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William Butson

(1841 - 1873)


Father: Thomas Butson (1806 - 1862)
Mother: Alice Peacock (1814 - 1878)

Siblings:

Children:

With Mary Buck


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
abt.1841-11 Birth
  • Calculated from age at marriage
  • freebmd:  T1
1851-03-30 Census
  • Abode: King's Pit House, Tan Hill, Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Age: 9
  • Occupation: Coal miner
  • Birthplace: Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Census record HO107-2387-260-9:  F1  F2  F3  T2
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Not found
  • Note: Assumed to be living at Clare Green, Brierfield. Census returns for this area have been destroyed See Census-1861-Burnley-5-Little-Marsden.txt
  • Census record
1868-04-18 Marriage
Mary Buck (1844 - 1911)
  • Place: St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire
  • Age: 26
  • Occupation: Miner
  • Witness: Thomas Rutling
  • Witness: Susannah Haworth
1871-04-02 Census
  • Census record RG10-4155-100-21:  F5  F6  F7  T5
1873-09-29 Death
  • Place: 45 Anne Street, Burnley
1873-09-30 Burial
  • Place: Grave 2/144 Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel
  • Parish record (cemsearch):  F15  T8


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Births Dec 1841: BUTSON William - Teesdale 24 305
        
T2
1851 census HO107 Piece 2387 Folio 260 Pages 9 and 10

Parish or Township of Bowes
Ecclesiastical District of [blank]
City or Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Village of [blank]

Schedule 27  Tan Hill  Kings Pit House

Thomas Butson       Head  Mar  44     Coal Miner  Yorkshire Thwaite Muker
Alice Butson        Wife  Mar     36              Yorkshire Muker
Elizabeth Butson    Daur  U       17  At home     Yorkshire Muker
Ann Butson          Daur  U       16  At home     Yorkshire Muker
John Butson         Son   U    14     At home     Yorkshire Bowes
Thomas Butson       Son   U    13     At home     Yorkshire Bowes
Mary Butson         Daur  U       11              Yorkshire Bowes
William Butson      Son   U    9      Coal Miner  Yorkshire Bowes
Christopher Butson  Son        7      Coal Miner  Yorkshire Bowes
George Butson       Son        2                  Yorkshire Bowes
Peter Butson        Son        7 months           Yorkshire Bowes

Transcribed from Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-9.jpeg and
                 Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-10.jpeg by dh

        
T3
Page 113  1868. Marriage solemnized at The parochial Church in the Chapelry of Colne in the County of Lancaster
225  18 April 1868
William Butson  26  Bachelor  Miner  Little Marsden  Thomas Butson  Miner
Mary Buck       24  Spinster         Little Marsden  Thomas Buck    Shoemaker
Married in the Church of Colne according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church,
by [blank] or after Banns by me, J Henderson

This Marriage   { William Butson his X mark } in the   { Thomas Rutling his X mark
was solemnized  {                           } Presence {
between us,     { Mary Buck her X mark      } of us,   { Susannah Haworth her X mark
        
T4
Marriage: 18 Apr 1868 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire, England
William Butson - (X), 26 Miner Bachelor of Little Marsden
Mary Buck - (X), 24 Spinster of Little Marsden
Groom's Father: Thomas Butson, Miner
Bride's Father: Thomas Buck, Shoemaker
Witness: Thomas Rutling, (X); Susannah Haworth, (X)
Married by Banns by: J Henderson
Register: Marriages 1865 - 1870, Page 113, Entry 225
Source: LDS Film 1371066
        
T5
1871 census RG10 piece 4155 folio 100 page 21

Civil Parish or Township of Little Marsden
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of Brierfield Local Board
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town of Little Marsden
Village or Hamlet, &c, of Brierfield
Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of Brierfield
Ecclesiastical District of Little Marsden

Schedule 113   Smith Street

William Butson  Head     Mar  29     Collier         Yorkshire; Kings Pit House  near Bowes
Mary Butson     Wife     Mar     26  Worsted Weaver  Lancashire; Wheatley Lane
Thomas Butson   Son           2                      Lancashire; Brierfield
Agnes Wilson    Boarder  Unm     19  Worsted Rover   Westmoreland; Kendal

Transcribed from Census-1871-RG10-4155-100-21.jpeg by dh

        
T6
1873  Page 320
BUTSON William.
Effects under £100
14 October. Administration of the effects of William Butson late of
45 Anne-street in the Borough of Burnley in the County of Lancaster
Coal Miner who died 29 September 1873 at 45 Anne-street was granted
at Lancaster to Mary Butson of 45 Anne-street Widow the Relict.
        
T7
"On the same day [29th ult.] aged 33 years, William Butson, Anne-stree.[sic]"
        
T8
CEM5699 William BUTSON 30/09/1873 0 24752
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-9.jpeg
F2 Image Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-10.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-9-Butson.text
F4 Image Marriage-WilliamButson-MaryBuck-1868-04-18-StBartholomewColne.jpeg
F5 Image Census-1871-RG10-4155-100-21.jpeg
F6 Transcript Census-1871-RG10-4155-100-21.txt
F7 Transcript Census-1871-RG10-4155-100-21-Butson.text
F8 Photo Butson-WheatleyLaneInghamite.jpeg
F9 Transcript Butson-WheatleyLaneInghamite.txt
F10 Image 1873-Probate-WilliamButson.jpeg
F11 Transcript WilliamButson-d1873-probate.txt
F12 Image BNA-BurnleyGazette-1873-10-04-P3-WilliamButson.jpeg
F13 Image BNA-BurnleyGazette-1873-10-04-P3.pdf
F14 Image BurnleyGazette-1873-10-04-P2-Death-WilliamButson.jpeg
F15 Transcript Butson_Wheatley.doc


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