Florence Izet Grahame (Thomson) Batten (1832 - 1912)

Born 14 Mar 1832 in Bristol, England

Ancestors

Wife of Sisley John Batten — married 15 Jul 1854 in Kensington, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1912 at age 80 in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Florence Izet Graeme Thomson was born in Bristol on the 14th of March 1834 and was baptised a Methodist on the 6th of January 1835. She was daughter of Andrew Thomson and his wife, Theodosia Lewis. ^[1]Her father died in 1842. ^[2] and in 1851 Florence was living at Clifton in Gloucestershire with her mother and sister. ^[3]

St Mary Abbots

She married widower Sisley John Batten, son of John Batten of Rochester and his wife, Sarah Prall, a captain in the service of the East India Company, in Kensington Parish Church on the 15th of July 1854. ^[4]

Batten Thompson Marriage 1854

The building in which she was married was pulled down and replaced about 1870. ^[5]

In less than two years Florence had started raising a family in Burma.

By 1871 Florence was back in England with the children. ^[6] Sisley joined them later. ^[7]

Sisley died at home at 14 Notting Hill Square on the night of 10/11 January 1887 leaving his family decently provided for. ^[8]By 1891 Florence and her daughter , Katherine had moved to Manor Farm in the Hampshire village of Shalden. ^[9] Manor Farmhouse at Shalden is a late-medieval hall house, built with a timber-framed structure that covers two stories and dates from the 16th century. ^[10]

At the 1901 Census Florence and her daughter, Margaret, were staying at Anstey House in Alton, home of widow Isabella Blake. ^[11]

Florence died on the 7th of November 1912. ^[12][13]

Sources

1. ↑ Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry 1818-1838 Florence Ezzat Graeme Thomson born 14 March 1834 baptised at Bristol 6 January 1835 daughter of Andrew and Theodosia Thomson (daughter of George and Theodosia Lewis)
2. ↑ England and Wales death index (Registered Bristol 1842 1st qu Vol 11 Page 160)
3. ↑ 1851 Census of England
   Clifton, Gloucestershire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Theodosia	Thompson	Head	Widow	Female	57	Fundholder	Appledore, Devon
   Frances	Thompson	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	20	-	Bristol
   Florence	Thompson	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	19	-	Bristol

4. ↑ Marriage Certificate (The Parish church, Kensington 15th July 1854 Sisley John Batten, aged 24, widower, Captain in the East India Company Service of Holland St, son of John Batten, magistrate, married Florence Izet Grahame Thompson, 32, spinster of Notting Hill, daughter of Andrew Thompson, gentleman Witnesses Wigram Money and Thomas Dyer Thistleton Dyer) Note: The marriage certificate clearly says 24 but Sisley was in his thirties.
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Abbots Wikipedia: St Mary Abbots
6. ↑ 1871 Census of England
   Saunderson Villa, 11 Redland Park, Westbury-on-Trym, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Florence I	Batten	Head	Married	Female	39	Colonel Batten's wife	Bristol
   Frances	Batten	Daughter	-	Female	15	Scholar	Burmah
   Sisley G	Batten	Son	-	Male	11	Scholar	India
   Katharine	Batten	Daughter	-	Female	9	Scholar	Burmah
   Frederick G	Batten	Son	-	Male	7	Scholar	Burmah
   Elizabeth	Dick	Servant	Unmarried	Female	22	Cook	Scotland
   Caroline	Peuduck	Servant	Unmarried	Female	25	Parlour maid	Thornberry, Gloucestershire

7. ↑ 1881 Census of England
   14 Notting Hill Square, London, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Sisley Jno	Batten	Head	Married	Male	61	Major General Army	Rochester, Kent
   Florence I G	Batten	Wife	Married	Female	49	-	Bristol, Gloucester
   Katherine	Batten	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	19	-	Rangoon, Burmah
   Frederick G	Batten	Son	Unmarried	Male	17	Scholar	Burmah
   Margaret T	Batten	Daughter	-	Female	6	-	Bristol, Gloucester
   Anne	Plain?	Servant	Unmarried	Female	21	Housemaid	Haddington ?
   Mary Ann	Manley	Servant	Widow	Female	61	Cook	Berkshire?

8. ↑ National Probate Calendar (16 February 1887 Sisley John Batten of 14 Notting Hill Square, Kensington, Lieutenant General in the Madras Army who died 11 January 1887 at 14 Notting Hill Sq. Personal estate £3531 8s 10d Probated to Florence Izet Grahame Batten, widow the relict and Frederick Graeme Batten, lieutenant in the 1st Middlesex Regiment (57th), son, both of 14 Notting Hill Sq the Executors
9. ↑ 1891 Census of England
   Manor Farm, Shalden, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Florence I G	Batten	Head	Widow	Female	59	Living on own means	Bristol, Somerset
   Katherine	Batten	Daughter	Single	Female	29	Living on own means	Rangoon, Burma
   Lillian R	Trevor	Grand daughter	-	Female	12	-	London, Bayswater
   Charlotte	Slader	Visitor	Single	Female	68	Needleworker, shirt	Bristol, Somerset
   Louisa	Hayden	Servant	Single	Female	22	Cook, domestic servant	Worldham, Hants
   Rose	Albury	Servant	Single	Female	19	Housemaid	Kingsley, Hants

10. ↑ Wikipedia: Shalden
11. ↑ 1901 Census of England
    Anstey House, Alton, Hampshire, England

    First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
    Isabella	Blake	Head	Widow	Female	68	Living on own means	Sunderland, Durham
    Emily S	Blake	Daughter	Single	Female	42	-	Sunderland, Durham
    Jessie M	Blake	Daughter	Single	Female	39	-	Sunderland, Durham
    Florence I G	Batten	Visitor	Widow	Female	69	Military Fund Pension and Private means	Clifton, Gloucestershire
    Margaret T	Batten	Daughter	Single	Female	26	Military Fund and Private means	Bristol, Gloucester
    Florence	Carter	Servant	Single	Female	26	General servant domestic	Alton, Hampshire

12. ↑ England and Wales death index (Registered Newport Pagnell 1912 4th qu Florence I G Batten aged 80)
13. ↑ National Probate Calendar (21 May 1913 Florence Ezzat Grahame Batten of Woburn Sands died 7 November 1912. Estate £258 13s 11d. Adminstration granted to Harry Marshall Freear, analytical chemist)

• Census of England 1841, 1911.

• India Office [1]