the roof burned out and the juwelry changed place.
• The Californian Watty's - 3 (62 KB)
  Gregory Dale Watty
• Charlotte Sophia Catharina Elisabeth Javitz (115 KB)
  Spouse of the founder of the german juwelry-factory, Joachim Heinrich Watty, living 1790-1852
• The Californian Watty's - 4 (62 KB)
  Wedding day of Lawrence Joseph Watty and wife
• Henriette Caroline Auguste van Stelling (121 KB)
  Spouse of the son of the juwelry founder, Johann Heinrich Watty, living 1829-1863
• The Californian Watty's - 5 (101 KB)
  Sibling Group Photo
• Privilege for goldsmithing of 1754 - page 2 - (94 KB)
  This Privilege was given june 5 1754 to the first goldsmith in Hamburg, Germany, 'Johan Henrich Watty' by the major of St. Georg (Hamburg). Original is lost, this is a copy from the official documentbook of the St. Georg Hospital
• The Californian Watty's - 6 (107 KB)
  Henry Francis, Joseph Lewis and wife
• Privilege for goldsmithing of 1754 - page 1 - (139 KB)
  see notice at page 2
• The Californian Watty's - 7 (109 KB)
  The First Watty in California...
• California - 9 (13 KB)
  Amanda Jane and Wyatt Bart Watty

• Complete family history - is online!
• Source for german ancestors

Fred Watty
Ziegelei 2
24631 Langwedel, Schleswig-Holstein .
Germany
0049-4329-913271
watty@itkiel.de

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