John Waterer
1826–93
Nurseryman. Proprietor of Bagshot Nursery, Surrey, acquired in 1829 by his uncle Michael Waterer (1770–1842) and bequeathed to his father, John Waterer (1783–1868), who worked it as John Waterer and Sons with his four sons, Frederick (1822/3–71), Michael (1824/5–81; retired by April 1881), John, and Hosea (1830/1–77; retired by 1871). It specialised in American plants and rhododendrons.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1593/503/7), 1871 (RG10/1828/8/8), 1881 (RG11/770/77/12, RG11/770/83/23)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 3 November 2020)
Gardeners’ Chronicle, 19 February 1881, p. 248, and 28 May 1881, p. 681
Justice 2009
Surrey, England, Church of England burials, 1813–1997 (Ancestry.com, accessed 3 November 2020)
Surrey History Centre, John Waterer & Sons, nurserymen of Bagshot: directors’ and shareholders’ records (https://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHCOL_7520, accessed 24 May 2021)
UK and Ireland, Find a grave index, 1300s–current (Ancestry.com, accessed 3 November 2020)
will of Michael Waterer (Prerogative Court of Canterbury will registers, The National Archives: Public Record Office PROB 11/1971/335)
Bibliography
Justice, Clive. 2009. Rhododendron hybrids of the Waterer family dynasty. Journal American Rhododendron Society 63(4), https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v63n4/v63n4-justice.htm (accessed 31 May 2021).
