Fisher SOWERBY (BATTYE)^[1]

1838 - 1897  (58 years)

• Name	Fisher SOWERBY (BATTYE)
  Relationship	with Barbara Frances GURDEN
  Birth	7 Nov 1838	Hillhouse, Cartworth, Yorkshire, England
  Baptism	31 Mar 1839	Holy Trinity, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Australia
  	Cricketer in All England Eleven
  Occupation	Moyston, Victoria, Australia
  	Engine Driver in Mines
  Occupation	Ararat, Victoria, Australia
  	Hotelkeeper of Shire Hall Hotel
  Occupation	Glenthomson, Victoria, Australia
  	Innkeeper
  Occupation	1851
  	Hand Loom Weaver, recorded in a census
  Death	29 Sep 1897	Victoria, Australia
  Burial	Ararat Cemetery, Ararat, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I4517	Main Tree
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Mark BATTYE,   b. 23 Apr 1813, Bradfield, Yorkshire, England d. 30 Jun 1899, Moyston, Victoria, Australia (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ann (Nancy) SOWERBY,   c. 26 Apr 1818, Heskett in the Forest, Cumberland, England d. 14 Dec 1899, Moyston, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	18 Oct 1840	Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England
  Notes	Marriage Source:- All Hallows Kirkburton Marriage Register, Page 181, Entry 361 Marriage GRO Ref:- Dec Qtr 1840, Huddersfield, Vol 22, Page 250 [2]
  Family ID	F1390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane DICKENSON,   b. Abt 1850, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia d. 27 Mar 1922, Stawell, Victoria, Australia (Age 72 years)  [1]
  Marriage	19 May 1866	Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Joshua George BATTYE,   b. 1866, Ararat, Victoria, Australia d. 1927, Coburg, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years)   2. John Henry BATTYE,   b. 1868, Ararat, Victoria, Australia d. Aug 1912, Ken Hill, Victoria, Australia (Age 44 years)   3. William Fisher Mark BATTYE,   b. 23 Apr 1871, Ararat, Victoria, Australia d. 14 Jul 1953, Berwick, Victoria, Australia (Age 82 years)   4. Ann Catherine Jane BATTYE,   b. Feb 1873, Moyston, Victoria, Australia d. Sep 1873, Moyston, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)   5. Emily Lavinia BATTYE,   b. 1874, Moyston, Victoria, Australia d. Aug 1956 (Age 82 years)   6. Ada Ann BATTYE,   b. 15 Aug 1876, Moyston, Victoria, Australia d. 18 Jun 1925, Ararat, Victoria, Australia (Age 48 years)   7. Arthur James BATTYE,   b. 1878, Moyston, Victoria, Australia d. 8 Jun 1949, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years)   8. Herbert Joseph Sydney BATTYE,   b. 12 Aug 1881, Moyston, Victoria, Australia d. 1954, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 72 years)   9. Walter Edwin BATTYE,   b. Abt 1884, Ararat, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Sep 1965 (Age 81 years)   10. Lizzie Maude BATTYE,   b. 1885, Glen, Victoria, Australia d. 1929, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F1392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Nov 1838 - Hillhouse, Cartworth, Yorkshire, England Baptism - 31 Mar 1839 - Holy Trinity, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England Occupation - Cricketer in All England Eleven - - Australia Occupation - Engine Driver in Mines - - Moyston, Victoria, Australia Occupation - Hotelkeeper of Shire Hall Hotel - - Ararat, Victoria, Australia Occupation - Innkeeper - - Glenthomson, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 19 May 1866 - Victoria, Australia Death - 29 Sep 1897 - Victoria, Australia Burial - - Ararat Cemetery, Ararat, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  BOOKPAGE: Page 73, Level 11 ----------------------------------------------------- Fisher (1838 - 1897), the eldest, adopted son of Mark, worked first as an engine-driver for a number of mines in the Moyston area. He then went to Glenthomson as the innkeeper, finally settling in Ararat as proprietor of the Shire Hall Hotel. He was best known in the area, however, as an ardent cricketer, playing in early matches with the All- England Eleven. ----------------------------------------------------- Fisher was the illegitimate son of Ann (Nancy) Sowerby and John Dowson he was registered as Sowerby and is in the 1841 Census as Sowerby but after the 1841 Census seems to have been adopted by Mark Battye and is known by the surname Battye ----------------------------------------------------- Birth GRO Ref:- Dec Qtr 1838, Huddersfield, Vol 22, Page 297 ----------------------------------------------------- Baptism Source:- Holy Trinity Holmfirth Baptism Register, Page 568 Register says Fisher illegitimate son of John Dowson and Ann Sowerby (Spinster) ----------------------------------------------------- Census 1841 Source:- HO107/1277, Book 2, Folio 58, Page 23 Address:- Hillhouse, Cartworth Age:- 2 Born in Yorkshire:- Yes Enumerated as Sowerby ----------------------------------------------------- Census 1851 Source:- HO107/2292, Folio 403, Page 9, Schedule 34 Address:- Hillhouse, Cartworth Age:- 12 Occupation:- Hand Loom Weaver (Wool) Place of Birth:- Yorks, Cartworth Enumerated as Battye ----------------------------------------------------- Australian Marriage Civil Registration Marriage Place:- Victoria Registration Place:- Victoria Registration Year:- 1866 Registration Index Number:- 1696 ----------------------------------------------------- Cause of Death:- Dropsy

  
  

• Sources

  [S498] Ian Clough Data. Record originated in... [S498] Ian Clough Data.