Hi,
Thanks so much for the replies and your help looking for them.
It could very well be the one in Stoke D, or it could also be the one in Truro, or neither - hence my reason for wanting to see the baptism for an approximate age of Florence's brother ,Joseph Henry Batten before I go off on a wild goosechase and fork out for numerous Joseph Henry Batten's birth certs without much to go on regarding the family
In the 71 census there is a Joseph C (maybe a G) Batten age 2 in Stoke D . I think there may be a possibility that this could be Joseph Henry G Batten , born Stoke D on the BMD - if it is , it can't be mine as his mother is an Elizabeth.
The trouble is , I've never been 100% sure the couple in 1871 are Florence's and Joseph Henry's parents as where is their son Joseph Henry? ( I can't find him anywhere) - It most probably is them , the names fit( bar the susan instead of susanna(h) , and Joseph's occupation fits, but I don't want to assume anything without proof. I'd rather see them with their children in later censuses to prove that the couple in 71 are the right ones - but they are nowhere to be found in the later censuses.
If it is the right couple in 1871 , Susan Pattison can be traced back to 1861 living in Truro, and also in previous censuses I found them too ( birth place is still Plymouth on the 61) - her father is Henry and he is a coast guard, most of this Susan's family are born all over the place according to the census ( obviously due to the father's job), some of her siblings in Cornwall, other's in Isle of wight, her father London born, her mother Pembroke in Wales and susan herself Plymouth - so Susan's son Joseph Henry may have born in Truro ( as her parents were living there) as easily as being born anywhere else in the country , as that family moved around the British isles quite a bit
Susanna(h) Jane and Joseph Batten, plus their daughter Florence Rosina , or any siblings ( I only know of Joseph Henry) can not be found in any census after the 1871 up until 1901 - I've tried everything , from searching on all Florence's ( without a last name and searching on just Flo* just in case her Christian name is mistranscribed too) - searched on susan* ( just in case she remarried and they are going under a different surname) searched on Joseph too , it took me months of scrolling through all possibilities without any luck-
The only census I have Florence Rosina Batten in is when she has married and is living with her husband in 1901 in wales. Her family are a total mystery, the only paper fact about her family that I have is her birth certificate with her parents on it ( plus her marriage cert too) - I have had to rely on certificates only with this line. I've tried deaths , but with a name like Joseph Batten and Susanna Pattison who seem to move all over the place - it's a bit impossible to know which could be them.
I've been trying to track down Florence and her parents, and brother in1881 and 1891 censuses for a few years now without any luck , it would certainly sort out quite a few things .I don't think they are in either of them, I've tried all ways that I can think of of finding them - I have a suspicion carpenter ( Joseph's occupation) may be ships carpenter, it would explain why I can't find them
The Parish entry of the baptism of Florence's brother Joseph Henry Batten would be of great help, as quite a lot of them show the approximate age of the child being baptised - this would hugely narrow it down to which Joseph Henry Batten in the BMD's could possibly be mine.
Very Kind Regards
