When George Ray Batt was born on 20 August 1854, in Houghton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Batt, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Ray, was 23. He married Martha Maria Ormond on 27 December 1877, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Point Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1910. He died on 12 September 1918, in Annapolis, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Annapolis Church Cemetery, Annapolis, Sonoma, California, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Bat(te), probably a pet form of Middle English Bartelmew (see Bartholomew ) or perhaps the rarer Bartram (see Bertram ).
English: probably in many cases a variant of Back 2 ‘bat’ (the winged animal), applied as a nickname. The alteration of Middle English bakke to bat is not on record before 1580, but the frequency with which le Bat occurs in medieval documents suggests that this is a likely source of the name. Alternatively, it may be from Middle English bat(te) (Old English batt) ‘cudgel, club, bat’, perhaps for someone of stout appearance or for one who wielded a bat.
English: topographic name, of uncertain meaning. That it is a topographic name seems clear from examples such as Walter atte Batte (Somerset 1327), but the meaning of the term is in doubt although it is found in medieval field names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesLIFE SKETCH OF GEORGE RAY BATT Compiled by Great Great Granddaughter In Law, Helen K. Batt George Ray Batt, the son of George and Hannah (Ray) Batt, was born 20 August 1854 in the parish of Houghton …
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