2. ALFRED CURTIS² WATTS (Hendrickson, #4);^10,11 born either 6 Apr 1875 or 1876 at Lynbrook, NY;^12,13 married Margaret Josephine Rosche (see #3), daughter of John William Rosche and Fredrica Josephine Windtner, 10 Nov 1901 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hicksville, NY; By Rev Paul G. L. Matschat, a Lutheran Minister who preached in German, and was related to the family;^14,15 died 2 May 1956 at NY;¹⁶ buried at Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, Nassau, NY.¹⁷

He was a grocer, living with his parents in 1900. Alfred knew a lot about herbs. He lived after 1901 at Union Ave, Lynbrook, NY, In an old house built using pegs, per Grammie. Per marriage cert, "of Lynbrook, L. I."^18,19 He was a railway supervisor, apparently. Grammie said he worked "telling people what to do when there were gold shipments and such" at Long Island City Station, NY. He was originally a member at the Baptist Church in Rockville Center, with his wife. In 1917 they joined the St James Methodist, brought by G. W. Rosche.

Freda remembers her father as an active Methodist, she attended services with him.^20,21

Children of Alfred Curtis² Watts and Margaret Josephine Rosche (see #3) were as follows:

• 1 i. ANNA FREDERICA¹ WATTS.

• ii. ALFRED HENDRICKSON WATTS;²² born 6 Dec 1908 at 5 Sunset Ave, Lynbrook, NY;²³ married Anna Marie Durr, daughter of Ann Marie (--?--), 17 Apr 1943;²⁴ died 24 Oct 1990 at age 81.²⁵

  He Never had children. He lived circa 1950 at Lynbrook, NY, Kept bees.

• iii. CURTIS ROSCHE WATTS;²⁶ born 17 Sep 1911 at 5 Sunset Ave, Lynbrook, NY; married Ella Helen Fredericka Gleason 12 Apr 1939;²⁷ died 25 Oct 1982 at age 71; buried 27 Oct 1982 at Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, NY; Mass at St John the Baptist Church, Greenville.

3. MARGARET JOSEPHINE² ROSCHE (John, #6);^28,29,30 born 5 Dec 1873 at NY; 1901 marriage cert states "of Brooklyn, now in Lynbrook". Gravestone gives year of birth as 1873. Randy cites a bible record;^31,32 married Alfred Curtis Watts (see #2), son of Hendrickson Watts and Anna Curtis, 10 Nov 1901 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hicksville, NY; By Rev Paul G. L. Matschat, a Lutheran Minister who preached in German, and was related to the family;^33,34 died 10 May 1960 at NY at age 86;³⁵ buried at Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, Nassau, NY; Section 21 lot 106, grave 1, top body (husband earlied buried 8 ft deep).³⁶

She was raised as a Methodist.³⁷ The small rushed chair at Samson Ave came from her home. She was ill with severe burns from an oil stove in the house on Union Ave in Lynbrook. She spent 8 months in the hospital in Hempstead, was left with ongoing pain before 1905. She lived between 1908 and 1960 at 5 Sunset Ave, Lynbrook, NY.