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Thomas Butson

(1837 - 1874)


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

Siblings:

Children:

With Margaret Cherry With Margaret Shutt


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1837-11-21 Birth
  • Place: Kings Pitt House
  • Birth certificate:  F1
  • Estimated from baptism
  • freebmd:  T1
1837-12-04 Baptism
  • Place: Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Abode: Kings Pit House
  • IGI:  Link  T2
  • Parish register (YPRS transcript, page 208):  F2  T3
  • Parish record:  F3  T4
1841-06-07 Census
  • Abode: King's Pit House, Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Age: 3
  • Birthplace: Yorkshire
  • Census record HO107-1245-6-25-6:  F4  F5  T5
1851-03-30 Census
  • Abode: King's Pit House, Tan Hill, Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Age: 13
  • Birthplace: Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Census record HO107-2387-260-9:  F6  F7  F8  T6
1859-05-21 Marriage
Margaret Cherry (1842 - 1864)
  • Place: St Mary, Muker
  • Abode: Pit House
  • Age: 21
  • Ocupation: Coal miner
  • Witness: Thomas Cherry
  • Witness: Mary Clarke
  • Note: Thomas was a widower at the time of his marriage to Margaret Shutt freebmd: Deaths Sep 1864 Butson Margaret Reeth 9d 335
  • Parish record:  F9  T7
  • freebmd:  T8
  • yorkshirebmd:  T9
  • Marriage certificate:  F10  T10
  • Parish register (banns):  F11  T11
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Hudson Row, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Age: 23
  • Occupation: Coal miner
  • Birthplace: Bowes, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG09-3077-89-21:  F12  F13  T12
1867-06-29 Marriage
Margaret Shutt (1844 - 1915)
  • Place: St Peter, Burnley
  • Age: 30
  • Abode: Brunshaw Bottom, Burnley
  • Occupation: Miner
  • Witness: Christopher Butson
  • Witness: Annie Whalley
  • Marriage certificate:  F14
  • Parish register:  F15  T13
  • Burnley Gazette 6th July 1867:  F16  T14
  • lan-opc:  Link  T15
1871-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Edge Lane, Toft Hill, Etherley, County Durham
  • Age: 33
  • Occupation: Coal miner
  • Birthplace: Tan Hill, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG10-4940-11-15:  F17  F18  T16
1874-10-27 Death
  • Place: Page Bank Colliery, Stockley
  • Age: 38
  • Occupation: Coal miner
  • Death record index (freebmd):  T17
  • Death certificate:  F19
  • Gravestone:  Link  F20  F21
    • Note: Not buried here


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Births Dec 1837
Butson  Thomas    Teesdale  24 214
        
T2
THOMAS BUTSON
Christening: 04 DEC 1837 Bowes, Yorkshire, England
Father: THOMAS BUTSON
Mother: ALICE
P022111 1615 - 1616 0897351 IT 3 Film 0820984 Film
        
T3
[1837 p.80] Dec 4  Thomas s Thomas & Alice Butson, Kingspite House, Banksman  J.L.
        
T4
No. 640  Dec 4th [1837]   Thomas son of   Thomas & Alice   Butson   Kings Pit House   Banks Man   J. Lambert
        
T5
1841 Census HO107 Piece 1245 Book 6 Folio 25 Page 6

City or Borough of [blank]
Parish or Township of Bowes
Enumeration Schedule

King's Pit House

Thos Butson   35     Publican  Y _
Alice Butson     25            Y _
Nancy Butson     6             Y _
John Butson   5                Y _
Thos Butson   3                Y _
Mary Butson      1             Y _
John Butson   55     Pitter    Y _
Mary Coates      30  F.S       Y _

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T6
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

        
T7
Muker, 21.5.1859
Thomas Butson/21/bach/Pit House/coal miner s.o Thomas/innkeeper
Margaret Cherry/17/spin/Black Moor House  d.o James/collier
Witnesses Thomas Cherry, Mary Clarke
        
T8
Marriages Jun 1859
Butson  Thomas    Reeth  9d 726
Cherry  Margaret  Reeth  9d 726
        
T9
BUTSON  Thomas  CHERRY  Margaret  1859  Muker, St Mary, Ripon  Yorkshire  Harrogate  C24RI/1/196
        
T10
1859  Marriage solemnized at the Distrct Chapel in the Chapelry of Muker in the County of York
No. 196  May 21st 1859  Thomas Butson    21  Bachelor  Coal Miner  Pit House        Thomas Butson  Innkeeper
                        Margaret Cherry  17  Spinster  -           Blackmoor House  James Cherry    Colier [sic]
Married in the District Chapel according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, By Banns, by me,
                                                                                                   Rich'd Lowther
This Marriage was solemnized between us, { Thomas Butson his mark X }
                                         { Margaret Cherry          }
in the presence of us, { Thomas Cherry }
                       { Mary Clarke   }
        
T11
[St Mary, Muker]
Page 60  (The Year 1859)
No. 197.
Banns of Marriage between Thomas Butson of the Parish of
Bowes, Bachelor & Margaret Cherry of this Chapelry
Spinster  were published on the Three Sundays underwritten;
That is to say, On Sunday the 1st day of May 1859
                On Sunday the 8th
                On Sunday the 15th
        
T12
1861 census RG09 piece 3077 folio 89 page 21

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

Schedule 91   Hudson Row

Thomas Barton    Head  Mar  23     Coal miner        Yorkshire Bows
Margaret Barton  Wife  Mar     19  Domestic affairs  Yorkshire Swaledale

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T13
Page 174  1867.  Marriage solemnized at Burnley in the Parish of Whalley in the County of Lancaster
No. 347  June 29th
Thomas Butson   30  Widower   Miner     Brunshaw Bottom     Thomas Butson  Miner
Margaret Shutt  24  Spinster  Spinster  Brierfield Marsden  William Shutt  Collier
Married in the Church of St Peter according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by Certificate
by me, Charles J. Besley
This Marriage was       {  Thomas Butson X his mark   }  in the Presence  {  Christopher Butson X his mark
solemnized between us,  {  Margaret Shutt X her mark  }  of us,           {  Annie Whalley X her mark
        
T14
MARRIAGES. On the 29th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Mr. Thomas Butson, of Brunshaw Bottom,
to Miss Margaret Shutt, Brierfield, Marsden
        
T15
Marriage: 29 Jun 1867 St Peter, Burnley, Lancs.
Thomas Butson - (X), 30 Miner Widower of Brunshaw Bottom
Margaret Shutt - (X), 24 Spinster [sic] Spinster of Brierfield Marsden
Groom's Father: Thomas Butson, Miner
Bride's Father: William Shutt, Collier
Witness: Christopher Butson, (X); Annie Whalley, (X)
Married by Certificate by: Charles J. Besley
Register: Marriages 1863 - 1869, Page 174, Entry 347
Source: LDS Film 1526392
        
T16
1871 census RG10 Piece 4940 Folio 11 Page 15

Civil Parish or Township of Evenwood & Barony
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Village or Hamlet, &c, of Toft Hill
Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical District of Etherley

Schedule 73   Edge Lane

Thomas Butson     Head  Mar  33     Coal Miner  Yorkshire Tan Hill
Margaret Butson   Wife  Mar     26              Lancaster Colne
Isabella Butson   Daur          9               Lancaster Burnley

Transcribed from Census-1871-RG10-4940-11-15.jpeg by dh

        
T17
BUTSON  Thomas  38  Durham     10a 288
        


File sources

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F1 Image BC-ThomasButson-1837-11-21.jpeg
F2 Image Bowes-1670-1837-0105.jpg
F3 Image Baptism-ThomasButson-1837-12-04-Bowes.jpeg
F4 Image Census-1841-HO107-1245-6-25-6.jpeg
F5 Transcript Census-1841-HO107-1245-6-25-6-Butson.text
F6 Image Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-9.jpeg
F7 Image Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-10.jpeg
F8 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2387-260-9-Butson.text
F9 Transcript MiscTranscripts.txt
F10 Image MC-1859-ThomasButson-MargaretCherry.jpg
F11 Image GBPRS_YORKSHIRE_004003802_00565.jpg
F12 Image Census-1861-RG09-3077-89-21.jpeg
F13 Transcript Census-1861-RG09-3077-89-21-Butson.text
F14 Image MC_1867_ThomasBUTSON-MargaretSHUTT.jpg
F15 Image 4420877_00441.jpg
F16 Image BurnleyGazette-1867-07-06-P2-Marriage-ThomasButson-MargaretShutt.jpeg
F17 Image Census-1871-RG10-4940-11-15.jpeg
F18 Transcript Census-1871-RG10-4940-11-15-Butson.text
F19 Image DC_1874_Thomas_BUTSON.jpg
F20 Photo WheatleyLane-Butson-1.jpeg
F21 Transcript WheatleyLane-Butson-1.txt


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