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Thomas Butson

Male 1839 - 1898  (58 years)


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  • Name Thomas Butson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 29 Aug 1839  Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    • == source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 537-538 -- can find no baptism in CFHS DB, Cornwall OPC nor birth in FreeBMD
    Gender Male 
    Departure 22 Mar 1840  Falmouth, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    aboard "Royal Adelaide" 
    Arrival 21 Apr 1840  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    infant, listed on separate page for children - aboard the Royal Adelaide, arriving from England 
    Residence 1850  Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    age 11, born England 
    Residence 1860  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    age 20, farmer, born England, attended school within the year 
    Residence 22 Jun 1880  Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    age 40, farmer, born England 
    Died 11 Jul 1898  Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Aft 11 Jul 1898  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3416  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susan Richards,   b. Abt 1818, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1861 and 1870, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    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  [6] 
    • 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  [6] 
    • 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
    Family ID F1061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Mahalah Gill,   b. 31 Dec 1847, New Diggings, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1923, Lima, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1865  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Jennie Priscilla - Jane - Janie - Jennie - Butson,   b. Apr 1866, Smelser, Grant, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Susan Butson,   b. 19 Feb 1868, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1895, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)  [natural]
    +3. Isaiah Gill Butson,   b. 23 Feb 1870, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1947, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    +4. Mary Anna - Annie - Butson,   b. 8 Nov 1872, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1948  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
    +5. Thomas Albert - Albert - Butson,   b. 27 May 1875, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1910  (Age 34 years)  [natural]
    +6. Charles William Butson,   b. 30 Oct 1877, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1953  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
    +7. Sarah Lucinda Butson,   b. 11 Aug 1880, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1972, Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
    +8. Harry Garfield - Old Harry - Butson,   b. 30 Sep 1883, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin. USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1963, Harrison Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsArrival - infant, listed on separate page for children - aboard the Royal Adelaide, arriving from England - 21 Apr 1840 - New York, New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 20, farmer, born England, attended school within the year - 1860 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Mar 1865 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 40, farmer, born England - 22 Jun 1880 - Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Jul 1898 - Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 11 Jul 1898 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • 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. [S224] Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).

    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.

    5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lima, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: 1427; Family History Film: 1255427; Page: 225B; Enumeration District: 113.

    6. [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;).

    7. [S246] Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).