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Margaret Butson

(1839 - 1925)


Father: Christopher Butson (1807 - 1864)
Mother: Jane Coates (1809 - 1843)

Siblings:

Children:

With Thomas Alderson


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1839-06-18 Birth
  • freebmd:  T1
  • lancashirebmd:  T2
  • lancashirebmd (update 2013-01-27):  T3
  • Death record
1841-06-07 Census
  • Abode: Hey Head, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Age: 1
  • Birthplace: Lancashire
  • Census record HO107-509-3-9-15:  F1  F2  T4
1851-03-30 Census
  • Abode: Tan Hill, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Age: 12
  • Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire
  • Census record HO107-2380-234-15:  F3  F4  T5
abt.1859-11 Marriage
Thomas Alderson (abt.1834 - 1895)
  • Place: St Mary, Muker
  • Age: 21
  • Occupation: Servant
  • Abode: Thwaite
  • Witness: John Butson
  • Witness: James Brunskill
  • freebmd:  T6
  • yorkshirebmd:  T7
  • BUXTON BMDs Swaledale:  F5  T8
  • Parish register (banns):  F6  T9
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Spinner Row, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Age: 23
  • Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire
  • familysearch:  Link
1871-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 32
  • Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire
  • familysearch:  Link
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 42
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • familysearch:  Link
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 52
  • Birthplace: Lancashire
  • familysearch:  Link
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: Burton Street, Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 62
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancshire
  • Note: Widow
  • familysearch:  Link
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 72
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • familysearch:  Link
1912-06-28 Travel
  • To: Quebec, Canada
  • Age: 73
1925-04-15 Death
  • Place: Vancouver, Canada
  • Age: 86
  • familysearch.org:  Link  T11
  • British Columbia archives:  Link  T12
    • Note: Search results only; no image
  • Gravestone:  F9  F10  T13
abt.1925-04-20 Burial
  • Place: JONES-*-07-010-0014, Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC
  • findagrave:  Link


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Births Sep 1839
Butson Margaret  Burnley 21 201
        
T2
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1839
BUTSON Margaret   Colne   Preston   COL/3/84
        
T3
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1839
BUTSON  Margaret  Colne  Preston  COATES  COL/3/84
        
T4
1841 census HO107 piece 509 book 3 folio 9 page 15

City or Borough of [blank]
Township of Little Marsden
Enumeration Schedule

Hey Head

Chris Buttson      30     Coal Miner  N _
Jane Buttson          30              N _
Elizabeth Buttson     8               Y _
Margaret Buttson      1               Y _

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T5
1851 census HO107 piece 2380 folio 234 page 15

Parish or Township of Muker
Ecclesiastical District of [blank]
City or Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Village of East & West Stonsdale

Schedule 59   Tan Hill

Christopher Butson  Head  Widr  43     Coal Miner       Yorks Thwaite Muker Grinton
Elizabeth Butson    Daur  U        18  Coal Miner Daur  Lancashire Marsden
Margret Butson      Daur  U        12  Coal Miner Daur  Lancashire Marsden
Alice Butson        Daur  U        8   Coal Miner Daur  Lancashire Marsden

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T6
Marriages Dec 1859
Alderson Thomas - Reeth 9d 943
Butson Margaret - Reeth 9d 943
        
T7
BUTSON  Margaret  ALDERSON  Thomas  1859  Muker, St Mary, Ripon  Yorkshire  Harrogate  C24RI/1/198
        
T8
Muker  1859-12-03
Thomas  Alderson  ALDERSON  b  26  Lead Miner  Muker    Thomas       Lead Miner
Margaret  Butson  BUXTON    s  21  Servant     Thwaite  Christopher  coal miner
        
T9
[St Mary, Muker]
Page 60  (The Year 1859)
No. 201.
Banns of Marriage between Thomas Alderson Bachelor
& Margaret Butson, Spinster, both of this
Chapelry were published on the Three Sundays underwritten;
That is to say, On Sunday the 13th day of Nor'r 1859
                On Sunday the 20th
                On Sunday the 27th
        
T10
[Extract; some is illegible]
28 Jun 1912    Virginian   to Quebec  from Liverpool
40539  Alderson Margaret    73  W  English  Dom     C of E
40539  Alderson Mary        51  S  English  Weaver  C of E
40539  Alderson Thomas    41    S  English  Winder  C of E
        
T11
Death Date:     15 Apr 1925
Death Place:    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Name:           Margaret Alderson
Gender:         Female
Age:            86y 10m 3d
Birth Date:     18 Jun 1838
Birthplace:     England
Marital Status: Widow
Father:         Christopher Butson
Registration Number:    491
        
T12
Event Type:                Death
Registration Number:       1925-09-347491
BC Archives Mfilm Number:  B13126
GSU Mfilm Number:          1927303
Event Date (YYYY-MM-DD):   1925-04-15
Event Place:               VANCOUVER
Age at Death:              86
Person:                    MARGARET ALDERSON
        
T13
      In Loving Memory
Mother
Margaret    Mary        Elizabeth
1839-1925   1860-1934   1879-1913
          ALDERSON
Thomas      Amy         Christopher
1870-1930   1867-1948   1863-1918

Transcribed from MountainView-Vancouver-Alderson-1-findagrave.jpg by dh

        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Census-1841-HO107-509-3-9-15.jpeg
F2 Transcript Census-1841-HO107-509-3-9-15-Buttson.text
F3 Image Census-1851-HO107-2380-234-15.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2380-234-15-Butson.text
F5 Transcript BUXTON BMDs Swaledale.xls
F6 Image GBPRS_YORKSHIRE_004003802_00565.jpg
F7 Image MargaretAlderson-immigration.jpg
F8 Image MargaretAlderson-immigration.pdf
F9 Image MountainView-Vancouver-Alderson-1-findagrave.jpg
F10 Transcript Gravestone-Vancouver-Alderson-1.text


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