Walter Charles Batchelor was born in Peckham, London, England[2] in 1897[1]. He was the son of Jane Batchelor, née Siggers, and Charles Batchelor, a carman. Charles died, aged only 39, when Walter was about 13, and Jane worked as a collar machinist[3] to support her young children.
Walter probably married Elsie Brown in Camberwell in 1923[4].
↑ 1.01.1Birth:BATCHELOR, WALTER CHARLES , mother's maiden name SIGGERS, GRO Reference: 1897 S Quarter in CAMBERWELL Volume 01D Page 925.General Register Office online index.
↑ 2.02.11901 census:Name: Walter C Batchelor; Event Type: Census; Event Date: 31 Mar 1901; Event Place: City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; County: London, Middlesex; Civil Parish: Camberwell; Ecclesiastical Parish: St Mark'S Camberwell; Sub-District: St George; Registration District: Camberwell; Residence Note: ; Gender: Male; Age: 3; Occupation: ; Relationship to Head of Household: Son; Birth Year (Estimated): 1898; Birthplace: Peckham, London. "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Z8-3VD : 30 April 2019), Walter C Batchelor, City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St George subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ 3.03.11911 census:Jane Margaret Batchelor, Head, F, 36, WIDOW, MACHINIST COLLAR, Peckham, London; Walter Charles Batchelor, Son, M, 13, SCHOOL, Peckham, London; Violet Cecilia Batchelor, Daughter, F, 8, Camberwell, London. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWRS-PYD : 10 May 2019), Walter Charles Batchelor in household of Jane Margaret Batchelor, Camberwell, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ 4.04.1Marriage:Name: Walter C Batchelor; Event Type: Marriage Registration; Event Place: Camberwell, London, England; Registration District: Camberwell; County: London; Registration Year: 1923; Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun; Page: 1500; Affiliate Line Number: 7; Volume: 1D; Spouse Name (available after 1911): Brown; Possible Spouse: Elsie L Brown. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZG-SGZM : 8 October 2014), Walter C Batchelor and null, 1923; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1923, quarter 2, vol. 1D, p. 1500, Camberwell, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ 5.05.1Death:Name: Walter C Batchelor; Event Type: Death; Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar; Registration Year: 1965; Registration District: Surrey Mid Eastern; County: Surrey; Event Place: Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England; Age: 67; Birth Year (Estimated): 1898; Volume: 5G; Page: 333; Affiliate Line Number: 52. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCV-RGLP : 4 September 2014), Walter C Batchelor, 1965; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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