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James Harry Butson

Male 1888 - 1969  (80 years)


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  • Name James Harry Butson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Born 25 Dec 1888  Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10] 
    • one WWI Draft has 25 Dec 1889 in Dickinson, ND; other WWI Draft has 25 Dec 1888 in Dickinson, ND; Soc Sec Death Index has 25 Dec 1888; CA Death Index has 25 Dec 1888 in ND mother Tibbits
    Gender Male 
    Departure Bef 6 Oct 1894  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Arrival 6 Oct 1894  Liverpool, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Arrival in Liverpool from New York aboard "Lucania" - Alice (as Dora) with chidren Anna, James, Sylvia 
    Departure 22 Dec 1894  Liverpool, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Arrival 31 Dec 1894  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Arrival from Liverpool aboard "Etruria" with children Hannah, James, Sylvia - child destined for Pueblo, Colorado 
    Residence 1900  Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    419 West 20th Street - Harry (37, born Apr 1863 England, married 13 years, Loc. Engineer), Alice (34, Nov 1865 England, mother of 3 children, all now living-all born N Dakota), Hannah (13, Jan 1887), James (11, Dec 1888), Sylvia (10, May 1890) 
    Shooting of Playmate 8 Mar 1902  Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Numerous reports for several days in the Denver Post and Denver Rocky Mountain News were picked up by newspapers across the U. S. 
    Arrested 28 Aug 1906  Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    San Bernardino County Sun 29 Aug 1906 p 7 col 5 
    Arrested 30 Dec 1906  Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    San Bernardino Daily Sun, p 6, col 2-3 
    Remains in Jail 7 Jan 1907  San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    San Bernardino County Sun, p 13, col 5 
    Bound Over to Superior Court 15 Jan 1907  San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    San Bernardino County Sun, p 5, col 5 
    Probation 2 Years 17 Jan 1907  San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    San Bernardino County Sun, p 5, col 2-3 
    Court Approves Marriage 1 Apr 1907  Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    San Bernardino Daily Sun, 3 Apr 1907, p 7, col 4 
    Residence 1908  San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    birth of son James Henry, later called Harry James, Butson 
    Residence Between 1909 and 1911  Oxnard, Ventura, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    This is the only voter registration book for a year between 1908 and 1912 - probably 1910. He is age 21 with the occupation of a pool room clerk. 
    Residence 26 May 1911  945 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    residence at birth of daughter Sylvia 
    Residence 7 Jan 1915  755 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    residence at birth of son James Harry 
    Residence 31 May 1917  634 Third, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    WWI Draft Registration: born 25 Dec 1889 in Dickinson, ND; Tile Fitter, unemployed; married, wife & 3 children; 4 years in US Navy as Coal Passer - medium height and build, blue eyes, light hair 
    Occupation 5 Jun 1917  Marsh-Strong Building, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tile Setter for Bruner Tile Company at Marsh-Strong Building (per second WWI Draft Registration, dated 5 Jun 1917) 
    Residence 5 Jun 1917  653 San Julian, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    WWI Draft Reg: born 25 Dec 1888 in Dickinson, ND - Tile Setter, employed by Bruner Tile Co at Marsh-Strong Building in LA - Married, wife & 3 children under ?12)? - no prior military service - Medium height & build, grey eyes, light hair, slightly bald 
    Residence 2 Jan 1920  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    648 Gladys Avenue - Alice Johnson (53, widow, chambermaid in hotel), son James H. (31, widowed, mechanic for telephone co.), grandsons Harry J. (11), James Jr. (4 11/12), two lodgers - one of whom is Rose Frederick mother carrying his child Mabelle 
    Residence 18 Nov 1920  648 1/2 Gladys Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    residence at birth of daughter Mabelle Alice Butson - her 2nd child of whom 2 are now living 
    Residence 27 Aug 1924  776 1/2 Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    residence at time of marriage 
    Residence 26 Apr 1942  2318 Irving Street, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WWII Draft Reg: born 25 Dec 1891 in Dickinson, ND - contact Lillian Butson - employed by San Diego Harbor Dept at 1020 W Broadway - 5'9", 170 lbs, blue eyes, blonde hair, light complexion, scar on forehead and lip 
    Retired 30 Jun 1957  San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    retired from San Diego Harbor Department - began working on waterfront for WPA in 1934 & Harbor Dept in 1941 
    Residence 5 Apr 1969  2794 Island Avenue, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    residence "Crescent City" per CA death index of his death in San Diego 
    Died 5 Apr 1969  San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Age: 80
    Person ID I2335  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father Henry - Harry - Butson,   b. Bef 30 Apr 1865, Tiverton Road, Bampton, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1928, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alice Hannah Halsall,   b. 18 Nov 1867, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1952, 8330 Cleta Street, Downey, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 15 Jan 1887  St Matthew's, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13] 
    • he went back to England to marry and then returned to the US with his wife - he 21, she 22 - witnesses William Wright and Anna Butson (Henry's sister) ---- divorced 24 Nov 1903 in Denver
    Divorced 24 Nov 1903  Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ora West,   b. Abt 1891, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living Butson  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Laura Andrews,   b. Abt 1890, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Apr 1907  Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James Henry - Harry James - Butson,   b. 10 Aug 1908, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1979, El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Helen May Hack,   b. Abt 1893, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1918, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 2 May 1917  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • he 28, born ND, single, 1st marriage, Tile Setter - she 24, born CA, single, 1st marriage, no occupation - both residiing Los Angeles - witness: Arthur T. Solomon - married by Justice of the Peace
    Children 
     1. Living Butson  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Rose Urban,   b. Abt 1889, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1929, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1920 
    • she has 2 children by 18 Nov 1920 - I cannot find this marriage record - they are both living (not as a couple) in his mother's household in the 1920 census
    Children 
     1. Maybelle Alice Butson,   b. 18 Nov 1920, 648 1/2 Gladys Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1987, Tuolomne General Hospital, Sonora, Tuolumne, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 5 Irene Boak,   b. Abt 1892, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 Aug 1924  Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • he 35, born ND, widowed, 2d marriage - she 32, born WI, single, 1st marriage - witnesses Mrs Stanley Boller, Sylvia Beckwith
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 6 Lillian Elizabeth Lines,   b. 19 Jul 1884, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1944, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Aft 1929 
    • she appears as his wife in 1942 WWII draft reg; he married Irene in 1924; he is shown with Rose in 1929 San Diego directory - but Lillian shows in 1940 census as Lillian Butson, divorced - so they apparently reconciled before 1942
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 7 Jacoba C Joen,   b. 1 Dec 1888,   d. 21 Aug 1986, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married Aft 13 Oct 1944 
    • his wife Lillian died 13 Oct 1944
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Dec 1888 - Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - Bef 6 Oct 1894 - New York, New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Arrival from Liverpool aboard "Etruria" with children Hannah, James, Sylvia - child destined for Pueblo, Colorado - 31 Dec 1894 - New York, New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 419 West 20th Street - Harry (37, born Apr 1863 England, married 13 years, Loc. Engineer), Alice (34, Nov 1865 England, mother of 3 children, all now living-all born N Dakota), Hannah (13, Jan 1887), James (11, Dec 1888), Sylvia (10, May 1890) - 1900 - Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsShooting of Playmate - Numerous reports for several days in the Denver Post and Denver Rocky Mountain News were picked up by newspapers across the U. S. - 8 Mar 1902 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrested - San Bernardino County Sun 29 Aug 1906 p 7 col 5 - 28 Aug 1906 - Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrested - San Bernardino Daily Sun, p 6, col 2-3 - 30 Dec 1906 - Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemains in Jail - San Bernardino County Sun, p 13, col 5 - 7 Jan 1907 - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBound Over to Superior Court - San Bernardino County Sun, p 5, col 5 - 15 Jan 1907 - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbation 2 Years - San Bernardino County Sun, p 5, col 2-3 - 17 Jan 1907 - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt Approves Marriage - San Bernardino Daily Sun, 3 Apr 1907, p 7, col 4 - 1 Apr 1907 - Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Apr 1907 - Highland, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - birth of son James Henry, later called Harry James, Butson - 1908 - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - This is the only voter registration book for a year between 1908 and 1912 - probably 1910. He is age 21 with the occupation of a pool room clerk. - Between 1909 and 1911 - Oxnard, Ventura, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 May 1917 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 648 Gladys Avenue - Alice Johnson (53, widow, chambermaid in hotel), son James H. (31, widowed, mechanic for telephone co.), grandsons Harry J. (11), James Jr. (4 11/12), two lodgers - one of whom is Rose Frederick mother carrying his child Mabelle - 2 Jan 1920 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Aug 1924 - Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - retired from San Diego Harbor Department - began working on waterfront for WPA in 1934 & Harbor Dept in 1941 - 30 Jun 1957 - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Apr 1969 - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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      Birth date: Dec 1888
      Birth place: N Dacotah
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Pueblo city, Pueblo, Colorado
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      Residence date: 1900-1924
      Residence place: Ventura County, California, United States
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      Birth date: abt 1889
      Birth place: North Dakota
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Los Angeles Assembly District 74, Los Angeles, California
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