Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

Lily Mary Batterham

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• • Grandmother of Harry Chapin — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Harry Batterham 
  • Mother:
  • Eleanor Ann Forster   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Jul 1891 
  • Birth Location:
  • Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jun 1961 
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Kenneth Duva Burke
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 May 1919 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Peter's Church, Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Children:
  
  

  Jeanne Elspeth Burke (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  Eleanor Burke

  Frances Burke

• Sources for Lily Mary Batterham

  • ¹ Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina), 20 MAY 1919, p. 6, Wedding announcement for Kenneth Duva Burke and Lily Mary Batterham.
  • ² Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina), 08 JUN 1935, p. 11, Obituary for father Harry Batterham.
  • ³ Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 27 JUN 1915, p. 17, State Society section.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1930, Manhattan, E.D. 81-251, Sheet 10B, Image 25 of 41.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan A.D. 10, E.D. 719, Sheet 8B, Image 16 of 21.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, NC, Buncombe County, 1910, Asheville Ward 4, E.D. 14, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 17.
  • ⁷ Federal Census, NC, Buncombe County, 1900, Asheville Ward 2, E.D. 136, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 21.
  • ⁸ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/15/2016).
  • ⁹ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, Marriage record for Kenneth Duva Burke and Lily Mary Batterham.
  • ¹⁰ New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937, Marriage record for Kenneth D Burke and Lily M Batterham.
  • ¹¹ Library of Congress Name Authority File, "Burke, Elizabeth Batterham", (accessed 08/15/2016).
  • ¹² Lyons, Richard D., "Kenneth Burke, Philosopher, 96, And New Criticism Founder, Dies", New York Times, 21 NOV 1993.

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