William Alfred [or Alfred William] SCOTT; b. c1848 Britain; said to be uncle of Annie Maria SCOTT and Charles SCOTT; mechanic; c1877 Peru, railway contractor; 1879 (during War of the Pacific, between Peru and Chile) captured by Chilean Navy while preparing to launch a torpedo attack on behalf of Peru; c1880[?] to Punta Arenas; merchant; employed his niece Annie Maria as housekeeper; later, encouraged several of her siblings to emigrate to Magallanes (their father had died c1891, leaving a numerous family); d. 1919

m. 1887 Punta Arenas

Marianne Jane KING; b. 1864 St. Pancras, London; (see KING--THICTHENER); seamstress

Children:

1. Tomás Guillermo [Thomas William], b. 1883 Punta Arenas (registered 1900)
2. Alfred William [Alfredo Guillermo], b. 1886 Punta Arenas; apparently m. 1912 Punta Arenas to Fidelia del Carmen FERNÁNDEZ
3. Emily Maud, b. 1887 Magallanes; m. 1908 Punta Arenas, Hugh MACDOUGALL
4. Florence Marian, b. 1888 Punta Arenas
5. Alicia Mildred, b. 1889; bap. 1890 Punta Arenas
6. Herbert Wilfred, bap. 1891 Punta Arenas
7. Lucretia Mabel, b. 1892; m. 1911 Punta Arenas, Oscar WILLIAMS
8. Oliver Rueben, b. 1893; m. 1918 Punta Arenas, Susanna Carmen MALCOLM; d. 1950
9. Edwin Auty, b. 1895
10. Lawrence Victor, b. 1897
11. Ana Nesta Selina, b. 1900