Jessie Mason was born on 31 March 1867 at New Cumnock.

Jessie married Whitefield Watson on 27 May 1884 at New Cumnock. He was a Coal Miner.

Whitefield and Jessie had seven* children:

Joseph Watson born about 1887

William Watson born about 1888

Elizabeth Walker Boyd Watson born about 1896

Mary Watson born about 1896

Jessie McMillan Watson born about 1901

Jeannie Mason Watson born about 1907

Jessie McMillan Mason died on 17 June 1913 in Cambuslang, age 46.

Whitefield Watson died on 31 July 1940 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, when he was 78 years old.

* Identity of seventh child yet to be discerned.