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Thomas Albert Butson

Male 1818 - 1870  (52 years)


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  • Name Thomas Albert Butson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Born 10 Mar 1818  Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 8] 
    • date is from 1846 naturalization document - place is from baptism - baptized & married only as Thomas but buried as Thomas Albert - do not know when Albert use began
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 27 Sep 1818  Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • abode Silverwell [which I think is St Agnes parish], father occupation: Miner
    Residence 6 Sep 1838  Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, 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  [2] 
    - per 1846 naturalization document 
    Arrival 21 Apr 1840  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    age 21 - aboard "Royal Adelaide" with sister Eliza and her husband John Callaway & children and brother John and with wife Susan and son Thomas - sailed from Falmouth per 1846 naturalization document 
    Residence 1842  Eastern Division, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Naturalization 4 Jul 1846  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Declaration of Intention to become citizen ("first papers") 
    Residence 1850  Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    age 33, farmer, born England, value of real estate owned: 500 
    Residence 1855  Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    The farm was 120 acres on the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 32 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 32 of Lima Township (Township 4 North, Range 1 West, of the 4th Principal Meridian) in Grant County. 
    Naturalization 31 Mar 1855  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Not sure why he filed a second declaration of intention. == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30013-1421-82?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998 
    Residence 1860  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    age 42, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 500, born England 
    Residence 1870  Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    age 52, farmer, real estate: 800, personal estate: 350, born England, cannot read or write - widowed, although that is not captured in the census: his wife is no longer present - Washburne Post Offfice 
    Died 31 Dec 1870  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • probably at the farm on Butson Road north of Platteville, Wisconsin == source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 537
    Burial Aft 31 Dec 1870  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • as Thomas Albert Butson Sr
    Probate 6 Jan 1871  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    extensive probate file with many pages 
    Naturalization 17 Sep 1875  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Naturalization card shows 17 Sep 1875 as date of naturalization 
    Buried Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I3443  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father Thomas Butson,   b. Bef 29 Apr 1787, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Edwards,   b. Abt 1788, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 11 Aug 1810  St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F1062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    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  [1] 
    • 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  [1] 
    • 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 sister Eliza and her husband John Callaway & children and brother John and with wife Susan and son Thomas - sailed from Falmouth per 1846 naturalization document - 21 Apr 1840 - New York, New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - Declaration of Intention to become citizen ("first papers") - 4 Jul 1846 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - Not sure why he filed a second declaration of intention. == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30013-1421-82?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998 - 31 Mar 1855 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 42, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 500, born England - 1860 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 52, farmer, real estate: 800, personal estate: 350, born England, cannot read or write - widowed, although that is not captured in the census: his wife is no longer present - Washburne Post Offfice - 1870 - Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Dec 1870 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 31 Dec 1870 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - extensive probate file with many pages - 6 Jan 1871 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - Naturalization card shows 17 Sep 1875 as date of naturalization - 17 Sep 1875 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
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    2. [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.

    3. [S230] Wisconsin, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).

    4. [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.

    5. [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.

    6. [S39] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls.Minnesota. Minneso;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Lima, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1717; Page: 281B; Image: 169; Family History Library Film: 553216.

    7. [S231] Wisconsin, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Probate Records, Grant County, Wisconsin; Author: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Grant County); Probate Place: Grant, Wisconsin.

    8. [S200] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122111762/thomas-butson

    9. [S134] Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Original data - The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.Original data: T;).