Spouses

Notes for Commander Henry Thomas Mostyn Watkins

Moved to USA. Port of entry - Washington - 1924. Became an American citizen at age 68 on January 22, 1937. ³
He became a painter in the movie studio's; painted scenery & so forth. After that he painted houses and was very excellent at his job. ²

Notes for Henry Thomas Mostyn & Fanny Ermin Phyllis Fitz (Family)

He met Phyllis at age 33 and she 21. They were at a party in her home. He was invited because he was a nice man and being a navy man & having a nice singing voice (he used to say), he would come and sing the little sea chanties and entertain the guests. They moved to Canada, after he retired, approx. 1908. They lived between Canada and England for about 17 years, before moving to USA-Los Angeles, California. While in Canada they bought a farm. He used to have Phyllis bring out his tea & crumpets out to the middle of the field at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He was known as the crazy Englishman. After about a year they sold the farm. After the first 3 children were a little older, they took a trip to England. WW1 broke out and he had to take over the ship that he was on. When he got to England they gave him the ship "LORNA". It was rather small (yaht size). He patrolled the English Channel. They spent 4 years in England during the war; which Lorna was born and of course named after the ship. They returned to Canada and bought a combination grocery store, restaurant. They tired of that and moved to Los Angeles, Ca. in 1925.

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