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BATTERHAM, Ruth
1862 - 1940 (77 years) Has 40 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
1815 - 1899 (84 years)-
Name BATTERHAM, Ruth Birth 24 Oct 1862 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Female Death 12 Jun 1940 Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire Person ID I1790 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father BATTERHAM, Joseph, b. 1815, Walsoken, Norfolk d. 28 Dec 1899, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 84 years) Mother OLDFIELD, Mary Ann, b. 9 Jan 1821, West Walton, Norfolk d. 17 Jul 1910, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 89 years) Marriage 1842 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F162 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HORRY, John Thurbon, b. 1860, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1923, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 63 years) Marriage 1882 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HORRY, Ethel May, b. 31 Jan 1883, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1960, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 76 years)2. HORRY, Robert John, b. 1889, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 10 Nov 1918 (Age 29 years)3. HORRY, Joseph Harold, b. 1889, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1889, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HORRY, Ruth Evelyn, b. Between 8 and 11 Jan 1893, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1978, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 197 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F731 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 24 Oct 1862 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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RUTH BATTERHAM 1862-1940
The birth of a Ruth BATTERHAM was registered in 1862. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 24 October 1862.
(GRO December Q 1862 Wisbech 3b 557)
The 1871 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
Joseph BATTERHAM, head, aged 56, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Mary Ann BATTERHAM, wife, aged 51, born at West Walton;
Frances BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 18, born at West Walton;
Anna BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 10, born at West Walton;
*Ruth BATTERHAM, aged 8, born at West Walton;
George BATTERHAM, aged 4, born at West Walton;
Ann OLDFIELD, mother (sic), aged 73, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/77/9)
In 1881 Joseph BATTERHAM was a 66 year old farmer of 27 acres employing one man, born at Walsoken in Norfolk, and living at Dam Road, West Walton. Living with him were:
Mary Ann BATTERHAM, his 60 year old wife, born West Walton;
Polly BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 25, born West Walton;
Fanny BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 23, born West Walton;
*Ruth BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 18, a pupil teacher, born West Walton;
George BATTERHAM, son, aged 14, born West Walton.
(RG11/1697/81/8).
The marriage between Ruth BATTERHAM and John Thorborn (sic) HORRY was registered in 1882.
(GRO June Q 1882 Wisbech 3b 1003.
The 1891 census of 44 West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire:
John T. HORRY, head, aged 30, married, watchmaker & jeweller, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
*Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 28, married, born West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 8, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 1, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2574/55/4)
The 1901 census of 11 Market Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
John T. HORRY, head, married, aged 40, watchmaker & jeweller, practical workman, also dealer in gold & silver electroplate &c fruitgrower & farmer, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
*Ruth HORRY, wife, married, aged 38, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, learning music, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 11, attending school, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth E. HORRY, daughter, aged 7, attending school,, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/1555/55/4)
The 1911 census of Lyndhurst, Norwich Road, Walsoken, Norfolk:
John Thurbon HORRY, head, aged 50, married, fruitgrower, employer, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
*Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 48, married 28 years, 4 children 3 living, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 21, single, working on fruit farm, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth Evelyn HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/PN9321/RD187/SD5/ED2/SN7)
She was a beneficiary of the will of her sister Frances BATTERHAM in 1917.
The 1939 Register of 95 Lincoln Road, Peterborough M.B., Northamptonshire@
Roderick S. MATTHEWS, born 3 December 1893, dental surgeon, married;
Ruth E. MATTHEWS, born 11 January 1893, unpaid domestic duties, married;
*Ruth HORRY, born 24 October 1862, private means, widowed;
Alan C. BLOORE, born 13 February 1894, commercial traveller for Imp Tobacco Co, married;
Elsie M. BLOORE, born 11 September 1901, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Doris I. JEFFS (FISHER), born 6 October 1914, domestic servant, single;
Rose ROWELL (CATLINS), born 30 September 1918, domestic servant, single.
(RG101/6293G/019/24)
The death of Ruth HORRY was registered in 1940.
(GRO June Q 1940 Peterbro. 3b 501)
"HORRY Ruth of 95 Lincoln-road Peterborough widow died 12 June 1940 Probate Peterborough 13 August to Horace John MANN fruitgrower and Roderick Sydney MATTHEWS surgeon dentist [her sons-in-law]
Effects £6102 18s. 6d"
(National Probate Calendar 1940)
NOTES & QUERIES:
See 1911 census: Who was Ruth HORRY's fourth child born between 1882 and 1911? Possible places of registration are Holbeach (no contenders), Wisbech (no deaths) and Boston (several contenders). A significant fact is that Robert John HORRY an and a Joseph Harold HORRY shared the same birth registration, December Q 1889 Boston 7a 437. Twins or coincidence? Impossible to tell without buying Joseph Harold's birth certificate. A James HORRY died aged 0 in 1901; a Dorothy May agaged 1 in 1900; a Tom HORRY aged 0 in 1901; an Ernest HORRY aged 0 in January, February or March 1911; a Charles William aged 6 in 1892; a George HORRY aged 4 in 1894; and a George Richard HORRY aged 0 in 1894. There is, of course, always the possibility that a death was registered elsewhere.
1939 Register: The connection between Ruth HORRY &/or Roderick S. MATTHEWS with Alan C. BLOORE is unknown. Alan C. BLOORE married Elsie M. LAMIN in 1924.
(GRO June Q 1924 Nottingham 7b 850).
(revised 29.02.2016)