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Susan Richards

Female Abt 1818 - 1870  (43 years)


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  • Name Susan Richards  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born Abt 1818  Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    • 20 at 1838 marriage - 21 at 1840 voyage - 27 on 1850 census - 42 at 1860 census - no baptism found for her in CFHS DB nor OPC but marriage shows her father as Abraham - only Abraham baps in 1810-1819 are two sons at Paul-wives Phyllis & Patience
    Gender Female 
    Residence 6 Sep 1838  Trevellas Downs, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    residence at time of marriage 
    Departure 22 Mar 1840  Falmouth, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Arrival 21 Apr 1840  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    age 21 - aboard "Royal Adelaide" with husband Thomas Butson and son Thomas and husband's brother John - sailed from Falmouth per husband Thomas's 1846 naturalization document 
    Residence 1850  Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    age 27, born England 
    Residence 1860  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    age 42, born England 
    Died Between 1861 and 1870  Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • she is in the 1860 census but not in the 1870 census
    Person ID I3415  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father Abraham Richards,   b. Abt 1778 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3059  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Albert Butson,   b. 10 Mar 1818, Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1870, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage Banns 12 Jul 1838  Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    banns 12, 19 and 26 Jul 1838 == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12430-16727-47?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-V3F:n678186433 
    Married 6 Sep 1838  Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • both age 20 - he bachelor Miner of Silverwell, son of Miner Thomas Butson - she spinster of Trevellas Downs, dau of carpenter Abraham Richards == familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-65ZJ-VM?cc=1769414&wc=3CB8-7MW
    Married 6 Sep 1838  Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • both age 20 - he bachelor Miner of Silverwell, son of Miner Thomas Butson - she spinster of Trevellas Downs, dau of ??? ??? Richards == familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-65ZJ-VM?cc=1769414&wc=3CB8-7MW
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Butson,   b. 29 Aug 1839, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1898, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     2. Mary A Butson,   b. Abt 1842, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +3. Isaac C Butson,   b. 4 May 1845, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1916, Pomeroy, Calhoun, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
    +4. James Butson,   b. Mar 1847, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1913, Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
    +5. Susan J Butson,   b. Feb 1850, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +6. John H - Jack - Butson,   b. 1 Aug 1851, Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1929, Geneva, Franklin, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     7. Elisabeth - Lizzie - Butson,   b. Abt 1853, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Eliza Butson,   b. Abt 1856, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsArrival - age 21 - aboard "Royal Adelaide" with husband Thomas Butson and son Thomas and husband's brother John - sailed from Falmouth per husband Thomas's 1846 naturalization document - 21 Apr 1840 - New York, New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 42, born England - 1860 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S45] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Rec;), Year: 1840.

    2. [S131] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro;).

    3. [S91] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, ;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_998; Page: 193B; Image: 301.

    4. [S40] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1409; Page: 603; Image: 621; Family History Library Film: 805409.