BATES, Hannah Huet

[DylanOB]

Hi everyone!
Now I'm even more confused :-/
I don't want anyone to go out of their way to help me, but feel a bit stuck. Thanks for telling me I was on the wrong track... I think I must've assumed Walter White Bates's middle name was derived from Huett. (I could swear I've seen his name written Walter Huett Bates)... However, if Walter White Bates's father was just John Bates, can anybody kindly tell me who his parents were? I knew it would get tricky because John Bates was quite a common name (which was apparently often used as a false name by crooks!) Any tips would be heartily welcomed!! Thankfully I've had more luck with other branches of the family!

[mosiefish]

Hi Dylan,

Its definitely going to be tricky finding Johns parentage as he only appears on the 1851 census as born London Middlesex.  I believe he may have died in Manchester in the September Quarter 1851.  See also www.lancashirebmd.org.uk which has the death of a John Bates aged 41 in the sub district of Cheetham which is where Emma was living on the Census. 

You may already know that his wife Emma remarried on 17th August, 1856 to a William Wright  at St George, Camberwell.  Her father was named as John Barnett a Silk Mercer.   On the 1861 census she gave her place of birth as Bishopsgate.

I think this may be her baptism:
Carey Street, New Court (Independent)
Emma the daughter of John Barnett and Anna his wife of the Parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate in the County of Middlesex Born on the fifteenth of March, 1813 was baptised on the thirteenth day of June 1813.

Regards,
Mo

[DylanOB]

Thank you very much - I didn't know these things. I will be tidying those twigs on my tree, and probably resigning myself to the fact that that trail has come to its end... Further back than I thought I would get when I started though. Keep up the good work, everyone!