Tuesday 4 December 2018

William F Batten & Ethel M Brinson


William Francis Batten was the son of William H Batten & Jennie M Manning and a descendant of Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.  

Born in Monguago, MI, he married Ethel May Brinson, the daughter of Arthur O Brinson & Clara B Campbell.  Together, they had 3 children – Paul, Ann & Iva.

Wyandotte News Herald, 2 Dec 1970
Services for William Francis Batten, who died Nov 24 in Wyandotte General Hospital, were Nov 28 at the Ralph W Ridge Funeral Home, Trenton. Mr Batten of 290948 Davison, Gibraltar, was 64. He is survived by a son, Paul of Gibraltar; daughters, Mrs Ann Brow and Mrs Iva Allen; brother, Russell of New Boston; sister Mrs Ethel Marklein of Riverview, and eight grandchildren.


Michigan State Normal College, 1927 - Ancestry
Wyandotte News Herald, 10 Feb 1965
A public school teacher for 18 years with 16 of those in Gibraltar, Mrs Ethel May Batten, 58, of 29048 Dennison, Gibraltar, died Feb 6 at Wyandotte General Hospital. Services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Ralph W Ridge Funeral Home, Trenton, followed by creation at Woodmere Crematory. Surviving are her husband, William; son, Paul, Gibraltar; daughters Mrs Ann Brow, Gibraltar, and Mrs Iva Allen, Lansing; sisters, Mrs Edith Sanders, Missouri, Mrs Ruth Seely, Reading, Mich; brothers, Paul Binson, California, John Brinson, Kalamazoo and her mother, Mrs Clara Brinson, Reading, Mich. She also leaves eight grandchildren.

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