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William Milner Butson

(1845 - 1913)


Father: Francis Garth Butson (1801 - 1869)
Mother: Isabella Metcalfe (abt.1806 - 1864)

Siblings:

Children:

With Alice Kilburn With Sarah Elizabeth Marshall


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
abt.1845-02-28 Birth
  • Place: Muker, Yorkshire
  • Estimated from baptism
  • GRO index:  F1  T1
1845-03-07 Baptism
  • Place: Muker, Yorkshire
1851-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Thwaite, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Age: 4
  • Birthplace: Thwaite, Yorkshire
  • Census record HO107-2380-250-16:  F3  F4  T4
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Thwaite, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Age: 16
  • Occupation: Employed on the farm
  • Birthplace: Thwaite, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG09-3672-19-17:  F5  F6  F7  T5
abt.1869-08 Marriage
Alice Kilburn (abt.1851 - 1896)
  • Place: St Mary, Muker
  • GRO index:  F8  F9  T6
  • yorkshirebmd:  T7
1871-04-02 Census
  • Abode: High Bank, Cliviger, Lancashire
  • Age: 26
  • Occupation: Joiner
  • Birthplace: Swaledale, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG10-4152-96-4:  F10  F11  T8
1881-04-03 Census
  • Census record RG11-4359-4-1:  F12  F13  T9
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: West Greenhurst Hey, Todmorden, Yorkshire
  • Age: 44
  • Occupation: Coachman
  • Birthplace: Swaledale, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG12-3546-69-1:  F14  F15  T10
1898-06-06 Marriage
Sarah Elizabeth Marshall (abt.1862 - 1933)
  • Place: St John the Baptist, Halifax
1901-03-31 Census
  • Census record RG13-4086-41-1:  F19  F20  T13
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Greenhurst Hey, Todmorden, Yorkshire
  • Age: 63
  • Occupation: Cow man
  • Birthplace: Swaledale, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG14PN26156-RD493-SD2-ED12-SN4:  F21  F22  F23  T14
1913-02-25 Death
  • Abode: Greenhurst Hey, Todmorden
  • Age: 64
  • Burial record
  • Gravestone inscription:  Link  F24  F25
  • GRO index:  F26  T15
1913-02-28 Burial
  • Place: Grave 21.34, Christ Church, Todmorden


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
[Births Jan/Feb/Mar 1845]   Butson  William Millner  Reeth  XXIV 444
        
T2
Page 155 BAPTIMSMS solemnized in the Chapelry of Muker in the County of York in the Year 1845
No. 1240. March 7th  William Milner  Francis Garth & Isabella  Butson  Thwaite  Joiner  R. Lowther
        
T3
WILLIAM MILNER BUTSON
Christening: 07 MAR 1845 Muker, Yorkshire, England
Father: FRANCIS GARTH BUTSON
Mother: ISABELLA
C007762 1841 - 1848 0207565 Film 6909646 Film
        
T4
1851 census HO107 piece 2380 folio 250 page 16

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

Schedule 60   Thwaite

Francis Garth Butson  Head  Mar  50     Joiner farming 35 A   Yorks Thwaite
Isabela Butson        Wife  Mar     44  Farmers Joiners Wife  Westmoreland
Elizabeth Butson      Dau   U       24  Dau at Home           Yorks Thwaite
Thomas Butson         Son   U    19     Joiner                Yorks Thwaite
John Butson           Son   U    17     Joiner                Yorks Thwaite
Fr Garth Butson       Son   U    14     Scholar               Yorks Thwaite
Margaret Butson       Dau           8   Scholar               Yorks Thwaite
Wm Miller Butson      Son        4      Scholar               Yorks Thwaite

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T5
1861 census RG09 piece 3672 folio 19 page 17

Parish or Township of Muker
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Hamlet or Tything, &c, of Thwaite
Ecclesiastical District of Muker

Schedule 91   Thwaite

Francis Garth Butson      Head         Mar  60     Joiner & Farming 35 acres of Land  Yorkshire Thwaite
Isabella Butson           Wife         Mar     54                                     Westmorland Mallerstang
Elizabeth Butson          Daur         Un      34                                     Yorkshire Thwaite
John Metcalf Butson       Son          Un   27     Joiner                             Yorkshire Thwaite
Francis Garth Butson      Son          Un   24     Joiner                             Yorkshire Thwaite
Margaret Isabella Butson  Daur         Un      18                                     Yorkshire Thwaite
William Milner Butson     Son          Un   16     Employed on the Farm               Yorkshire Thwaite
Thomas Butson             Son          Mar  30     Joiner - Visitor                   Thwaite
Elizabeth Butson          Daur in Law  Mar     27           Visitor                   Yorkshire Weststonsdale
Francis Garth Butson      Grandson     Un   3                                         Yorks Arkingarthdale

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T6
Marriages Jul/Aug/Sep 1869   Butson   William Milner  Reeth  9d 793
Marriages Jul/Aug/Sep 1869   Kilburn  Alice           Reeth  9d 793
        
T7
BUTSON  William M  KILBURN  Alice  1869  Muker, St Mary, Ripon  Yorkshire  Harrogate  C24RI/1/253
        
T8
1871 census RG10 piece 4152 folio 96 page 4

Civil Parish or Township of Cliviger
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Village or Hamlet, &c, of [blank]
Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical District of St John's Holme

Schedule 19   High Bank

William Butson   Head   Mar  26     Joiner       Swaledale Yorkshire
Alice Butson     Wife   Mar     20  Joiner Wife  Swaledale Yorkshire
Isabella Butson  Daugh  Unm     1                Swaledale Yorkshire

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T9
1881 census RG11 piece 4359 folio 4 page 1

Civil Parish or Township of Stansfield
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town or Village or Hamlet of Todmorden
Urban Sanitary District of Todmorden
Rural Sanitary District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Paul

Schedule 4   3 Greenhurst Hey

Wm Butson        Head      Married  36     Agricultural Labourer  Thwaite Yorkshire
Alice Butson     Wife      Married     30                         Muker Yorkshire
Isabella Butson  Daughter              11                         Thwaite Yorkshire
Adelaide Butson  Daughter              1                          Greenhurst Hey Yorkshire

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T10
1891 census RG12 piece 3546 folio 69 page 1

Administrative County of York
Civil Parish of Stansfield
Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Urban Sanitary District of Todmordwn
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]
Rural Sanitary District of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Sowerby
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Pauls

Schedule 7   2 West Greenhurst Hey

William Butson   Head  M  44     Coachman       _ X _  Yorkshire Swaledale
Alice Butson     Wife  M     39                        Yorkshire Swaledale
Isabella Butson  Daur  S     21  Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Yorkshire Swaledale
Adelaide Butson  Daur        11  Scholar               Yorkshire Stansfield

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T11
1898.  Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Halifax in the County of York
No. 171  Sixth June 1898
William Milner Butson   52  Widower  Coachman  Greenhurst Hey Stansfield   Francis Butson    Joiner
Sarah Elizabeth Burton  37  Widow              Portland Street Stansfield  William Marshall  Farm Bailiff
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church,
after Banns by me, Richard James Plater
This Marriage was solemnized between us,  {  William Milner Butson   }
                                          {  Sarah Elizabeth Burton  }
in the Presence of us,  {  Lucy Hall    }
                        {  Annie Stott  }
X Stone [in left margin, bride and groom bracketed]
        
T12
Marriages Apr/May/Jun 1898   Butson  William Milner   Halifax  9a 882
Marriages Apr/May/Jun 1898   Burton  Sarah Elizabeth  Halifax  9a 882
        
T13
1901 census RG13 piece 4086 folio 41 page 1

Administrative County Yorkshire
Civil Parish of Todmorden part of
Ecclesiastical Parish of Cross Stone St Paul (part of)
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District of Todmorden (part of)
Ward of Municipal Borough or of Urban District of Stansfield (part of)
Rural District of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Sowerby Yorks (part of)
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]

Schedule 1   Wickenberry

William M. Butson  Head  M  54     Coachman        Worker   Yorkshire Thwaite
Sarah E. Butson    Wife  M     39                           Yorkshire Wakefield
Walter Burton      Son   S  18     Railway Porter  Worker   Yorkshire Wakefield
Elizabeth Burton   Daur  S     17  Tailoress       Worker   Lancashire Accrington
Alice Burton       Daur  S     15  Weaver Cotton   Worker   Yorkshire Todmorden
Hilda Burton       Daur  S     11                           Yorkshire Todmorden
Henrietta Burton   Daur  S     7                            Yorkshire Todmorden
Anice Butson       Daur  S     2                            Yorkshire Todmorden

Schedule 4   Greenhirst Hey

Isabella Butson  Head    S     31  Weaver (Cotton)  Worker           Yorkshire Thwaite
Adelaide Butson  Sister  S     21  Milk Maid        Worker  at home  Yorkshire Todmorden

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T14
1911 census RG14PN26156 RD493 SD2 ED12 SN4

Registration District      493
Registration Sub-District  2
Enumeration District       12

William Butson
Cottage
Greenhust Hey

Schedule 4

William Butson  Head  63    Married 12 _ 1 _  Cow man      Worker  Swaledale Yorks
Isabella Horan          41  Widow        1                         Swaledale Yorks
William Horan   Son   5                                            greenhirst hey Yorks

[The entries under "family" are struck out]

Enumerator GW   2 Males  1 Females  3 Persons     2 rooms. Signed  Isabella Horan  greenhirst hey

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T15
Deaths Jan/Feb/Mar 1913   Butson  William M  64  Todmorden  9a 323
        
T16
21. 34   William Milner Butson  [of] Greenhurst Hey  [buried on] 28-Feb 1913  [age] 64
        
T17
BURIALS in the Parish of Todmorden in the County of Lancaster
in the Year One thousand Nine hundred and Thirteen
No. 974  William Milner Butson  Greenhurst Hey  Feb 28th  64 years  Charles Paul Keeling
        


File sources

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F1 Image 1845B1-B-0510.jpg
F2 Image GBPRS_YORKSHIRE_004003802_00235.jpg
F3 Image Census-1851-HO107-2380-250-16.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2380-250-16-Butson.text
F5 Image Census-1861-RG09-3672-19-17.jpeg
F6 Image Census-1861-RG09-3672-19-17.ancestry.jpeg
F7 Transcript Census-1861-RG09-3672-19-17-Butson.text
F8 Image 1869M3-BC-0033.jpg
F9 Image 1869M3-K-0122.jpg
F10 Image Census-1871-RG10-4152-96-4.jpeg
F11 Transcript Census-1871-RG10-4152-96-4-Butson.text
F12 Image Census-1881-RG11-4359-4-1.jpeg
F13 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-4359-4-1-Butson.text
F14 Image Census-1891-RG12-3546-69-1.jpeg
F15 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3546-69-1-Butson.text
F16 Image Marriage-WilliamMilnerButson-SarahElizabethBurton-1898-06-06-StJohnTheBaptistHalifax.jpeg
F17 Image 1898M2-BC-0053.jpg
F18 Image 1898M2-B-0052.jpg
F19 Image Census-1901-RG13-4086-41-1.jpeg
F20 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-4086-41-1-Butson.text
F21 Image Census-1911-RG14PN26156-RD493-SD2-ED12-SN4.jpeg
F22 Image Census-1911-RG14PN26156-RD493-SD2-ED12-SN4-cover.jpeg
F23 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN26156-RD493-SD2-ED12-SN4.text
F24 Transcript Todmorden-ChristChurch-Memorials-16-34.html
F25 Transcript ChristChurchTodmorden-Butson-1.txt
F26 Image 1913D1-B-0133.jpg
F27 Transcript Todmorden-ChristChurch-SextonsGravePlot-21-32.html
F28 Image Burial-WilliamMilnerButson-1913-02-28-ChristChurchTodmorden.jpeg


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