Batty ...



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Batty, EdwardRef 498-665
[17??-17??]
A
clockmaker in Halifax.

In 1733, he married Elizabeth Scholefield [17??-1???].


Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert Scholefield, one of five Rochdale clockmakers of that name, with numerous relatives all working in the trade
 

Child: Joseph

This & associated entries use material contributed by John Robey

Batty, George SmithRef 498-1362
[1863-1929]
Born in Halifax.

He was a laundry machine worker [1889] / a tobacconist / confectioner [1901].

On 20th July 1889, he married Mary Maria Adams [1867-1920] in Scarborough.


Mary Maria was born in Dudley, Warwickshire
 

Children:

  1. George William
  2. Beatrice Maud [1893-1961]
  3. Doris May [1895-1990]
  4. Claud Vincent [1897-1970] who was a grocer's assistant  and served with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)   during World War I
  5. Norman Douglas [1900-1933] who was a fitter and served  with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) during  World War I
  6. Cecil Brinton [1901-1902]
  7. Leslie Broomfield Whitaker [1903-1985] who died in Ohio,  USA

The children were born in Halifax & baptised at All Souls, Haley Hill.

The family lived at 9 Corporation Street, Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Batty, George WhittakerRef 498-724
[1891-1918]
He was a member of the Good Shepherd Choir / an overlooker at
Crossley's Carpets / a bombing & gas instructor at Hartlepool [World War I].

He lived at 27 Corporation Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914], and he served as a Corporal with the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He was killed whilst clearing shells from a bombed ammunition train [27th May 1918] (aged 27).

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Batty, George WilliamRef 498-1361
[1892-1918]
Recorded as George Whitaker Batty [1901 census].

Son of George Smith Batty.

Born in Halifax [29th February 1892].

He worked in a cotton mill.

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He died 24th July 1918.

He was buried at Saint-Erme Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref A 19]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Batty, HarryRef 498-819
[1892-1915]
Son of
John Batty.

He was an apprentice gardener [1911] / a member of King Cross Wesleyan Sunday School.

At the outbreak of War, he was in Dublin.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was wounded [23rd January 1915].

He died of wounds [24th January 1915].

He was buried at Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref II I 34].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His brother Joseph Arnold also died in the War

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell

Batty, JamesRef 498-698
[1829-1885]
Son of
John Batty.

Born in Southowram.

He was a wire drawer [1851] / a wire drawer (out of employ) [1881].

On 3rd June 1850, he married Hannah Marie Whitaker [1828-1???].


Hannah Marie was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Margaret Ann [b 1859] who was a worsted twister [1881] &  married William Richardson
  2. John
  3. George S. [b 1864] who was a dyer's labourer [1881]
  4. William [b 1867] who was a dyer's labourer [1881]

They lived at 8 Charlestown Road, Northowram [1881].

James died in Halifax [11th March 1885]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Dorothy Giddy

Batty, JohnRef 498-8700
[1787-1865]
Born in Lightcliffe.

He was a labourer [1808] / a cloth draper [1841] / a farmer of 16 acres [1851].

On 12th May 1808, he married Susannah / Susey Hemingway [1788-1870].


Susannah came from Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [29th December 1808-11th February 1879] who  married John Proctor
  2. Samuel [b 1816] who was a cloth draper [1841] =  (possibly) Samuel Batty
  3. Daniel [b 1816] who was an agricultural labourer [1841]
  4. Mary [b 29th February 1819; bapt 19th May 1819; d 17th  June 1873] who married John Widdop
  5. Susannah [1823-1908] who never married
  6. Elizabeth [1825-1901]
  7. James

They lived at

The couple were buried at Bramley Lane Chapel

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Dorothy Giddy

Batty, JohnRef 498-522
[18??-1???]
He was a wine merchant [1897].

He married Unknown.

Child: Ada [b 1878] who married Harry Crossley

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Batty, JohnRef 498-809
[1848-1905]
Son of
William Batty.

Born in Halifax.

He was a blacksmith [1871] / a worsted weaver [1871] / a plasterer's labourer [1881] / a whitewasher [1891, 1901].

In [Q1] 1871, he married Isabel Gardner at Halifax Parish Church.


Isabel was born in Manchester, the daughter of John Gardner
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Alice [b 1872]
  2. John William [b 1875] who was a worsted mill hand [1891],  a worsted yarn hawker [1901]
  3. Clara Anne [b 1877] who was a worsted mill hand [1891], a  worsted weaver [1901]
  4. Mary Elizabeth [b 1880]
  5. Emma [b 1882]
  6. Joseph Arnold
  7. Lena [b 1887] who was a hair pad maker [1911]
  8. Leonard [b 1888] who was a doffer woollen mill [1901], an  engineer's fitter [1911]
  9. Florence Isabel [b 1890] who was a jeweller's polisher  [1911]
  10. Harry

In 1871, the couple were living with Isabel's family.

They lived at

  • 16 Whiteley Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 28 Shaw Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 27 Summergate Street, Halifax [1901, 1911, 1918]

Sons Joseph Arnold & Harry died in World War I

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Batty, JohnRef 498-1087
[1861-1???]
Son of
James Batty.

He was a hotel boots (out of employ) [1881] / a cotton scutcher [1891] / a general labourer [1901].

He never married.

In 1891, he was living with his sister Margaret Ann.

He lived at 26 Cross Hills, Halifax [1901, 1911].

Living with John [in 1901] were his sister Margaret Ann and her children, and 2 boarders.

Living with John [in 1911] were his sister Margaret Ann and her children, his nephew Norman Batty, and 1 boarder

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Batty, JosephRef 498-1509
[1738-1801]
Son of
Edward Batty.

In 1752, Joseph was apprenticed to his maternal grandfather Robert Scholefield, a clockmaker in Rochdale. He then moved back to Halifax in the 1760s.

He became a clockmaker in Clark Bridge, producing clocks ranging from simple square-dial 30-hours to arch-dial eight-day clocks, and a number of short duration clocks. His clocks are usually signed


Jo: Batty
 

and often without a placename

This & associated entries use material contributed by John Robey

Batty, Joseph ArnoldRef 498-1419
[1885-1918]
Son of
John Batty.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of King Cross Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax / an oiler (woollen mill) [1901] / a paviour for Halifax Corporation.

He lived with his widowed mother at 27 Summergate Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died in a Field Ambulance hospital of gunshot wounds to the abdomen [27th March 1918] (aged 32).

The Halifax Courier [13th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Moreuil Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, France [Sp Mem 1].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel.

His brother Harry also died in the War

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Batty, SamuelRef 498-524
[1799-1858]
Son of Ann & William Batty.

Born in Wakefield.

Baptised at Zion Independent Chapel, Wakefield [14th October 1799].

He was a confectioner [1841].

On 29th August 1822, he married either Lydia Lister or [1796-1853] in Halifax.


Lydia was born in Sowerby, the daughter of James Lister
 

Child: Samuel William

They lived at

  • 44 Northgate, Halifax [1836]
  • Northgate, Halifax [1841]

Lydia died 7th April 1853 (aged 1).

In [Q2] 1854, he (possibly) married (2) either Harriet Scholefield or Elizabeth Smalley in Halifax.

Samuel died 9th September 1858 (aged 59).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2025] with grandson Herbert [1872-3rd January 1882]

Batty, SamuelRef 498-134
[1813-1863]
(Possibly) son of
John Batty.

Born in Lightcliffe.

He was a cloth dresser [1852] / a shop keeper [1853, 1859] / a grocer [1861, 1863].

He married Elizabeth [1816-1877].


Elizabeth was born in Hartshead.

She was a grocer [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Susannah [1843-1853]
  2. Mary [b 1846] who was a cotton reeler [1861]
  3. John Edward [b 1847] who was an errand boy [1861], a  tailor [1871]
  4. James [1849-1868] who was a woolsorter
  5. Alfred [1851-1852]
  6. Elizabeth Ann [b 1856] who was a milliner's apprentice  [1871]
  7. Samuel [1858-1859]

They lived at

  • 29 Great Albion Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 7 Great Albion Street, Halifax [1871]

Samuel died 12th December 1863 (aged 50).

Elizabeth died 3rd September 1877 (aged 61).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2973]

Batty, Samuel WatsonRef 498-1323
[1867-1955]
Son of
Samuel William Batty.

Born in Halifax.

He was an errand boy [1881] / a watch maker [1891, 1901] / a watch maker at King Cross, Halifax.

In his will, he left £15,000 to the Halifax Council of Social Welfare for the creation of The Samuel Watson Batty Trust. This money was to be invested and the income to be distributed

for extra comforts among the necessitous poor of Halifax of 65 years of age or over, preference being given to residents in the King Cross area of Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Batty, Samuel WilliamRef 498-3240
[1836-1903]
Son of
Samuel Batty.

Born in Halifax [1st July 1836].

He was an ironmonger's assistant [1871, 1881] / an agent for coal [1891] / living on own means [1901].

In 1861, he married Sarah Ellen Watson [1841-19??] in Halifax.


Sarah Ellen came from Hebden Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Eleanor [1854-1870]
  2. Sarah Lydia [b 1862] who married Andrew Russell
  3. Fanny Louisa [b 1864] who was a milliner [1901]
  4. Julia [b 1866]
  5. Samuel Watson
  6. Arthur [1868] who died in infancy
  7. Walter [1869] who died in infancy
  8. Herbert [1873-1882]
  9. Milnes Watson [1875-1876]
  10. Florence Watson [1877-1878]
  11. Arnold Watson [1881-1882]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2025] with their Batty grandparents.

The family lived at

  • 23 Raglan Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 31 Craven Terrace, Halifax [1881]
  • 17 Craven Terrace, Halifax [1891, 1901]
  • 45 Rochdale Road, York Crescent, Halifax [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Batty, ThomasRef 498-149
[1923-1940]
Son of Lilian & Thomas Batty of Sheffield.

Born in Rotherham.

During World War II, he served as a Lance Corporal with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in Halifax [4th November 1940] (aged 17)  and is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: J 86]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Batty, WilliamRef 498-817
[18??-18??]
He was a tailor [1871].

He married Unknown.

Child: John

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Surname

Batty surnameRef 498-1
The surname is probably derived from the name Bartholomew.

There are 18 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Batty, as discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Batty

Marriage 1907

 



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