Uriah Batchelor (1850 - 1886)

Born 25 May 1850 in Nelson, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of George Batchelor and Charlotte Maria (Walker) Batchelor

Husband of Rhoda Lydia (Sherwood) Batchelor — married 6 Jul 1873 in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1886 at age 36 in fishing boat, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

Birth Uriah (Hugh) was born in 1850. (Use Hugh Batchelor when researching past newspapers).

Preferred Name. Definitely Hugh Referred to continuously as Hugh in newspapers, very seldom as Uriah.

Employment. At the time of his death, which occurred after he collapsed on a fishing expedition in a boat with friends, Hugh had become well known as an employee and barman at the Imperial Hotel in New Plymouth. He was employed there by Mr. Walker a relative (probably his father or brother in law.)

In 1873 Rhoda Lydia Sherwood and Uriah Batchelor were married ^[1]

Children born to Rhoda and Uriah Batchelor ^[2]

1874/18655 Florence Charlotte

1875/1640 Uriah William

1877/4385 Kate Herminnie

1878/17128 George John

1880/5696 William Walker

1881/16534 Sydney Ernest

1884/657 Bertha Caroline

1885/17851 Cecil Herbert

Uriah (Hugh) Batchelor died on 7 July 1886 aged 36.^[3]

Burial record for Uriah (Hugh) Batchelor

Record ID WKWS01085_A

Surname BATCHELOR

First names URIAH (HUGH)

Age 36 years

Date of interment 09/07/1886

Date of death 07/07/1886

Gender Male

Cemetery Wakapuaka

Block 01

Plot type Burial

Type Of Grave Interment

Plot number 085

Area WESLEYAN

Denomination WESLEYAN

Funeral director AMOS

Other Interments also in this plot WKWS01085

WALKER CHARLOTTE MARIA WKWS01085_B

SMITH CHARLES WKWS01085_C

Death Notice ^[4]
Batchelor.—July 7, at New Plymouth, Uriah, eldest and beloved son of George and Charlotte Batchelor, of Nelson, and nephew of William Walker, late of the Imperial Hotel, New Plymouth, aged 36 years.

New Plymouth, July 7. A sad occurrence happened this morning. A party of three went out on a fishing excursion, and about nine o'clock one of them, Hugh Batchelor, well-known as Mr Walker's barman at the Imperial Hotel, suddenly dropped his oar, complaining that he felt faint and was not as good as he used to be. The party were about a mile out, when suddenly Batchelor fainted, and the party made for the shore as quickly as possible, but he expired before getting in. Batchelor looked a healthy man, and his death, which is supposed to be from heart disease, was very sudden. He leaves a wife and nine children.
Otago Daily Times, 8 July 1886.

DNA

Uriah's paternal DNA is confirmed by a full 3rd cousin FTDNA Family-Finder match between Audrey Don who is the 2nd great granddaughter of Uriah's father George Batchelor b. 1828, and two of Georges 2nd great grandsons through Uriah's brother William (Bill), being 181 centiMorgans for Bill Batchelor, and 67 centiMorgans for John Fear ( Gary Williams).

Sources

N.Z. BDM
Birth Registration No. 1850/2907
Marriage Registration No. 1873/8110
Death registration No. 1886/3727.

Footnotes

1. ↑ NZBDM marriages 1873/8110 Rhoda Lydia Sherwood Uriah Batchelor
2. ↑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-1D98-J9?cc=1865481&wc=4BCL-733%3A1045248801%2C1045248802 : 15 October 2015), Nelson Court > Probate records 1855-1896 P41-P119 surnames A-B > image 226 of 426; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.
4. ↑ [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18860717.2.4 Births, Marriages and Deaths, The Colonist, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4486, 17 July 1886

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gilly Wood for starting this profile on 19 Sep 2013.

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