BATTISON, William, where did he come from
I am trying to locate where my great-grandfather came from.
He was born William Battison, around the 1830-1840 period.He lived in the Hull, Quebec, Canada district for most of his life and is listed in the 1851 census as coming from Ireland.He married Catherine Sullivan in the Roman Catholic church in Gatineau, Que. in 1847, who was also listed as having come from Ireland.He was affiliated with Philemon Wright, who pioneered the lumber industry which led to the settling of Hull, Que. and who was originally from Massachusetts.I have checked out the extensive Battison families in Bedfordshire and Norhamptonshire in England but he doesn't fit in there.Anyone with the surname BATTISON who might be able to help out in my search?