Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Robert Watson Ulster Covenant signing 1912

The archive of the Ulster Unionist Council, held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of the men who, on 28 September 1912, signed the Ulster Covenant, and of the women who signed the parallel Declaration. In total, the Covenant was signed by 237,368 men, and the Declaration by 234,046 women

See Robert's signature here

And his son John James signature here

His twin daughters knew a women's place in those days and just signed the declaration to support the men!

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