December | 2024 | Past To Present Genealogy

Looking for some last minute Christmas present inspiration? Hate trailing around shops in the wind, wet and cold? Want to get something unique for your loved ones? Something totally bespoke and personal to them?

How about a block of family or house history research?

I regularly undertake gift research commissions. So if you want to buy a Christmas present with a difference – or come to that a birthday, anniversary or house warming gift – do get in touch to discuss your requirements.

I can undertake ‘surprise’ research, with the recipient being presented with the final results in book format; or you can book a block of research time so the recipient can be involved in the process.

I can be contacted via email at pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

There is also a contact form via my Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) profile, which is found here.

This November has brought eight new posts to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study, bringing the total number to 371 posts. In addition to the eight new posts, two more were updated.

This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end of November 2024, including links to them, with last month’s new and updated posts signposted so you can easily locate them.

If you want to know the background, and what is involved in a one-place study, click here. Otherwise read on, to discover a wealth of parish, parishioner and wider local Batley history.

One new War Memorial biography has been added, that of Clement Manning. More parishioners to the list of those who served in, and survived, the First World War section, so this list has been updated.

The Miscellany of Information section has a new post this month, about a huge talent whose promise was never fulfilled. That talent though is memorialised on William Berry’s headstone.

The Bulletin for Batley St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick section, has an addition. This is the piece covering the parish history snippets which were included in the parish bulletins during November 2024.

And the other November additions are in the During This Week newspaper section, with five new pages covering the editions of the Batley News published during the month of November 1918. I have accordingly updated the surname index to these During This Week newspaper pieces, so you can easily identify newspaper snippets relevant to your family.

Below is the full list of pages to date. I have annotated the *NEW* and *UPDATED* ones, so you can easily pick these out. Click on the link and it will take you straight to the relevant page.

Postscript:
I may not be able to thank you personally because of your contact detail confidentiality, but I do want to say how much I appreciate the donations already received to keep this website going. They really and truly do help. Thank you.

The website has always been free to use, and I want to continue this policy in the future. However, it does cost me money to operate – from undertaking the research to website hosting costs. In the current difficult economic climate I do have to regularly consider if I can afford to continue running it as a free resource.

If you have enjoyed reading the various pieces, and would like to make a donation towards keeping the website up and running in its current open access format, it would be very much appreciated.

Please click 👉🏻here👈🏻 to be taken to the PayPal donation link. By making a donation you will be helping to keep the website online and freely available for all.

Thank you.

Finally, if you do have any information about, or photos of, parishioners from the period of the First World War please do get in touch. It does not have to be War Memorial men. It could be those who served and survived, or indeed any other men, women and children from the parish.

I would also be interested in information about, and photos of, those parishioners who were killed in World War Two, or others from the parish who undertook any war service and survived. This can be as broad as serving in the military, or work in munitions factories, the Land Army, even taking in refugees. This is an area I’m looking to develop in the future.

I can be contacted at: pasttopresentgenealogy@btinternet.com

1. About my St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church War Memorial One-Place Study;

Batley’s Public Buildings and Institutions
2. Batley Hospital: The First 50 Years – 1878 to 1928
3. The Early History of Batley’s Public Baths

Batley St Mary’s Population, Health, Mortality and Fertility Information and Comparisons
4. 1914: The Health of Batley School Children Generally, with a Particular Focus on St Mary’s School Children

Batley Statistics and Descriptions – Population, Health, Mortality, Fertility etc.
5. 1914: Borough of Batley – Town Information from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
6. Batley and the 1921 Census
7. Batley Population Statistics 1801-1939

Biographies: Men Associated with St Mary’s Who Died but Who Are Not on the Memorial
8. Thomas Gannon
9. Reginald Roberts
10. William Frederick Townsend

Biographies: The War Memorial Men
11. Edward Barber
12. William Barber (Memorial name spelling)
13. Herbert Booth
14. Edmund Battye
15. Dominick (aka George) Brannan
16. Michael Brannan
17. John Brooks
18. Michael Cafferty
19. Patrick Cafferty
20. John William Callaghan
21. Lawrence Carney
22. Martin Carney
23. Thomas William Chappell
24. William Colbeck
25. Michael Cunningham
26. Thomas Curley
27. Peter Doherty
28. Thomas Donlan
29. John W. Enright
30. Mathew Farrer
31. Thomas Finneran
32. Michael Flynn
33. Thomas Foley D.C.M.
34. Martin Gallagher
35. James Garner
36. Thomas Gavaghan
37. Henry Groark
38. James Groark
39. Michael Groark (also known as Rourke)
40. James Griffin
41. William Hargreaves
42. Patrick Hopkins
43. Michael Horan
44. James Hughes
45. Lawrence Judge
46. John Leech
47. Michael Lydon
48. Patrick Lyons
William McManus – See William Townsend below
49. Thomas McNamara
50. Clement Manning *NEW*
51. Patrick Naifsey
52. Austin Nolan
53. Robert Randerson
54. James Rush
55. Moses Stubley
56. William Townsend, also known as McManus
57. James Trainor
58. Richard Carroll Walsh
59. Arthur William Bayldon Woodhead

Biographies: Those who Served and Survived (this includes a list of those identified to date and who will later have dedicated biographical pages) *UPDATED*
60. Patrick Cassidy
61. James Delaney
62. Thomas Donlan (senior)
63. Thomas Gannon
64. Michael Rush

Burials, Cemeteries, Headstones and MIs
65. Cemetery and Memorial Details
66. War Memorial Chronology of Deaths .

Guest Contributions
295. Memories of Skelsey Row – by Brian Foley

Maps and Photographs
296. Aerial View of St Mary’s Church and the Surrounding Streets
297. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1894
298. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1907
299. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1922
300. Batley St Mary’s – Map Published in 1933

Miscellany of Information
301. A Colliery Accident with Tragic Consequences
302. A Grave Disturbance in Batley
303. A Part of St Mary of the Angels in Batley Cemetery
304. A “Peace” of Batley History
305. An Appeal to Ireland to Build a Catholic Church in Batley
306. A Potted Early History of the Irish in Batley, the Building of St Mary of the Angels Church, and the Parish Priest’s Fatal Accident
307. A St Mary’s School Sensation
308. A St Mary’s School Trip Souvenir
309. Batley’s Secret Irish Society and the Ammunition Seizure
310. Batley St Mary’s First Torchlight Procession
311. “Daddy’s Death and then Triplets”
312. Heritage Impact Assessment: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Convent, Batley
313. Hot-Cross Buns and the Yorkshire Tea-Cake Dilemma. Plus A Suggested Meal Planner for Batley Families in 1917
314. Into the Valley of Death – One of the Six Hundred
315. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church – 1929 Consecration Service
316. The Consequences of a Refusal to Work in 1918
317. The Controversial Role Played by St Mary’s Schoolchildren in the 1907 Batley Pageant
318. The Earliest Published Account of Batley St Mary’s Church and Schools
319. The Great War: A Brief Overview of What Led Britain into the War
320. The Unholy row between St Mary’s Church and the Batley and Birstall Irish Clubs
321. Thomas Ate My Rat
322. William Berry – A Beautiful Voice Stilled *NEW*
323. Willie and Edward Barber – Poems

Occupations and Employment Information
324. Occupations: Colliery Byeworker/Byeworkman/Byworker/Bye-Worker/By-Worker
325. Occupations: Confidential Clerk
326. Occupations: Lamp Cleaner
327. Occupations: Limelight Operator
328. Occupations: Mason’s Labourer
329. Occupations: Office Boy/Girl
330. Occupations: Piecer/Piecener
331. Occupations: Rag Grinder
332. Occupations: Willeyer

The Bulletin of St Mary of the Angels and Birstall St Patrick – Parish History Section
357. March 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
358. April 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
359. May 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
360. June 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
361. July 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
362. August 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
363. September 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
364. October 2024 Bulletin History Pieces
365. November 2024 Bulletin History Pieces *NEW*

The Families
366. A Death in the Church
367. St Mary’s Schoolboys Wreak Havoc in a Batley Graveyard

World War Two
368. World War Two Chronology of Deaths
369. Thomas Egan
370. Michael Flatley
371. William Smith

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