Archie Batease, my grandfather, never talked much about his
his ancestors. Neither would his sister, Birdie Batease.
She would always retort, "let sleeping dogs lay!" and if my
grandfather was questioned too much he would say he was of
French Canadian descent. But over the years we got bits and
pieces of information that amounted to what I term now "our
family lore".
Archie served his country in WWI. He was in France. He
suffered with being gassed and finally made it home to
raise a family. He worked in the slate quarries in and
around Granville, New York. When I was about 15, he
designed and built his own home. He was a quiet man. You
never knew what he was thinking unless he was angry. He
never used foul language and if he had to use an expletive,
it was simply "by jingles!".
ARCHIE GORHAM BATEASE
Son of Ira Bethuel BATEASE & Sallie Lovisa Wescott
born: 11 Mar 1894 Wells, Vermont
died: 17 May 1968 Cambridge, New York
buried: 20 May 1968 Wells, Vermont
Veteran: WWI Army (was in France)
married: 18 Jun 1919 Granville, New York
Sarah Elizabeth Wright
(dau of Charles Malon Wright & Sarah Elizabeth Wright)
children:
1. Elizabeth Lovisa Batease (called Betty)
born: 01 Apr 1921 M. Granville, New York
died: 21 Mar 2000 Granville, New York (rec. Rutland, Vermont)
bur: Mar 2000 Wells, Vermont (Wells Cem.)
mar: 14 Oct 1945 Granville, New York
Raymond Ralph Howland (called Ray)
(son of Ralph Edward Howland & Nettie Ursula Gifford)
chn: two- Ronald Raymond Howland, Linda Elizabeth Howland
2. Archie Gorham Batease, Jr.
born: 12 Dec 1922 Wells, Vermont
died: 21 Jan 1923 Wells, Vermont
bur: 1923 Wells, Vermont (Wells Cem.)
3. Ella Lucy Batease
born: 25 May 1924 M. Granville, New York
died: 20 Sep 1999 Lexington, Virginia (on a camping trip)
bur: Sep 1999 Wells, Vermont (Wells Cem.)
mar: 28 Jan 1962 Granville, New York
Donald Clyde McWayne (called Don)
(son of Clyde H. McWayne & Marion E. Denman)
chn: none
4. LENA ALBERTA BATEASE (my mother)(called Alberta)
born: 21 Aug 1926 Pawlet, Vermont
died: 30 Mar 1966 Granville, New York
bur: Apr 1966 Pawlet, Vermont (Mettowee Valley Cem.)
mar: 26 Sep 1942 Granville, New York
Henry C. Livingston Haskins (called Hank)
(son of Edward Livingston & Lillian Thomas)
(adopted by: Raymond Robert Haskins & Susan Lillian Jenkins)
chn: two- Lorraine Alberta Haskins, Richard Henry Haskins
5. Clifford Warren Batease (called Warren)
born: 19 Sep 1932 N. Granville, New York
died: 26 Oct 2009 Castleton, Rutland Co., Vermont
bur:
mar: 28 Apr 1956 Fair Haven, Vermont
June Mary Eagan
(dau of Bernard F. Eagan & Lousie M. Bushey)
chn: three- Clifford W. Batease, Jr., David Michael Batease,
Brian Paul Batease
6. George Arthur Batease
born: 03 Aug 1934 N. Granville, New York
died: (living as of this writing May 20/07)
bur:
mar: 16 Dec 1960 Granville, New York
Joyce Marilyn Mattison (called Joy)
(dau of Charles A. Mattison & Mary Murdock)
chn: none
