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Walter John Butson

Male 1894 - 1974  (80 years)


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  • Name Walter John Butson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 2 Nov 1894  Braunton, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    • Birth date from civil death index list
    Gender Male 
    Residence 2 Apr 1911  West Hill, Braunton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    age 16, single, General Labourer, born Braunton 
    Newspaper Article about Marriage 29 May 1919  Barnstaple, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1921  Plymouth, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Walter J and Beatrice E - his brother Edwin may have been living with them == https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=1921%20census%20of%20england%20%26%20wales&whereborntext=braunton&lastname=butson&sid=999 
    Died 6 Nov 1974  Plymouth, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Death date from probate index: "of 63 Neath Rd Plymouth died 6 Nov ember 1974 Probate, Bristol 26 January L1502 760800085T"
    Probate 26 Jan 1976  Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I3329  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father Matthew Butson,   b. Abt 1858, Braunton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1937, 9. South Street, Braunton, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Maria Jane Wildern,   b. Abt 1855, Misterton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1918, South Street, Braunton, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 4 Jan 1890  Independent Chapel, Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F1022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beatrice Ethel Mock,   b. Abt 1885, Braunton, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 May 1919  Braunton, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6] 
    • by Vicar Rev. J. H. Prince - her brother Charles Mock gave her away; best man was W. Parsons of Croyde
    Children 
     1. Living Butson  [natural]
     2. Denis J Butson,   b. 9 Mar 1928, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 2013, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper Article about Marriage - 29 May 1919 - Barnstaple, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S138] 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Class: RG14; Piece: 13352; Schedule Number: 205.

    2. [S220] UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA;), The North Devon Journal; Publication Date: 29/ May/ 1919; Publication Place: Barnstaple, Devon, England; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/804316117/?article=0a833cfd-4fa0-4516-be92-e68cb824dad5&focus=0.8381833,0.6809611,0.98422027,0.94167566&xid=3398.

    3. [S218] England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5b; Page: 1227.

    4. [S132] England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro;), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 21; Page: 1953.

    5. [S140] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Londo;).

    6. [S219] Newspapers.com - The North Devon Journal-Herald - 29 May 1919 - Page 5, (Name: The North Devon Journal-Herald; Location: Barnstaple, Devon, England; Date: 29 May 1919;), Marriage of Mock / Butson 29 May 1919.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114789238/marriage-of-mock-butson/?xid=637