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James Johnson Battersby was born in 1875, the son of hat manufacturer William John Battersby (1839–1915) and his wife Mary.
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He was one of seven brothers, a number of whom worked in the family firm of Battersby Hats which at one time was one of the largest hat manufacturers in Britain. In 1915, he was the last survivor to be rescued after the Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Lusitania was hit by a German torpedo and sunk. According to the 1881 census, James was one of seven brothers.
He had a sister Mary.
The family home was at Offerton Lane, Strathclyde, Stockport. At one time the firm was one of the largest hat manufacturers in Britain with an international trade.
Foreign an Australian court case of 1935, Battersby sent evidence that his company had the capacity to produce 12,000 hats per week. Battersby died on 14 April 1949.
At the time of his death, his address was Dinglewood, Bramhall Park, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester).
