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Trying to find the woman that he may have married during/shortly after WWII and/or their descendant(s).
He was in the Canadian Army - not sure where stationed. He would have been approx. 30 years old. Father deceased.

Have you tried FreeBMD

Depending on where he was stationed he could have married anywhere including Scotland . That would be on Scotlands People which isn't a subs site


His age will only be relevant on any actual cert

He might also have married in Canada. Canadian B,M&D’s aren’t online that ‘recent’ as they have a long closure period. Their privacy laws are stricter than the UK’s.

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Name Malcolm Campbell Watson
Event Type Birth
Event Date 14 Jan 1912
Event Place Lucknow, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Registration Date 1912
Gender Male
Father's Name Thomas Watson
Mother's Name Margaret Campbell
Certificate Number 015101


Name Malcolm Campbell Watson
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Mar 1996
Event Place San Diego, California, United States
Birth Date 14 Jan 1912
Birthplace Canada
Gender Male
Mother's Name Campbell

No reference to a wife on his death record

Name Margaret Campbell Watson
Event Type Burial
Event Place Huron-Kinloss, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Cemetery South Kinloss Cemetery
Latitude 43.9765
Longitude -81.499667
Birth Date 1877
Death Date 1944
Affiliate Create Date 2013-12-10 14:59:33
Affiliate Image Identifier 6098903

Ancestry has a marriage notice posted in the Ottawa Journal of Malcolm Campbell Watson married to Marjorie M. Sparrow Dunn April 29, 1955, Westminster Presbyterian Church. ( I presume that's in Ottawa)

This lists his wife as Majorie Maud Watson:


Malcolm Campbell Watson
in the California, Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999
Name:
Malcolm Campbell Watson
Gender:
Male
Declaration Age:
49
Record Type:
Declaration
Birth Date:
14 Jan 1912
Birth Place:
Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
Declaration
Date:
10 Jan 1962
Declaration Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Declaration Number:
1867

A tree on Ancestry has all the info as per posts above - NO children

Summary

Spouse: Marjorie Maud Sparrow Dunn (born 25/06/1923)
Father: Thomas Watson
Mother: Margaret " Maggie " Campbell
Birth: 14/01/1912 Lucknow Bruce Ontario Canada
Death: 29/03/1996 Chula Vista San Diego California USA
Residence: 1 Jun 1921 Chula Vista San Diego California USA

I have to take issue with the last detail on that post, Erika, where it says that his residence in 1921 was San Diego. I'm sure that he's on the 1921 Canada census living with his widowed father in Lucknow, Ontario.

Malcolm & Marjorie on a trip to England for 1 month, heading to 73 Vicarage Rd., Eastbourne. He's an army officer.


Malcolm Watson
in the UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name:
Malcolm Watson
Arrival Age:
48
Birth Date:
14 Jan 1912
Port of Departure:
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival date:
14 Aug 1960
Port of Arrival:
Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage:
Montreal and Quebec
Ship Name:
Homeric

I merely copied the summary of info listed by the tree 'owner' I take no responsibility for errors by other people.

If his father was 'widowed' in 1921, it casts doubt on the death entry for what I took to be his mother

Name: Margaret Campell
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birth Place: Lucknow, Ontario
Marriage Date: 25 Apr 1906
Marriage Place: Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Father: Malcolm Campell
Mother: Margaret Armstrong
Spouse: Thomas Watson

Name: Margret Watson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Race or Tribe: Scotch (Scotish)
Age: 35
Birth Date: Oct 1875
Birth Place: Ontario
Census Year: 1911
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Province: Ontario
District: Bruce South
District Number: 60
Sub-District: 55 - Lucknow, part
Sub-District Number: 55
Place of Habitation: 9 Campbell
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary H Campbell 41
Margret Watson 35
Thomas Watson 31

More detail on this entry

Name: Margaret Watson
Maiden Name: Campbell
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1877
Birth Place: Lucknow, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada
Death Date: 6 Mar 1944
Death Place: Lucknow, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada
Cemetery: South Kinloss Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Lucknow, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Malcolm Campbell
Mother: Marguerite Campbell
Spouse: Thomas Watson

Photo of headstone attached

You people are amazing!! However, the problem remains. On his naturalization papers in the USA he states he has one child. His wife on the other hand has no children. Therefore, we believe Marjorie M. Sparrow Dunn was his second wife. As someone said, it is hard to search for BMD's in Canada.
Our family's thought was that he married in England during the war, fathered a child and/or children and when it came time to return his wife decided not to go to Canada. I did find a Malcolm C Watson marrying in Mar 1939 in Warwickshire, but that was before the start of the war. I do not know why the Canadian Army would be there then. He was in the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps.
That particular Malcolm C Watson did have 2 children, one died as a small child.

He didn't have to be married to father a child

If you wish to be certain, get a copy of the 1955 marriage cert, which should record his status.

1939 - not your man

62 George Avenue , Lichfield R.D., Staffordshire, England

Malcolm C Watson 12 May 1916 Male Carpenter Joiner Married 350 1
Lily M Watson 01 May 1917 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 350 2
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

Thank you ErikaH! Difficult to get that marriage cert with the restrictions on information in Canada. Thanks again for eliminating that Malcolm C Watson!

Mary Halliday Campell
in the Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936
Name: Mary Halliday Campell
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birth Place: Lucknow, Ontario
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1915
Marriage Place: Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Father: Malcolm Campell
Mother: Margaret Armstrong
Spouse: Henry Pierce