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BATTERHAM, Joseph
1815 - 1899 (84 years) Has 4 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.
1796 - 1885 (89 years)-
Name BATTERHAM, Joseph Birth 1815 Walsoken, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 28 Dec 1899 West Walton, Norfolk Burial 31 Dec 1899 West Walton, Norfolk Person ID I955 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father BATTERHAM, John, b. Between 1783 and 1784, Walsoken, Norfolk d. Between 1851 and 1861, Walsoken, Norfolk (Age 68 years) Mother HUDSON, Frances, b. 1796, Holme Hale, Norfolk, England d. 1885, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 89 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1813 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F660 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 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 Children 1. BATTERHAM, Joseph, b. 6 Sep 1842, West Walton, Norfolk d. 24 Nov 1922, Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, USA (Age 80 years)2. BATTERHAM, Mary Ann, b. 1844, West Walton, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown3. BATTERHAM, Maria, b. 1847, West Walton, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown4. BATTERHAM, Elizabeth, b. 1848, West Walton, Norfolk d. 10 Jun 1915, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 67 years)5. BATTERHAM, Frances, b. 1852, West Walton, Norfolk d. 24 Jan 1917, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 65 years)6. BATTERHAM, Naomi (Polly), b. 1855, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1915, Doncaster Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 60 years)7. BATTERHAM, John Stanton, b. 1857, West Walton, Norfolk d. 21 Mar 1929, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 72 years)8. BATTERHAM, Anna, b. 1860, West Walton, Norfolk d. 20 Oct 1872 (Age 12 years)9. BATTERHAM, Ruth, b. 24 Oct 1862, West Walton, Norfolk d. 12 Jun 1940, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 77 years)10. BATTERHAM, George, b. 1867, West Walton, Norfolk d. 18 Dec 1937, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 70 years)Family ID F162 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOSEPH BATTERHAM 1815-1899
At the time of the 1851 census Joseph BATTERHAM, aged 35 and born at Walsoken in Norfolk, was the farmer of six acres of land and lived at South Field, West Walton, Norfolk. The rest of the family were all born in West Walton:
Mary BATTERHAM, his 30 year old wife;
Joseph BATTERHAM, their 8 year old son, a scholar;
Mary A. BATTERHAM, their 6 year old daughter, a scholar;
Maria BATTERHAM, their 4 year old daughter, a scholar;
Elizabeth BATTERHAM, their 2 year old daughter, a scholar.
Ann OLDFIELD (nee EDGOOSE and Mary BATTERHAM's mother), a 52 year old annuitant, was a visitor.
(HO/107/1766/564/19)
The 1861 census of Dam Road, West Walton,Norfolk;
*Joseph BATTRAM, head, aged 45, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Mary A. BATTRAM, wife, aged 40, born at Walton, Norfolk;
Elizabeth BATTRAM, daughter, aged 12, born at Walton, Norfolk;
Ann BATTRAM, daughter, aged 9, born at Walton, Norfolk;
Frances BATTRAM, daughter, aged 8, born at Walton, Norfolk;
Naomi BATTRAM, daughter, aged 5, born at Walton, Norfolk;
John S. BATTRAM, son, aged 3, born at Walton, Norfolk.
(RG9/1050/73/9)
The 1871 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
*Joseph BATTERHAM, head, aged 56, groom and gardener, 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, widow, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/77/9)
An Index to the Will of Ann OLDFIELD formerly EDGOOSE (1797-1879), widow. The Will was made on 12 December 1862. Probate was granted on 8 July 1879.
01 ANN OLDFIELD, the Testatrix.
02 Mary Ann BATTERHAM, daughter of the Testatrix, wife of Joseph BATTERHAM.
03*Joseph BATTERHAM, husband of Mary Ann.
(District Probate Registry, Norwich, 1879)
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 (transcription error for 28?), 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)
From the 1891 census return for Dam Road, West Walton:
*Joseph BATTERHAM, head, aged 76, farmer, born at Walsoken;
Mary A. BATTERHAM, wife, aged 70, born at West Walton;
Frances BATTERHAM, daughter, aged 35, housekeeper, born at West Walton;
George BATTERHAM, son, aged 24, farmer's son, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/61/9)
His death at the age of 84 was registered in 1899.
(GRO December Q 1899 Wisbech 3b 353)
Joseph BATTERHAM of West Walton, farmer, died on 28 December 1899. Probate was granted at Norwich on 21 August 1900 to George BATTERHAM, fruit grower. Effects £1,475.
(National Probate Calendar 1900)
He was buried at West Walton on 31 December 1899 aged 84, i.e born circa 1815.
(FreeReg)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Mary Ann BATTERHAM of West Walton, Norfolk. Will 1910.
Frances BATTERHAM of West Walton, Norfolk, died in 1917. Probate was granted to George BATTERHAM and John STANTON BATTERHAM.
Joseph BATTERHAM of West Walton farmer deceased intestate: Elizabeth BATTERHAM of West Walton, widow, was bound in the sum of two hundred Pounds on 9 June 1787 to adminster the estate of her late husband.
(NCC admon of Joseph BATTERHAM 1787)
Richard BATTERHAM of Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, was born in 1790 and was buried at Tilney St. Lawrence in November 1856.
Amelia Ann BATTERHAM of Wiggenhall St. Mary was buried at Tilney cum Islington, Norfolk, on 10 December 1874 aged 54.
Ann BATTERHAM of St. Mary's was buried at Tilney cum Islington, Norfolk, on 31 July 1836 aged 16.
Ellen BATTERHAM of St. Germans was buried at Tilney cum Islington on 12 February 1837 aged 50.
Joseph BATTERHAM of Wiggenhall St. Germans was buried at Tilney cum Islington, Norfolk, on 30 December 1860 aged 75.
Robert BATTERHAM of St. Germans was buried at Tilney cum Islington, Norfolk, on 29 April 1840 aged 16.
Robert BATTERHAM, farmer, of West Walton, Norfolk, married Mary BORROWS at Leverington on 4 November 1760.
John BATTERHAM bachelor married Jane NEALE spinster at St. Nicholas, King's Lynn, on 11 April 1793.
Isaac, son of John and Rebecca BATTRAM late CHRUCHIFORTH baptised at Billingford, Norfolk, on 15 May 1796.
Joseph BATTERHAM, churchwarden at Wisbech, in document dated 1780 (F.J. Gardiner - History of Wisbech & Neighbourhood, page 312 -1898)
J. BATTERHAM was one of the ten first subscribers of the Wisbech Gas Kight & Coke Company in 1858. (F.J. Gardiner - History of Wisbech & Neighbourhood page 183 - 1898)
"Incidentally, my grandfather, Joseph BATTERHAM the 8th child of William BATTERHAM, married my grandmother Mary Ann SISLEY (from a family based in west Kent for many years) in 1906. Mary Ann was one of 4 children but her mother Elizabeth never married!
(E-mail from roy.thompson@ukgateway.net)
(revised 11.11.2019)