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A Family History Pamphlet.The Bateman family has a long history in Wolverhampton it has been our ancestral home for over a hundred years, and what I have tried to present here in this document is a little about that history, and to trace when we arrived in Wolverhampton and what the family has achieved during those years. More...
There is a history on this site of the complete ( almost!) list of events that Phil and Mary Bateman undertook during their year of Office as Mayor and Mayoress of the City of Wolverhampton.This record of events that took place during this period 2005-6 can be accessed by 'clicking on' Archives on the left hand side of the page indicators at the start of this site. Then 'clicking' our 'Mayoral Year'.This must be amongst the first detailed and readily accessed Mayoral History of a year recorded in this way in Wolverhampton.Please use the facility and remind yourself of how the year 2005 and 2006 affected Wolverhampton's civic couple. More...
How does one of Britain's First World War leaders fit into our family history!"Upon the Transportation Services, moreover, and particularly upon the omnibus parks, the rapid movement of reserves placed a peculiarly heavy strain, which the different units concerned never failed to meet successfully." Field Marshal Douglas Haig in a report to the British War Office. More...
During the course of analysing my grandfathers First World War & Boer War papers, in amongst the bundle that my family have given to me is this intriguing postcard with the photograph of Queen Mary & King George. More...
I was reading a story about a Cow on the Wolverhampton Heritage site… and it brought back some memories that I have, of when I worked on British Rail at Herbert Street Good’s Yard in Wolverhampton. More...
A Report in the Express and Star 31st July 1888- sets the scene for the Murder of my Grandfathers( Joseph Bateman) Brother, here in Wolverhampton. More...
My cousin Jimmy has given me a lead regarding Uncle Bob who went missing from the family in 1950 or there abouts. More...
Bateman Family HistoryThe Welsh side of the Bateman Family History has been further researched and June and Terry Whitehouse who live in Australia, have provided some further insight into the Roberts family.As you can see the Roberts were originally from North Wales. It appears that Ruth Roberts was not born in Glamorgan, and it was her father that was Welsh. More...
Bill and Marcia Bateman on a family vacation in Alberta 2003. Bill Bateman is the son of William and Lena Bateman. William Bill's father was Joseph and Mary Ellen Bateman's son Bill and Marcia have three children of their own Brittany the eldest Ryan and Graydon. They live in George Town Ontario Canada. They are first cousins to Phil Bateman More...
My niece Nicola Hill and her fiancée Bryn Hamer were married at Essington Church at 13.00Saturday 7th July 2007. Guests from a far a field as Hong Kong Canada and New Zealand travelled to be at the wedding. More...