"Presented to
F. W. Bateman Esqre
by
The Broadway Baptist Church
(Winnipeg)
February 28th 1908" [Hand-lettered in black and red ink on front flyleaf verso]
Coffee table with glass top, rectangular; long sides are straight, short sides are scalloped; scallop carved areas on each side below top; curved legs end in ball-and-claw feet; furniture glides missing from bottoms of two legs (glides may be a later addition); varnish scraped in a few areas, es- pecially on the raised strips on short sides that hold glass top in place; white mark on underside, and blue pencil marks; some surface scratches on top; top of table is removeable, has small chip one side
Object History
Donor inherited object from the estate of his aunt, Dorithy M. Holt, who had been married to Warren Stafford Bateman, son of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman. Edwin W. Bateman was the builder of Elworth house.
Dinner fork finished with electroplated silver, which has worn through in places. The fork is decorated in a tipped pattern on the top side of the handle.
The back side of the handle has stamped hallmarks and the front side in engraved with "JCB" in script.
The fork is part of a set of two forks and two spoons
Object History
Object is part of a set of two forks and two spoons. They were inherited by Edwin Wettenhall Bateman from the estate of his father in 1924. His parents were James Bateman and Caroline (Wettenhall) Bateman (J C B) and were purchased sometime before 1891 (the year Caroline Bateman died in Hartney, Manitoba). The object was reputed to have been brought from Sandbach, Cheshire, England where James and Caroline had lived prior to emigrating to Canada.
Object was used by donor's maternal grand-parents, the Dales of Naseby, Lincolnshire, England. It was inherited by the donor and used in Elworth house when it was occupied by the Batemans' from 1920-1935.
photograph album; Photo album designed to hold carte de visite and tin type images. The covers are hard with embossed leather on the outside. There is a ring hinged to the back cover designed to act as a closure but the front cover attachment is missing.
First image in album has been identified as baby Edna C.A. Bateman Corner. "Edna" is handwritten on the front of the carte. "Irwin / PHOTOGRAPHER / ROSSER AVE. - Brandon" is stamped on the bottom of the carte in gold.
The other images are unidentified but the studios are located in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba; Flesherton, Ontario; and Detroit, Michigan.
Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; vertical; intricately-carved stone structures on stepped base in front of half-timbered building with sign "-LL & Co." "-ALES" "-OCKPORT"; printed across bottom in white, hand-lettered "ANCIENT CROSSES SANDBACH"; on reverse in black, "POST CARD"; dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; to left, "CORRESPONDENCE", to right, "ADDRESS"; printed at bottom left, "Greetings from"; handwritten in blue ink, "July 4th" "We are here for lunch at Grandpa Bateman's village" [crossed out] "town where he spent his boyhood days" "Dad"; addressed to "Mrs. R H Blackwood 2435 Richter" "Kelowna BC CANADA"; brown King George VI stamp at upper right, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D"; cancelled by seven wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "815 5 JLY 1953"; note that stamp was used during reign of Elizabeth II; slight wear on corners
Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; horizontal; shows street and buildings, Wheat Hotel in right foreground, women with bicycles; printed in white at lower left is handlettered "HIGH TOWN SANDBACH"; on reverse in black "POST CARD", dotted line below, dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; "CORRESPONDENCE" at left, at right "ADDRESS"; at bottom left, "Greetings from"; addressed in blue ink to "Mr and Mrs. E. W. Bateman 3896 - W. 25th Ave. Vancouver 8, BC Canada"; "July 4 - Here we are in Sandbach having our lunch. Ena & Raymond Slack are so hospitable & friendly. We had a fine day at the potteries yesterday - it was the first time Ena & Mrs Ludwig had been too. Thanks for air Mail letter received on arrival at Crewe" "Love Edna"; brown stamp at upper right with King George VI, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D", cancelled with wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "8-" "5 JLY 1953" [Related to BV004.28.3]; indentation down centre on front, some spotting and damage from liquid?, which took gloss off along indentation
postcard; photograph of Elworth house with front walkway bordered by flower gardens on either side; script in yellow in bottom right corner reads "Burnaby Village Museum". Postcard was created from original photograph of Elworth house BV985.1003.1 [1925].
Object History
Postcard was created from original hand tinted black and white photograph of Elworth house BV985.1003.1 [1925] and used for promotional purposes by Burnaby Village Museum Marketing Department.
Spoon, Oneida; "Adam" style, c. 1927; "B" engraved into "Adam" design on handles to signify "Bateman"; community plate brand
Object History
Donor inherited objects from the estate of her husband, Warren Stafford Bateman, son of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman. Edwin W. Bateman was the builder of Elworth house.
Teaspoon finished with electroplated silver, which has worn through in places. The fork is decorated in a tipped pattern on the top side of the handle.
The back side of the handle has stamped hallmarks and the front side in engraved with "JCB" in script.
The spoon is part of a set of two forks and two spoons
Object History
Object is part of a set of two forks and two spoons. They were inherited by Edwin Wettenhall Bateman from the estate of his father in 1924. His parents were James Bateman and Caroline (Wettenhall) Bateman (J C B) and were purchased sometime before 1891 (the year Caroline Bateman died in Hartney, Manitoba). The object was reputed to have been brought from Sandbach, Cheshire, England where James and Caroline had lived prior to emigrating to Canada.
Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's Elworth house under construction. Husband and wife Edwin and Mary Bateman are sitting on the unfinished porch with two unidentified women.
Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's Elworth house under construction. Husband and wife Edwin and Mary Bateman are sitting on the unfinished porch with two unidentified women.
Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's Elworth house under construction. Husband and wife Edwin and Mary Bateman are at the unfinished front steps with an unidentified woman.
Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's Elworth house under construction. Husband and wife Edwin and Mary Bateman are at the unfinished front steps with an unidentified woman.
Recording is of an interview with Marianne May "May" Bateman conducted by Colin Stevens, February 22, 1978. Major themes discussed are: Elworth.
Biographical Notes
May Bateman was born in 1894 in Portage LaPrairie, Manitoba to Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Cassie (Dale) Bateman.
May's father, Edwin Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886.
Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) born in 1889, George, Mamie (McWilliams) born in 1892, Marianne May “May” Bateman born in 1894, Jessie (Fox Kemp), Carey, and the youngest Warren Stafford born in 1901.Cassie (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909.
Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale, born 1865, and moved his six children to Vancouver.
The Bateman family first lived at 7th and Balsam in a large new house. It wasn’t until 1920 that they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter May to Deer Lake and commissioned 'Elworth' house, designed by English-born and trained architect Enoch Evans. The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived here for seventeen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Bateman died July 5, 1935.
Edwin Wettenhall Bateman died on November 25, 1957 at the age of ninety-seven.
Marianne May Bateman died in 1990.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.