Sue Carmichael has provided the following:
Thomas was the son of Archibald and Margaret Batey (nee Stonebank). He was born in the third quarter of 1886 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Between 1869, the year his parents had married, and 1886, the family had moved from Tanfield, County Durham to Benwell.
In 1891 he lived with his mother, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, and 2 boarders in Garden Street, Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His mother was a dressmaker.
His father lived in Delaval Street, Benwell with Thomas’s two younger brothers.
His father was a colliery onsetter.
By 1901 Thomas had moved to 5 Delaval Terrace, Benwell with his mother, 3 brothers and a sister.
The 1911 census shows Thomas lived at 4 Delaval Street, Benwell with his mother and a brother. He was working as a miner coal putter.
His name does not appear on any local memorial
