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BATTERHAM, Walter Edward
1882 - 1912 (30 years) Has 42 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1858 - 1893 (35 years)-
Name BATTERHAM, Walter Edward Birth 1882 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 
Gender Male Burial 1912 Stockton, San Joachin County, California, USA Death 21 May 1912 San Joachin County, California, USA Person ID I3370 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father BATTERHAM, John Stanton, b. 1857, West Walton, Norfolk d. 21 Mar 1929, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 72 years) Mother HALL, Hannah, b. 1858, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1893, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 35 years) Marriage 1881 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F663 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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WALTER EDWARD BATTERHAM 1882-1912
The birth of Walter Edward BATTERHAM was registered in 1882.
(GRO September Q 1882 Wisbech 3b 575)
Thec 1891 census of 1 Trafalgar Road, Wisbech in 1891:
John S. BATTERHAM, head, aged 33, coal merchant, born at West Walton;
Hannah BATTERHAM, wife, aged 32, born at West Walton;
*Walter E. BATTERHAM, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG12/1305/52/19)
From the 1901 census of Trafalgar Row, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
John S. BATTERHAM, head, widower, aged 43, coal merchant, employer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*W. E. BATTERHAM, son, single, aged 18, coal merchant's clerk, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Edna F. CROOT, servant, single, aged 38, house keeper domestic, born in Bedfordshire.
(RG13/1556/48/2)
Walter E. BATTERHAM, a 21 year old unmarried farm labourer left London for Sydney, New South Wales, on the ship Ormuz on 14 August 1903.
(www.findmypast: Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960)
He arrived in Sydney, Australia, on 13 September 1903.
(www.ancestry.com)
From Find-A-Grave.com:
"Walter Batterham is buried in the Stockton Rural Cemetery with a grave marker, which is unusual for Block 36. According to the records maintained by the cemetery, Walter Batterham is buried in Block 36, Row H, Lot 96.
Per the California Death Index, Walter "Battenham" was born about 1884 and he died on 21 May 1912 in San Joaquin County, CA. The indexer made a mistake by rendering the last name as Battenham or the engraver made a mistake on the tombstone with the last name of Batterham. Since the tombstone was put up by a grieving father, the name on the tombstone is most likely correct and the indexer is wrong.
Walter E. Batterham is in the 1891 England Census. The family was living at 1 Trafalgar, Row 1, in the Civil Parish of Wisbech St, in the Municipal Borough of Osler Wisbech, in the Municipal Ward of North, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wisbech, in the Parliamentary Division of North Cambridge, and the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Augustines, in the County of Cambridgeshire, England. The father was John S. Batterham. He was 33 years old and born in Norfolk in West Walton. He was a coal merchant. His wife was Hannah Batterham nee Hall. She was 32 years old and she was born in Norfolk in West Walton. Walter E. Batterham, the only child, was eight years old and a scholar (student). He was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Walter Edward Batterham is in the 1901 England Census as W. E. Batterham. He was living on Trafalgar Row (as in the 1891 census). He was 18 years old and working as a coal merchant's clerk. His father was a coal merchant, so it seems reasonable that Walter was working for his father. The father was John S. Batterham. He was 43 years old and a widower.
Walter E. Batterham left London, England, on 14 Aug 1903 aboard the ship Ormuz headed for Sydney, Australia. He was then 21 years old and his job was listed as "farm labourer." This may have been the last time his father saw him alive.
Inscription:
TO THE LOVED MEMORY OF
WALTER EDWARD
BATTERHAM
Who died in this city
May 21, 1912
Erected by his sorrowing Father
JOHN STANTON BATTERHAM
Walsoken, Wisbech, England
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2019), memorial page for Walter Edward Batterham (Jul 1882– 21 May 1912), Find A Grave Memorial no. 155969395, citing Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA ; Maintained by lawman (contributor 48229578) .)