From Christine Bate’s document titled 1939.doc 1939-1945 My grandfather, John Fergus Steel, retired during August of 1939. Mother, Father, Sheila and I visited them at Broad Street in Carlisle while they were packing up to move to a rented house in Gilsland. I particularly remember that the books were all out of the bookcase and ..
From the document written by Christine Bate titled Auntie Bessie.doc My Stay at Auntie Bessie’s and Uncle John’s The story about my long stay with Great Aunt Bessie and Great Uncle John begins in August of 1939. Mother, Father, Sheila and I were on holiday at Beckfoot, staying with Mrs. Wannop. How and why we stayed on ..
Bessie Wilson Davidson Auntie Bessie was the older sister of my grandmother, Annie Wilson Steel. Her father, Joseph Steel, was headmaster of the school at Hesket New Market in Cumberland. She and my grandmother both went to teacher training college in Manchester and Bessie worked as a schoolteacher. She taught in the Maryport area until ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled BateBatchford.doc The Batchford Family Geoff’s mother was born Beatrice Batchford on July 17th 1897. Her parents were John and Annie Batchford née Watson. Annie Watson came as a young girl by boat from Aberdeen to Hull with her parents, John and Elizabeth. John Watson was a comb maker in Aberdeen. Annie Watson ..
From Christine Bate’s document BateBatchford.doc The Bate Family Geoff’s father, Harry Bate, was the only son of John and Naomi Parnham Bate. John Bate and Naomi Parnham were married at the Parish Church of East Retford on August 3rd1886. On the copy from the church registry that I have from Dorothy, John is described as ..
From: John Green <jgreen@jongrin.co.uk> Date: November 2, 2009 3:50:43 AM PST To: Christine Bate <batece@yahoo.com> Cc: John Green <jgreen@jongrin.co.uk> Subject: Re: Fergus… Hi Christine I can’t imagine there are many John Fergus Steels. I can only check the Queensland death register entries up to 30 years ago (the marriage records are unavailable for 75 years). ..
Transcribed Massachusetts Death Record Decedent’s Name: Fergus Steel Sex: Male Race: White Date of Death: March 23, 1927 Time of Death: 3:30 AM Place of Death: Powder Point Avenue, Duxbury Usual Residence: Powder Point Avenue, Duxbury Length of Time in Community: 35 years Length of Time in United States: 38 years Age: 84 – 1 ..
From a document written by Christine Bate named Christine Baby Photos.doc CHRISTINE ELINOR BATE PHOTOGRAPHS GIVEN TO CEB BY SADIE PORTER KEY TO PHOTOS IN BLACK ALBUM ************************************************************* These photographs were given to me by my Mother when she divided up most of the photographs that she had saved. She also gave some to ..
FATHER’S LODGING BOX Father’s lodging box was kept under the sconce in the pantry. It appeared in the scullery when Father was assigned a two -day job with an overnight. Generally this meant taking a train to Kentish Town, the LMS goods terminal in London, spending the night in the barracks, thenworking a train back the next day. There were no ..
Father’s Badge Mother must have cut the badge off Father’s government-issue jacket and didn’t even bother to pull out the cut-off threads. I am pleased that she thought to save it. ARP stands for Air Raid Precautions. WRCC is for West Riding County Council. This was our local government authority. Our nearest town was Rotherham, which is a ..