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Daisy M Baker

• Birth*: Daisy M Baker was born circa 1890 at Sussex, England.
• Marriage*: Daisy M Baker married Ernest Cecil Middleton, son of James Middleton and Annie Marchant, in 1915 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Anecdote*: Adopted a daughter called Sybil.
• Married Name: As of 1915, her married name was Middleton.

William Ernest Victor Bateman

Hilda Beatrice May Thompson (nee Bateman) about 15 years old, with her brother William Ernest Victor Bateman. Photo courtesy of her granddaughter Debbie Acton (2014).

Parents:

• Birth*: William Ernest Victor Bateman was born in 1901 at Dorchester, Dorset, England; His age was given as 29 years when he emigrated to Australia in 1929.¹
• He was the son of Charles Thomas Bateman and Mary Jane Stone.
• Nickname: William Ernest Victor Bateman also went by the name of Victor.
• Marriage*: William Ernest Victor Bateman married Alice Beatrice Middleton, daughter of James Middleton and Annie Marchant, in 1925 at Bournemouth, Dorset, England.²
• Residence: In October 1929 William Ernest Victor Bateman and Alice Beatrice Middleton lived at 5 Pelham Place, Seaford, Sussex, England.
• Occupation*: William Ernest Victor Bateman was a labourer in October 1929.
• Emigration*: William Ernest Victor Bateman and Alice Beatrice Middleton emigrated on 19 October 1929 to Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, from the port of Liverpool on the ship "Vedic" with son Francis Bateman.³
  
• Anecdote: They emmigrated to Australia a few years after her brother Frank Middleton, who emmigrated in 1927. In Australia they had a second son, Athol, and became Seventh Day Adventists. Francis married and moved to Eastern States (?) and Athol went to London.
  When Arthur and Ada Taylor came to Australia in 1948 they stayed with Beatrice before building their own house. Arthur and Ada's daughter Joyce recalls that on Saturday nights, Beatrice and Victor used to go into a room and close off the doors so they could pray and no one was to disturb them.
• Residence*: In 1948 William Ernest Victor Bateman and Alice Beatrice Middleton lived at Beatty Avenue, Carlisle, Western Australia, Australia.
• Anecdote*: The death certificate for Victor Bateman was found by Debbie Acton, a descendant of Victor's sister Hilda Beatrice May Thomson (nee Bateman).
• Residence: In 1970 William Ernest Victor Bateman and Alice Beatrice Middleton lived at 2 Basler Court, Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.⁴
• Death*: William Ernest Victor Bateman died on 4 August 1970 at Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Age 68 years. He died of cardiac failure (months), hypertension (years), chronic nephritis (years) and pneumonia (weeks).⁴
• Burial*: William Ernest Victor Bateman was buried on 6 August 1970 at Bendigo Cemetery, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.⁴

Francis Victor Langfeld Bateman

Parents:

• Birth*: Francis Victor Langfeld Bateman was born on 1 August 1926 at Bournemouth, Dorset, England; He was listed as age 3 years on the passenger lists when he emigrated to Australia with his parents on 19 Oct 1929.
• He was the son of William Ernest Victor Bateman and Alice Beatrice Middleton.
• Name Variation: As of 1927, Francis Victor Langfeld Bateman was also known as Frank.
• Marriage*: Francis Victor Langfeld Bateman married Joan Myrtle Blee on 7 April 1949 at Gosnells Church, Canning, Western Australia, Australia.¹
• Death*: Francis Victor Langfeld Bateman died on 3 May 2011 at Kincumber, New South Wales, Australia, at age 84.
• Anecdote*: OBITUARY: Francis Victor Langfeld Bateman (Frank)
  Born: 1st Aug 1926 in Bournemouth U.K; Died: 3rd May 2011 in Kincumber N.S.W;Married: Joan Myrtle Blee on 7th April 1949 at Gosnell Church. He is survived by his wife Joan and children - 2 Sons:- Graeme & Alwyn (both of Albury/Wodonga) and a daughter Vicki (McGrath Hill N.S.W.); seven grandchildren; and three greta grandchildren. His entire working life of 40 years was devoted to Sanitarium, the Church, it's people and it's mission. He was a much loved member of the Erina, NSW church. He touched so many lives and was always caring for others. Now he is cared for by Jesus. (Record, 2 July 2011, page 22, ISSN 0819-5633, Official news magazine of the South Pacific Division Seventh-day Adventist Church, Vol 116 No 13.)

Athol Raymond Bateman

Parents:

• Birth*: Athol Raymond Bateman was born circa 1936 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
• He was the son of William Ernest Victor Bateman and Alice Beatrice Middleton.
• Anecdote*: When Joyce Treen (nee Talor) was living with Beatrice, she remembers Athol use to play the piano beautifully. The went to see "A song to Remember", a story of Chopin’s life, at the local cinema in Albany Highway, Victoria Park (possibly the Broadway theatre – approx 1948). When they returned home Athol wanted to go and play the music from the show on the piano but his overbearing mother ordered him to go to bed.
  He got up first thing in the morning and played by ear the music he heard the night before. He always wanted to be a concert pianist but his parents didn’t seem to share his enthusiasm.¹
• Residence*: In 1958 Athol Raymond Bateman lived at Curtin, Western Australia, Australia, (Electoral Rolls.)

Bertha Green

Parents:

• Birth*: Bertha Green was born on 29 September 1886 at Madehurst, Sussex, England^B.
• She was the daughter of Thomas Green and Annie Jane Marner.
• Anecdote*: Bertha Green's ancestry has been researched and provided by Pat Able of Lancing, Sussex. She is a descendant of Bertha's brother James Charles Green. For those wishing to make contact, her email address is patriciaaable @ gmail.com (ignore the spaces).
• Anecdote: Pat Able writes: "Bertha never seems to have lived with the rest of her family but appears to have been brought up by her aunt Fanny Marner (b 1851 Aldingbourne, her mother's sister), married to Arthur Smith (b 1850 Westdean, a carter on a farm). In the 1891 census we find Bertha with Fanny and Arthur Smith and sons in living at Singleton village. It states that she is a visitor. In the 1901 Census she is noted as being a niece living with Fanny & Arthur at a Cottage, Singleton.
• Marriage*: Bertha Green married Henry Frank Middleton, son of James Middleton and Annie Marchant, in 1910 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Married Name: As of 1910, her married name was Middleton.
• Residence: On 2 April 1911 Bertha Green and Henry Frank Middleton lived at 23 Brading Road, Brighton, Sussex, England.²
• Residence*: In November 1927 Bertha Green and Henry Frank Middleton lived at Windemere, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, England.
• Emigration*: Bertha Green and Henry Frank Middleton emigrated on 19 November 1927 to Perth, Western Australia, Australia, on the ship "Mamilius" departing from London with their three children Frederick, Leslie and Reginald.
• Anecdote: Frank and Bertha went back to England when Freda Amy Taylor was 11 years old (Frank had lost his leg by then). They stayed for a few years with Frank's sister Dolly and husband Will, and his father James Middleton in Seaford. According to Frank's descendant, Gary Middleton, he returned to chase up a supposed inheritance which turned out to be non-existent. Frank's father James died just a few months after they returned to Australia.
• Residence: In July 1938 Bertha Green and Henry Frank Middleton lived at Vale Rd, Seaford, Sussex, England.
• Psgr List: Bertha Green and Henry Frank Middleton were found on a passenger list on 30 July 1938 departing London on the ship "Jervis Bay" to return to Australia.
• Residence: In September 1960 Bertha Green and Henry Frank Middleton lived at 98 Swansea St, East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The house had a shop on the corner which was never used as a shop but the boys played pool in it.
• Death*: Bertha Green died on 14 September 1960 at Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, at age 73.³
• Burial*: Bertha Green was buried after 14 September 1960 at Anglican, ZR 175, Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.³
  
• Anecdote: All their children married and lived in Western Australia.

Reginald Frank Middleton

Parents:

• Birth*: Reginald Frank Middleton was born on 13 July 1911 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of Henry Frank Middleton and Bertha Green.
• Immigration*: Reginald Frank Middleton immigrated on 19 November 1927 to Perth, Western Australia, Australia, on the ship "Mamilius" departing from London with his parents and two brothers.
• Marriage*: Reginald Frank Middleton married Edith Ruth Ayers on 13 April 1932 at Cannington, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Anecdote*: Reg spent 5 years in Darwin in the Second World War. He was a cook in the 2nd AIF.
• Death*: Reginald Frank Middleton died on 28 November 1987 at Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, at age 76.²
• Cremation*: His body was cremated after 28 November 1987 at Memorial located at Crematorium N, Site 5, Position 71, Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. .²

William J Hatchard

• Birth*: William J Hatchard was born on 19 March 1882.
• Anecdote*: Will served many years in the navy and had helped train the Japanese Navy in the early 1900's.
• Marriage*: William J Hatchard married Mary Josephine Middleton, daughter of James Middleton and Annie Marchant, in 1914 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B, Marrie J Middleton.¹
• Anecdote*: Dolly and Will never had children.
• (Witness) Death: William J Hatchard witnessed the death of James Middleton on 13 November 1938 at 98 Vale Rd, Seaford, Sussex, England; He died of cerebral thrombosis and cerebral atheroma.²
• Residence: On 13 November 1938 William J Hatchard and Mary Josephine Middleton lived at 98 Vale Rd, Seaford, Sussex, England.
• Occupation*: William J Hatchard was a builder's labourer on 29 September 1939.³
• Residence*: On 29 September 1939 William J Hatchard and Mary Josephine Middleton lived at 98 Vale Road, Seaford, Sussex, England.³
• Death*: William J Hatchard died in 1942 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B. Age 60 years.⁴

Sophia Henrietta Langridge

Parents:

• Birth*: Sophia Henrietta Langridge was born on 15 December 1834; probably born in England just before her mother was sent to Australia as a convict.
• She was the daughter of Jane Langridge.
• Anecdote*: Arrived Australia on 6 Sep 1835 with her mother on the convict ship "Mary".
• Baptism: Sophia Henrietta Langridge was baptized on 8 October 1835 at New South Wales, Australia.
• Death*: Sophia Henrietta Langridge died in 1836 at Newcastle Gaol, New South Wales, Australia. Age 13 months.
• Burial*: Sophia Henrietta Langridge was buried on 6 February 1836 at Christchurch, Northumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.

Catherine Frost

• Birth*: Catherine Frost was born in 1840 at Erina, New South Wales, Australia.
• Marriage*: Catherine Frost married James Charles Bonnell, son of Charles Bonnell and Jane Langridge, on 28 June 1858 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 28 June 1858, her married name was Bonnell.
• Death*: Catherine Frost died on 5 November 1939 at Casino, New South Wales, Australia.

Jean Elizabeth Middleton

Parents:

• Birth*: Jean Elizabeth Middleton was born on 30 April 1929 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Herbert James Middleton and Fortune Emma Coates.
• Baptism: Jean Elizabeth Middleton was baptized on 26 June 1929 at Brighton, Sussex, England^B.
• Married Name: As of 29 January 1951, her married name was Rutherford.
• Death*: Jean Elizabeth Middleton died in October 2005 at Lewes, Sussex, England^B, at age 76.¹

Sophia Harriet Middleton

Parents:

• Birth*: Sophia Harriet Middleton was born on 1 December 1859 at 62 York Row, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of Thomas Middleton and Ann Hunt.
• Name Variation: Sophia Harriet Middleton was also known as Harriet.
• Marriage*: Sophia Harriet Middleton married George James Athill, son of Georgina (?), on 28 March 1880 at Hoxton, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.
• Married Name: As of 28 March 1880, her married name was Athill.
• Residence*: On 2 April 1911 Sophia Harriet Middleton and George James Athill lived at 56 Lonsdale Rd, Barnes, London, England.²
• Death*: Sophia Harriet Middleton died in 1935 at Surrey, England. Age 75 years.³

Elizabeth Middleton

Parents:

• Birth*: Elizabeth Middleton was born on 16 March 1862 at York Row, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of Thomas Middleton and Ann Hunt.
• Occupation*: Elizabeth Middleton was a domestic servant on 3 April 1881.²
• Residence*: On 3 April 1881 Elizabeth Middleton lived at 70 Maida Vale St, Marylebone, London, England.²

Clara Rhodes

• Birth*: Clara Rhodes was born on 2 April 1874 at Worth, Sussex, England^B.
• Marriage*: Clara Rhodes married Alfred Philip Packham, son of Phillip Packham and Maria Louisa Batup, on 22 May 1899 at Croydon, Surrey, England.¹
• Married Name: As of 22 May 1899, her married name was Packham.
• Residence*: In 1954 Clara Rhodes and Alfred Philip Packham lived at 23 North Road, Upper Portslade, Sussex, England.²
• Death*: Clara Rhodes died in 1965 at Hove, Sussex, England^B.

Arthur George Packham

Parents:

• Birth*: Arthur George Packham was born in 1900 at Portslade, Sussex, England^B.
• He was the son of Alfred Philip Packham and Clara Rhodes.
• Occupation*: Arthur George Packham was a retired police officer in 1954.¹
• (Witness) Probate: Arthur George Packham witnessed the probate of the estate of Alfred Philip Packham on 3 February 1954 at Lewes, Sussex, England^B; Effects £1621 15s 8d.¹
• Death*: Arthur George Packham died on 1 February 1960 at Ditchling, Sussex, England^B.

Emma Louisa Packham

Parents:

• Birth*: Emma Louisa Packham was born on 8 August 1902 at Portslade, Sussex, England^B.
• She was the daughter of Alfred Philip Packham and Clara Rhodes.
• Marriage*: Emma Louisa Packham married Cecil Brenchley circa 1930 at Sussex, England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1930, her married name was Brenchley.
• (Witness) Probate: Emma Louisa Packham witnessed the probate of the estate of Alfred Philip Packham on 3 February 1954 at Lewes, Sussex, England^B; Effects £1621 15s 8d.¹
• Death*: Emma Louisa Packham died in August 1987 at Portslade, Sussex, England^B.

Hilda May Packham

Parents:

• Birth*: Hilda May Packham was born on 25 February 1907 at Portslade, Sussex, England^B.
• She was the daughter of Alfred Philip Packham and Clara Rhodes.
• Marriage*: Hilda May Packham married Clement Percival Button in 1927 at Steyning, Sussex, England^B.
• Married Name: As of 1927, her married name was Button.
• Death*: Hilda May Packham died on 23 July 1991 at Worthing, Sussex, England^B, at age 84.

Rosina Fortescue

Parents:

• Birth*: Rosina Fortescue was born circa 1839 at Exeter, Devon, England.
• She was the daughter of John Fortescue and Anna Maria Tout.

John Fortescue

Parents:

• Birth*: John Fortescue was born circa 1847 at Exeter, Devon, England.
• He was the son of John Fortescue and Anna Maria Tout.

Louisa Fortescue

Parents:

• Birth*: Louisa Fortescue was born in 1852 at Exeter, Devon, England.
• She was the daughter of John Fortescue and Anna Maria Tout.
• Marriage*: Louisa Fortescue married Walter George Birch on 10 March 1872 at West Ham, London, England.
• Married Name: As of 10 March 1872, her married name was Birch.

Walter George Birch

• Birth*: Walter George Birch was born circa 1848.
• Marriage*: Walter George Birch married Louisa Fortescue, daughter of John Fortescue and Anna Maria Tout, on 10 March 1872 at West Ham, London, England.