This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BATEMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QhB.2ACI/120.618.620.622.1 Message Board Post: My heart lept when I read the name Walter Bateman for my grandfather's name was also Walter Bateman. His middle name was Ray and he grew up in Gales Creek, Oregon. He died in 1985. Just wanted to tell you! Angela Bateman-Croissant