Toronto Star, February 15, 1917, page 2 Wanted No Hearse Thos. Battye Asked For As Inexpensive a Funeral As Possible Thomas Battye, a machinist, died on the 5th of this month, leaving $1,674, made up of a lot on Hillsdale Avenue worth $600, a $714 mortgage, $170 household goods and $52 in other personal property. His will expressly provides that the expenses of his funeral shall be as small as possible, with no hearse or trappings but merely "an undertaker's wagon and plain box for my body." He further directs that no sermon or discourse is to be given at his funeral, but only the 15th chapter of Corinthians is to be read. A full burial plot is to be bought in the Prospect Cemetery, and his mother's body is to be taken up from another part of the cemetery and buried beside his own. A tombstone with a specified inscription and verse is to be placed over the graves. The sum of $200 is left to the Sunday School of Bleeker Street Baptist Church, Utica, N. Y., where the deceased learned his lessons as a boy, from 1853 to 1860. The Broad Street Baptist Church, Utica, where he also went to Sunday School, benefits by $200 for its Sunday School. The hospital for sick children and the Home for Incurable children, Bloor Street, Toronto are both left $200. The Home for Incurable children gets his hair chain with a ring and gold dollar attached and also his collection of stamps. The Public Library in Utica is to get some of the best books in his collection. The residue of his estate is to be divided equally among his nieces and nephews Sara Lucas, Hilda and Henry Battye of Toronto and George Lucas of Ottowa. 1901 Census of Canada 1901 Census of Canada Name: Thomas Battye Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 56 Birth Date: 6 Aug 1844 Birthplace: England Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Anna Mother's name: Sarah Immigration Year: 1848 Racial or Tribal Origin: English Nationality: Canadian Religion: Baptist Occupation: Wood Work Mach Province: Ontario DISTRICT: Toronto (West/Ouest) (City/Cité) District Number: 118 Sub-District: Toronto (West/Ouest) (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 6 Sub-District Number: D-10 Family Number: 23 Page: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Thomas Battye 56 Anna Battye 49 Sarah Battye 78 [mother] Geo Lueras 28 [Nephew] Sarah Lueras 24 [Niece] Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556. 1911 Census of Canada 1911 Census of Canada Name: Sarah Dusan Gender: Female Marital Status: Single Age: 35 Birth Date: Jan 1876 Birthplace: Ontario Family Number: 75 Relation to Head of House: Niece Tribal: English Province: Ontario DISTRICT: Toronto West District Number: 128 Sub-District: Ward 6 Sub-District Number: 110 Place of Habitation: 72 Road Ave Census Year: 1911 Page: 7 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Thomas Battye 67 Emma Marie Battye 57 Sarah Battye 88 [mother] Sarah Dusan 35 [niece, looks like Lucas to me] Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460. Laurel Baty, L252