The following histories are available for reading here...

If you wish to see a document in a separate, larger window, hold down a SHIFT key as you click on the document's link below. Some of what is below is gathered together into the more or less definitve book by Ron Bateman, Across Three Centuries: The Bateman-Hess-Thornock Families.

If you wish a copy of any of this (not recommended), you might consider downloading the file. To do this, right-click on the file, select "Save Target As...," then save the file to a suitable place on your hard drive where viewing will be instantaneous.

Alfred John Bateman: Story of His Life as Told to Lucille B. Johnson, His Daughter (Lucille B. Johnson, PDF, 67K)
Autobiography of Clara May Hess Bateman, wife of Alfred John Bateman (Clara May Hess Bateman, PDF, 66K)
Biography of George Bateman, father of Alfred John Bateman (William Henry Bateman, 1967, PDF, 58K)
Autobiography of Alfred Hess Bateman, son of Alfred John Bateman and Clara May Hess (Alfred Hess Bateman, 1965, PDF, 100K)
From Horse and Buggy Days to the Atomic Age: Autobiography of George Bateman, son of Alfred John Bateman (George M. Bateman, 1971, PDF, 537K)
Timeline of Alfred John and Clara May Hess Bateman family (Ron Bateman, HTML, 10K)
Biographical Sketch of Russell Rulon Bateman (Russell Rulon Bateman, PDF, 10K)
A Short Essay on Heraldry and the Bateman Coat of Arms (Russell Rulon Bateman Jr., HTML)
The following are put up here temporarily "as is" until we can decide how better to arrange them...
History of Alfred John and Clara May Hess Bateman (Various authors, PDF, 103 pages, 670K)
Jacob Hess and Hannah Thornock, parents of Clara May Hess Bateman (Harold C. Bateman, PDF, 45 pages, 290K)
History of George Bateman and Anna Wilks, parents of Alfred John Bateman and other Histories (Recorded by George in 1934 at 84 years and other authors, PDF, 11 pages, 125K)
Excerpt on Alfred Bateman and Esther Wiffin from a History of George Bateman and Anna Wilks, parents of Alfred John Bateman and other Histories (HTML, small, 7K)
Across Three Centuries: The Bateman-Hess-Thornock Families. (Ron Bateman, multiple PDFs, 32000K total)

Errata

Please accept with our apologies the following mistakes found in our documents.

  1. Page 289, chapter Jacob and Hannah Thornock Hess of the The Alfred John and Clara May Hess Bateman Book, the illustrated couple who are not "Albert and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Hess Linford, sister of Clara Bateman," as noted, but "Joseph E. Linford and Sarah Addie Artencia Linford." (Submitted by Jo Ann Galloway, Afton, Wyoming, grandchild of the former.)