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BATTERHAM, Edith
1882 - 1944 (62 years) Has 10 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1847 - 1925 (78 years)-
Name BATTERHAM, Edith Birth 4 Mar 1882 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death 20 Sep 1944 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I4927 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father BATTERHAM, John, b. 1847, Walsoken, Norfolk d. 1925, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 78 years) Mother SLEIGHT, Elizabeth, b. 1851, Walsoken, Norfolk d. 1931, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 80 years) Marriage 1881 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F1120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family RILETT, Joseph Hugh, b. 5 May 1875, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 27 Jul 1927, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 52 years) Marriage 10 Jun 1910 Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk Family ID F2067 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EDITH BATTERHAM 1882-1944
The birth of Edith BATTERHAM was registered in 1882.
(GRO June Q 1882 Wisbeach 3b 635)
John BATTERHAM had married Elizabeth SLEIGHT in 1881.
From the 1891 census of Church Lane, Walsoken, Norfolk:
George SLEIGHT, head, aged 65, farmer, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Elizabeth SLEIGHT, wife, aged 62, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Annie SLEIGHT, daughter, aged 23, single, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
*Edith BATTERHAM, granddaughter, aged 9, born at Walsoken, Norfolk.
(RG12/1308/47/4)
The 1901 census of 8 Sheep Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire:
Emma ARCHER, head, aged 51, single, milliner on own account at home, born in Northampton, Northamptonshire;
*Edith BATTERHAM, boarder, aged 19, single, milliner, worker, born at Kettering, Northamptonshire (sic);
Grace HARRIS, boarder, aged 17, single, milliner, worker, born at Walsoken, Cambridgeshire (sic);
Louisia (sic) BROOKS, servant, aged 14, worker, born at Wilby, Northamptonshire.
(RG13/1444/19/30)
NOTE: The places of birth of Edith BATTERHAM and Grace HARRIS have been transposed.
She was a witness at the wedding of her sister Fanny Mabel BATTERHAM to Henry COOK at Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, on 10 July 1907.
She married Joseph Hugh RILETT at Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, on 10 June 1910.
Children:
John Plant RILETT who married Audrey Thelma HARE.
Doris Mary RILETT born 1918 in Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, who married Lawrence STAFFORD.
The death of Edith RILETT aged 62 was registered in 1944.
(GRO September Q 1944 Wisbech 3b 593)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Information from Trishfro99@aol.com in 2006
Information from Patricia Limer of Genesreunited in 2006
(revised 21.02.2012)