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The census of 1861 and 1891 gives us the picture of the Battrick Family members who were clay workers. (The spelling of the surname varied but to avoid confusion has been shown as one in table below)
Derek Griffiths has emailed to describe his relationship to the Battrick Family
I have just visited Norden and saw the budding
clay museum , My great-grandfather James Battrick was born in Corfe at Bushey
the son of another James Battrick who was
a clay miner whose father Thomas was also
a clay miner, the second James was married in 1861 so that will give you an
idea of the time scale. My great-grandfather moved to Basingstoke and worked
on the railways becoming an engine driver at a very early age and I wondered
if he gained experience on the clay tramways. the family lived at Foxground, Bushy
and were in continuous occupation from early in the 18th century, the last
known to me occupant of Foxground was Jesse Battrick who was my great-grandfathers
younger brother and he was there in the 30s, to live in that area for so
many years their involvement in the industry must have been considerable. The
son of Jesse, James Leopold, was killed in First World War and his name is on
the Corfe war memorial by the cemetery gates. I still reside in Dorset nr
Weymouth.
Good luck with your ambitious project, I
will continue to maintain my interest.
We know there are other members of the Battrick Family out there and also other clay worker families. We would love to here from you as clay working wasn't just a job. It was a way of life. Click here to send us and email Some of the other Purbeck families involved in Clay extraction during the 19th Century were Bennett, Brett,
Brinton, Burden, Burgess, Cattle, Churchill, Cottrell, Day, Diffey, Edmonds,
Fry, Furmage, Gould, Gover, Grant, Green, Hobbs, Keats, Kitcatt, Marshalsay,
Morris, Orchard, Parker, Phillips, Samways, Scaddon, Shickland, Slade, Speck,
Stockley, Tubb, Vincent, Welsh, White, Wills, Woolfreys This is not a complete list ED. |
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