J. Watt

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J. Watt
OccupationLight house keeper

J. Watt was a light house keeper in Nipigon, in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario.

The estate was probated in the Thunder Bay District surrogate court in 1897 and inventoried at $2,992.39 (equivalent to $141,522 in 2025). He died testate, leaving a will.[1]

Newspaper record

  • Photo notice in Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 1947-05-29.[2]
    • Index note: Women's Institute meeting.

References

  1. Probate record of J. Watt, light house keeper, Nipigon (1897), surrogate court probate file no. 103. Canadian Regional Historical Wealth Micro-Data Collection, compiled by Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University.
  2. Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 29 May 1947, p. 5