David Innes Watt (1855-1924)

Vital Statistics

 * Sex : Male
 * Born: 7 at Murrundi, Brisbane County, New South Wales
 * Died: 22 at Edgecliff, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia at 69 years
 * Interment: Day at Location

Parents

 * Father: David Watt (Aft 1795-Bef 1940)
 * Mother: Jane (Aft 1795-Bef 1940)

Siblings

 * Sibling: David Innes Watt (1855-1924)

Spouses

 * Spouse: Emmeline Maude Blackman (1860-1952)

Offspring

 * Child: Bruce Watt (1885-1957)
 * Child: Edith M Watt (1887-?)
 * Child: Reginald K Watt (1889-?)
 * Child: Thelma Watt (1891-?)
 * Child: Josephine M Watt (1893-?)
 * Child: David I Watt (1898-?)
 * Child: Ina N Watt (1901-?)
 * Child: Norman F I Watt (1904-?)

Biography
David Innes Watt Family 18 carat gold cup The Tirranna Picnic Race Club Challenge Cup was first presented in 1895. Mr David Innes Watt won the cup in 1899 with his horse Loch Leven, in 1904 with Chiefswood and in 1906 with Pleasure. With his third win, he earned the right to retain the gold cup in perpetuity. Crafted by Hardy Brothers Jewelers, the Tirranna Picnic Race Club Challenge Cup was awarded for the main race. In 1895 the gold cup was valued at ?150. From the early days of colonisation, picnic races have been a feature of rural life. Country people traveled long distances to these annual gatherings, some of which continued for several days and were accompanied by wild celebrations. The Tirranna Picnic Races were established in 1855 at Tirranna, a property outside Goulburn, New South Wales. In 1872 the railway from Sydney reached Goulburn, making the Tirranna Picnic Races more accessible to Sydney racing enthusiasts and by 1875, Tirranna was thought to be one of the best race tracks in the colony. The Governor attended with due pomp and ceremony, along with other socialites and people of influence and the meeting was widely reported in the Sydney press, as were the fashionable gowns worn at the associated balls and dances.

Birth: Date:7 Feb 1855 Location:at Murrundi, Brisbane County, New South Wales

Death: Date:22 Mar 1924 Location:at Edgecliff, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia

Event: Other - Date:1911 Location:at Melbourne, Location, Victoria, Australia Notes: Apparently, David Innes Watt was the owner of a horse named Cisco that won the 1911 AJC Derby and finished 13th in the Melbourne cup around the same time. I also found a piece regarding his involvement with the Tirranna Picnic Races.

Event: Registration - Death Date:1924 Location:at Woollahra District, New South Wales, Australia

partner: Emmeline Maude Blackman (1860-1952) Marriage: : Date:20 Feb 1884 Location:at Mudgee, Wellington County, New South Wales Notes: Mudgee, St John The Baptist.

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