youre all spot on
alice battye was born on 12th of february 1883 to joe and mary ann battye (nee beardsell), william stringer on the 10th of january 1889. he died the day before her 75th birthday in wallasey of carcinoma of the stomach. the battye family mentioned is the correct one. sarah did indeed die in childhood, and the clara amelia dilworth is the correct one.
there is something which came as a huge shock around an hour ago.
i was looking through some of my grandmas items with my dad, to see if anything needs attending to. i found yet more photos, including a lovely colourised one of their wedding day (which im going to frame for my dad
. there was also a tin including, amongst other things:
william stringer and alice battye's birth death and marriage certificates.
their parents death certificates.
theirs and their parents wills.
on my grandads side, there are similar documents too
as well as several letters and other personal documents.
there was a strange 19th century photo of a rather extended family, though noone i recognise, i believe one of her parents was one of the children in them.
not only that, but my grandma had a surprise for me...
ive spoken to her for years about a family tree. i loved hearing it from her (even approaching 95 she was neither senile nor had dementia, etc. so her clarity and memory of it was still clear. sadly her death was due to a mis-diagnosed infection. i should point out this was not negligence, as i study medicine myself so am aware of how difficult this particular diagnosis was. sorry - just my little disclaimer there
).
as i was saying, i loved hearing it from her, and the stories made me feel i knew the people. there was a few photocopied sheets in the tin, of my grandfathers side, done as a rough family tree. ive seen this before and she gave my dad and i copies a few years ago.
what i found next i can only call a very pleasant surprise.
it was a notebook, and it contains nothing less than...
six generations of the family tree!
over the years shed been doing it for us and left it behind (probably cos she knew i loved her stories instead and to give me the challenge hehe
. there are eve copies from the parish records in huddersfield.
once ive gone through it i shall of course share what i know with you all. id still like to thank you all for all the work youve put into helping me. its very much appreciated
and of course i have to thank my grandma, whos habit of doing everything thoroughly, and her love of family has been of tremendous help
youve all been excellent help.
thank you all and i look forward to seeing you more on the boards
joel hall.
