Sonny and Al Circa 1942

My Uncle Peter Joseph Watson Jr (Sonny) enjoying his beer as well as the company of his pal Al Alexander.

Watsons and friends

Back row from left to right

My Uncle Richard F Watson (Richie) 1924 - 1967

My Uncle Edward Leonard Watson (Lenny) 1920 - 1943

My Aunt Dorothy T Watson McArdle (Dottie) 1915 - 1997

Middle row left to right

My Aunt Clair R Watson Miller (Chickie) 1930 - 2000

Not sure who these two are.

Sitting is Dottie's then boyfriend George Martin. George went on to be a professional Boxer Career record 41 -24 - 8. He once fought Sugar Ray Robinson losing by TKO in the 8th round.

Gertrude Gormley Fleck 1919

My Great Aunt, She lived her short life in South Boston

Born on West 3rd Street, Died on L Street

1903 - 1939

Watson First Communion 1956

The two little girls are my sisters Linda age 8, and Carol age 4.

Standing left to right

Aunt, Marie (Reenie) Gormley Tuminelli

Great Uncle, Fred W Gormley

Great Aunt, Marie Reagan Gormley

Father, Walter (Red) Watson

Uncle, Phil Tuminelli

Sister, Dianne

Mother, Gertrude (Trudy) Watson

Great Aunt, Mildred (Millie) Gormley Weed

The Egleston Square Boys 1940

Left to Right Standing

Tommy Keegan, Al Alexander, Davey Durant, Paul Carroll

Left to Right Kneeling

Walter (Red) Watson, Gerry Toohig, Richard Watson

Al was killed in WWII in 1944

My Father Red Watson served in WWII & Korea

My Uncle Richie Watson Wounded WWII

I believe the others served in WWII as well.

Frederic William Gormley Circa 1958

My Great Uncle, born in South Boston

1896 -1962

Buried just down the hill from the Lonergan Stone in Mount Calvary Cemetery

Richard Frederick Watson 1944

Aleutian Islands World War II

My Uncle and multiple purple heart recipient

Born in the South End of Boston

1924-1967

Marie Gormley (Babe) Circa 1923

Career Nurse Boston City Hospital

Born in South Boston

1905-1979

The Watson Boys Circa 1932

My Father and Uncles

Clockwise from the back left

Peter Joseph Watson Jr (Sonny) 1918-1965

Edward Leonard Watson (Lenny) 1920-1943

Walter Edgar Watson (Red) 1922- Still going

Richard Frederick Watson (Richie) 1924-1967

The Baldwin Stone 2007

My G-Great Uncle the Honorable John E Baldwin and my G-Great Aunt Josephine L. (Bird) Lonergan Baldwin, both of South Boston.

Erected 1936 Holyhood Cemetery

Watson Girls Circa 1950

My aunts, left to right

Mary Evelyn (Evy) Watson Pieri

Helen Watson Andrews

Dorothy (Dottie) Watson McArdle

Mildred Gormley Barry Weed 1905

My Great aunt Milldred Gormley Barry Weed born 1900 in South Boston.

Esther Barry Watson Circa 1950

My Grandmother Esther Barry Watson born 1890 in South Boston to Edward Barry and Ellen (Nellie) Feeley Barry.

Gertrude Lonergan Gormley Circa 1890

My G-Grandmother Gertrude Lonergan Gormley born 1869 in South Boston

to Philip Lonergan and Catherine Welch Lonergan

The Lonergan Stone 2007

(Top Right) My G-Great Grandfather Philip Lonergan b1846 Ireland,

arrived in South Boston in 1859, died in South Boston 1916.

(Middle Right) My G-Great Grandmother Catherine Welch Lonergan b1840 Ireland,

arrived in South Boston 1855, died in South Boston 1918.

Six other family members are buried here (not all mentioned on stone) including my Grandfather Philip Gormley.

Erected 1894 Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery

Dolly and Gertie 1924

90 P street South Boston

My Mothers half sister 12 year old Harriet Norris (Dolly) babysitting her little sister, my Mother, Gertrude Louise Gormley. Dolly would later marry South Boston's Henry McLeod.

Phil Gormley and Daughters 1928

My Grandfather Phil Gormley born in South Boston in 1897. From left to right his daughters Rose Marie (Rosie), Mary Teresa (Reenie), and my mother Gertrude Louise (Gertie/Trudy)