Tidy up of the files/folders

Owing to the fact that I keep finding even more Batton relatives, I have attempted to tidy up the files again. I've put new links on the page (right hand menu).

Files to view relate to the following :

01 - George Batton Intro to George and the Massey family
02 - Ellen/Helen Batton and family
03 - John Batton and family
03b - John Batton's grand-daughter (recent information found relating to Dorothy McKiernan)
04 - Samuel Paton (formerly Batton)
04b - The Batton brothers in America
05 - Andrew Batton and family
06 - Robert Massey Batton
07 - George Paton (formerly Batton) born 1861
08 - George Batton born 1879
09 - George Batton born 1916 (my grandfather)
09b - Maggie McLatchie Dykes wife of George Batton (my grandmothers family)
10 - The Strachan family (Bill Strachan's fathers side)

Documents that I am currently working on are:
The McCurdie families (Maggie McCurdie's family - wife of George Batton)
Brown / King - my Grandmother Jeanie King's family
A little booklet showing the family link to the Titanic survivors - ancestors of Barbie, Susie and Pat (Paton) daughters of Kenneth Henson Paton - grand-daughters of George Crawford Paton - great grand-daughters of Samuel Paton above.

If anyone would like me to check on any family information just drop me a note. Only too happy to see what I can find out.

Hope everyone is well.
Sandra

More old photos

Maggie, Cissy and May - Batton sisters


Cissy Batton


Margaret Batton (my mum), Andrew Batton with their Aunt Maggie Strachan


Margaret Batton (my mum) with cousin Bill Strachan and his mother Maggie Strachan.

Jean Batton with Margaret Batton and Duncan Murray on their wedding day - 16th February 1963. Jean was in hospital recovering from TB.

Batton photographs

Donald, Alda, Peter and Dorothy Seckler - children of Margaret Batton and her husband Peter Seckler. Great grandchildren of John and Jessie Batton (John is the brother of Andrew Batton, Samuel Paton, George Paton and Ellen Gordon)

Batton sisters in later years.

Top picture - Margaret Batton on left

Bottom picture - Margaret Batton on right.

Dorothy Forcina (daughter of Dorothy Mastrangelo ms Seckler) with her grandmother Margaret Batton. Dorothy is the person who has been kindly sending me the information and photographs.

The four Batton sisters - left to right : Lily, Edna, Bella and Margaret Note the forenames, repeated in many of the Batton families over the years - even now!

1911 Census - Where are the Battons?

BATTON'S ON THE 1911 SCOTTISH CENSUS:

I couldn't resist checking to see where they were in the 1911 Census released yesterday. Email me if you would like a copy of the census record.

My great great grandfather Andrew Batton was still living in Galston at 21 Ironwork Square with his wife Lilias - both were now 53 years old. Living with them are their sons John Batton age 16 and Robert Batton age 9.

John would move to New York with his wife Sarah in 1929.

Andrew, Lilias and Robert would move to Douglas, Lanarkshire. So we know that in 1911 they are still living in Galston.

My great grandfather George Batton (31 years old), son of Andrew and Lilias is now living in Coylton, South Ayrshire, at 3 Kerse Row. Living with him is his wife Maggie (34) and their children Lily (7), Isabella (6), Andrew (5), Lizzie (2) and nephew John Queen, aged 8 years.

In the house next door, living at number 4 Kerse Row, is George's younger brother Peter McGregor Batton (29 years) and his wife Barbara with their 2 children, Lizzie Batton (4) and Andrew Batton (2).

Another chapter in the book.

Found the missing link

Thought I'd share with you that I have, at long last, found that missing link back to John Batton and Jessie Steel. I noticed the other day that someone had saved the 1910 US Census to my family tree page on ancestry.com so I checked to see the names appearing on this census. It turned out to be the census relating to George Batton and his wife Anna Armstrong. George was the son of John Batton and his wife Jessie. John Batton was the brother of our relatives Andrew Batton, Samuel Paton (Batton), Ellen Gordon ms Batton and George Paton (Batton). I checked to see what this persons connection with the Batton family was and found a lady named Dorothy Forcina. She has messaged me to let me know that her grandmother was Margaret Batton, daughter of George Batton, grand-daughter of John Batton and great-grand-daughter of the patriach of the family GEORGE BATTON born 1807..... DOROTHY has photographs of the 3 Batton sisters - Margaret (her gran), Isabella and Lillian which were taken at her own wedding in the 1990's. Can't wait to see them. Note the names of the daughters, probably named after many of your ancestors...... Just when I thought I had the Batton booklet up to date and ready to convert again, I find yet another missing piece in the jigsaw. I'll pull together a note to show the family connections.

Robert McGregor Batton

Thanks to Ian and Doreen (Batton) Paterson for sharing this photograph of her Dad Robert Batton - this appearred in the Lanark Gazette this week (3rd March 2011).

Enjoy......

Connection with the Massey's

Well, after a couple of days off work and on the search of more family members, I struck lucky with my findings and I've laughed about it most of the day with my husband and the kids.

When I found the will of Alexander Massey and plugged the family info into ancestry.com it took me to Alexander's grandson, also named Alexander Massey - who was born in Saintfield in 1863 and moved to Manchester, Connecticut, USA in the 1880's.... I just kept plugging in the family information and merging into mine until I became rather alarmed that it had brought me full circle from my "home" town of Hamilton, Scotland to Saintfield Northern Ireland, over to the USA and here I was finding ancestors from Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

But the names were a bit TOO FAMILIAR to me. I couldn't help smile when I started seeing some "famous names" but I'll let you look at the names that appeared as I went back generation by generation from Alexander Massey!

The names on the left are my connection to Alexander Massey Snr (father in law of George Batton Snr who died in Newmilns, Ayrshire in September 1872 - ironically Alexander died in November 1872).

The names on the right are the connection with Alexander going back one generation at a time - either maternal or paternal connection.... and each time it explains the connection to me, Sandra Murray O:)

Last Will and Testement of Alexander Massey - Tonaghmore, Co. Down

I was able to view the last will and testement on the proni.gov.uk website and have typed up the content of this will.

Alexander Massey was the father of Eliza Massey, spouse of George Batton.

Alexander was the grandfather of the Batton siblings - Ellen, Samuel, John, Andrew, Robert and George.

The thing I found exciting from this document is that it confirms the names of Eliza Massey's other siblings - William, Robert, John and Eliza's mother Susanna.....

This also explains why the name Susanna/Susan features in quite a few of the Batton families........

Correction to previous information

Apologies for incorrect information in my last post on the Mair Family connections.


As pointed out by Betty Davey, John Mair died in Scotland in 1939.


Nellie Mair and her 4 small children went to Canada. Children - James, Margaret, George and Jack.

Margaret and George died one year apart, but James, Jack and Margaret's husband George currently live in the USA.

Mair family connections......if you'll pardon the pun!

I was recently entering lots of the information on FamilyTreeMaker software and happened to click to connect with my account on Ancestry.com for the first time.
As I was entering the information I was being given hints that the information was already entered on someone elses family tree.

Low and behold Brian Long's information kept popping up.......

It turns out there is another connection in the Batton family.

George Batton (my grandfather) and Helen Batton (married John Mair) were brother and sister.
Helen (Nellie as she was known) married John Mair in Galston in 1932.
Nellie and John moved to Canada and I know they had a son, George Mair. I have a photo of my Papa taken with George Mair and his 2 sons (John and Bob) outside their house in Canada in the late 1950's.
George Batton Snr (my great grandfather) and Elizabeth Batton were siblings. Elizabeth married Henry Connell and they had a daughter Lily Batton Connell. Lily married Alexander Young and they had a daughter Lilias Young. Lilias married Richard Newlands Mair. Richard is Brian Long's grandfather.

It turns out that John Mair and Richard Mair share the same parents - James Mair and Rebecca Newlands.

What a coincidence since Brian had recently contacted me with the connection between Ellen Batton and Andrew Batton - a further generation back.....

So my grandfather and Brian's grandfather were related through marriage.

And I found another set of connections between Brian's family and some of mine! Will add the information tonight. I need to leave to go to work!

The Will of Alexander Massey father of Eliza Massey

I have found an actual copy of the will of Alexander Massey.
Alexander was the father of Eliza Massey, wife of George Batton.

It is quite feint so I don't think it would be able to be read online.

I'll type up the contents tonight and post.

Connection between Janet Fyfe and Margaret Eadie - wives of George Paton (son of George & Eliza Batton)

I was recently entering information on Family Tree Maker as well as ancestry.com website and came across a connection between George Paton (Batton) and both of his wives.
George Paton was the brother of my great great grandfather, Andrew Batton.


George married Margaret Eadie on 31 December 1888. Sadly Margaret died less than a year later, on 12 September 1889. George was to marry again on 16 July 1891 - to Janet Young Fyfe.


I noticed some similarities with names going further back and this is what I have since established. Thought I'd share it :

Samuel Brown and Mary Grieg had 10 children of which there were 2 daughters named Janet and Ann.
Janet married John Fyfe and they had a son, Samuel Fyfe in 1829.
Ann married James Bulloch/Balloch and they had a daughter Janet Bulloch in 1835.
Samuel Fyfe and Janet Bulloch were first cousins.

Samuel Fyfe married Sarah Whyte in 1850 and they had a daughter Janet Young Fyfe in 1867.
Janet Bulloch married Robert Eadie in 1860 and they had a daughter Margaret Eadie in 1868.
Janet Fyfe and Margaret Eadie were second cousins.


George Paton (Batton) was probably familiar with the Fyfe family through his marriage to his 1st wife Margaret Eadie.
Prior to marrying Janet in 1891 he was boarding with William Fyfe (Janet Fyfe's brother).

Some of our connections and the generations

The Long family - Canada - Christmas 2010- left to right
On rocking chair is Brian's wife Nicole (Labreche) with their youngest daughter Evyn, on the sofa is Daniel Mouck, Bonnie Elizabeth Mouck (Brian's sister) with their son Cameron Daniel Mouck, Lilian Connell Fleming Long (nee Mair) on her lap is Brian & Nicole's oldest daughter Emma, then at the far right is Brian James Long.
On the floor is Lilian's husband James Howard Long with Brian & Nicole's middle daughter Ellie Audrey Long.


Below shows the family connections and generations.
Brian is 6 generations from George & Eliza Massey on his maternal line.
Me (Sandra) is 5 generations from them on maternal line
Bill Strachan is 4 generations from them on maternal line
John Davey is 4 generations from them on maternal line
Doreen Paterson (nee Batton) is probably the closest in line to them with only 3 generations.