Biography:
Letitia Batchelor
1865 –1939
Letitia Batchelor
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Unmarked grave Letitia Mary Batchelor (née Jenkins) (1865-1939)
Letitia was born in 1865 in Dunster, Somerset, to Police Constable John Jenkins and his wife Louisa.
In 1871 she was living in the town of Wiveliscombe, Somerset with her parents and seven siblings.
Letitia entered domestic service and in April 1891 was one of two housemaids working for brewer Edward Smith in Barncroft, Berkhamsted. A parlour maid and a footman were also employed.
She married ostler William Batchelor in 1891 and their daughter Mildred Letitia Jenkins was born the next year in Berkhamsted. By then William was a coachman.
In 1901 they lived in Aldbury where William was employed as a domestic coachman.
In 1911 they were in the High Street, Northchurch.
By June 1921 they had moved to 71, Cross Oak Road, Berkhamsted. William was a foreman for E Platt, Wine and Spirit Merchants, in the High Street. Living with them were Mildred and her husband Albert Squires, a carpenter, and their son Jeffrey.
William died in 1935 and is buried here.
Letitia died 1 August 1939 at “Burnstead”, Chestnut Drive, Berkhamsted, aged 74.
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Unmarked grave Letitia Mary Batchelor (née Jenkins) (1865-1939)
Letitia was born in 1865 in Dunster, Somerset, to Police Constable John Jenkins and his wife Louisa.
In 1871 she was living in the town of Wiveliscombe, Somerset with her parents and seven siblings.
Letitia entered domestic service and in April 1891 was one of two housemaids working for brewer Edward Smith in Barncroft, Berkhamsted. A parlour maid and a footman were also employed.
She married ostler William Batchelor in 1891 and their daughter Mildred Letitia Jenkins was born the next year in Berkhamsted. By then William was a coachman.
In 1901 they lived in Aldbury where William was employed as a domestic coachman.
In 1911 they were in the High Street, Northchurch.
By June 1921 they had moved to 71, Cross Oak Road, Berkhamsted. William was a foreman for E Platt, Wine and Spirit Merchants, in the High Street. Living with them were Mildred and her husband Albert Squires, a carpenter, and their son Jeffrey.
William died in 1935 and is buried here.
Letitia died 1 August 1939 at “Burnstead”, Chestnut Drive, Berkhamsted, aged 74.
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