Mr. Battersby was good enough to give to the Library of the University of Saskatchewan the original copy of his autobiography to be kept in the Archives of the History of Saskatchewan. (January 20th 1926)This is a glimpse into Canada of the early 1900s as cities were being built, new land was being farmed and it could be a day's walk to the city to get supplies needed to survive the winter and the first order of business on your newly acquired farm would be to build your own sod house. It was a very different world back then.
Robert Battersby Sr. was the son of John Battersby (died in 1897) and Nancy Edge (born in 1843, died in 1898) from Preston England. They had 10 children:
- Robert Sr. (born Dec 17, 1866),
- Alice Ann (born Sept 3, 1868),
- Elizabeth Jane (born June 1 1870)
- George (born Sept 17, 1871)
- Nathaniel (born Sept 23 1872)
- Harriet (born Mar 15, 1874)
- John and Ellen (born Mar 6 1877 - Ellen died)
- Arthur (born ?)
- Albert (born May 2 1880)
- Elizabeth Ellen (born Jul 2 1887, died June 9 1957)
- Nathaniel (born July 1 1889, died April 12 1946) - my great grandfather
- Robert Jr (born Mar 24, 1900, died Dec 28 1973)
As for me, my name is Paul Battersby. I am the great-great grandson of Robert Battersby Sr and Rose Hanna Robinson and the great grandson of Nathaniel Battersby.
p.s. Since I have it, I thought I'd include a link to an image of a page from the journal of Robert Battersby Sr.
Handwriting Sample
Click the link below for my page on the possible origin of the Battersby name
Origin of the Battersby name
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