William and Eliza Watts
Great-great grandparents William Watts (1825-1900s) and Eliza Watts (1821-1870s) were born and married in England, and it appears that their decision to immigrate to America came a bit later in time, and in their lives, than for our other ancestors in this generation. Moreover, they were accompanied on their journey by their 18-year-old daughter, Emma Watts, who was born in England in 1850. Emma would later become our great grandmother, and the only one of our great grandparents who was not born in the United States.
Ship passenger records indicate that William, listed as a shoemaker, Eliza, and Emma Watts left London on the ship "Rhine" and landed in New York harbor on September 7, 1868. Their final destination was identified as "Mill Wokey". We know from Emma's marriage to Robert Marsh in 1874 that they had arrived in Milwaukee by at least that date.
However, the record of William and Eliza Watts' lives in Milwaukee is extremely limited. In fact, all we know is that William Watts was living with his daughter Emma's family in Milwaukee's 1st Ward in 1900, and that he was gone by 1910. There is a record of the death of an Elizabeth Watt (no 's') in Milwaukee on July 15, 1877, and that might or might not have been our great-great grandmother Eliza Watts.