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John BUTSON

Male 1819 - 1887  (68 years)


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  • Name John BUTSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 26 Jan 1819  Silverwell, St. Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • date is from his 1848 naturalization declaration - abode at Silverwell per 1820 baptism
    John Butson - Baptism 10 Sep 1820 at St Agnes, Cornwall, UK    		 John Butson - Baptism 10 Sep 1820 at St Agnes, Cornwall, UK
    == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-166814-96?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VH8:n733885015
    John Butson - Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 22 Apr 1848    		 John Butson - Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 22 Apr 1848
    He may be off by a year on his voyage. He appears on the 1840 passenger list that departed 22 Mar. It is possible that he first came in 1839 and then returned to sail back again with his brother Thomas in 1840, but I have found no record of an 1839 voyage. == thanks to Mike Kiernan of the Cornwall Global Migration Programme, who received it from ??? who copied it from the Southwest Wisconsin regional archive at Platteville, Wisconsin == can also be seen at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-30013-1715-76?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 10 Sep 1820  St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    John Butson - Baptism 10 Sep 1820 at St Agnes, Cornwall, UK    		 John Butson - Baptism 10 Sep 1820 at St Agnes, Cornwall, UK
    == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-166814-96?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VH8:n733885015
    Departure 22 Mar 1840  Falmouth, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    'Royal Adelaide' - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York from 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth Departure    		 "Royal Adelaide" - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York from 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth Departure
    Siblings Eliza, John, Thomas Butson & spouses listed on p 2 of passengers. Callaway & Butson children listed on last page. The departure date and location are known from the older Thomas Butson's 1846 naturalization declaration (first papers).
    John Butson, Thomas & Susan Butson, John & Eliza (Butson) Callaway - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York aboard 'Royal Adelaide'    		 John Butson, Thomas & Susan Butson, John & Eliza (Butson) Callaway - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York aboard "Royal Adelaide"
    Butson and Callaway children are listed on the next page which is a page listing only children == http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=7488&iid=NYM237_41-0511
    Arrival 21 Apr 1840  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    age 19 - aboard "Royal Adelaide" with brother Thomas and Thomas's Susan and their son Thomas - sailed from Falmouth per Thomas's 1846 naturalization document 
    'Royal Adelaide' - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York from 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth Departure    		 "Royal Adelaide" - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York from 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth Departure
    Siblings Eliza, John, Thomas Butson & spouses listed on p 2 of passengers. Callaway & Butson children listed on last page. The departure date and location are known from the older Thomas Butson's 1846 naturalization declaration (first papers).
    John Butson, Thomas & Susan Butson, John & Eliza (Butson) Callaway - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York aboard 'Royal Adelaide'    		 John Butson, Thomas & Susan Butson, John & Eliza (Butson) Callaway - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York aboard "Royal Adelaide"
    Butson and Callaway children are listed on the next page which is a page listing only children == http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=7488&iid=NYM237_41-0511
    Naturalization 22 Apr 1848  Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Declaration of Intention to become citizen ("first papers") 
    John Butson - Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 22 Apr 1848    		 John Butson - Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 22 Apr 1848
    He may be off by a year on his voyage. He appears on the 1840 passenger list that departed 22 Mar. It is possible that he first came in 1839 and then returned to sail back again with his brother Thomas in 1840, but I have found no record of an 1839 voyage. == thanks to Mike Kiernan of the Cornwall Global Migration Programme, who received it from ??? who copied it from the Southwest Wisconsin regional archive at Platteville, Wisconsin == can also be seen at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-30013-1715-76?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998
    Residence 1850  Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    age 30, Miner, born England - in household of farmer John Oldfield (44, England) 
    Residence 1860 
    I cannot find him in the 1860 Census. He was with the family in Platteville in 1850, 1870, 1880. 
    Residence 2 Jun 1870  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    age 50, Miner, value of personal estate $100, born England - living with sister Elizabeth (Butson) Calloway 
    Residence Jun 1880  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    age 61, single, boarder in home of nephew George Calloway (his sister Elizabeth (Butson) Calloway there too), Miner, born England 
    Died 13 Aug 1887  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Aft 13 Aug 1887  Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • probably at Hillside Cemetery (death record simply says "Platteville" for place of interment)
    Person ID I3722  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 

    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  [6, 7] 
    Thomas Butson-Mary Edwards - Marriage 11 Aug 1810 at St Agnes, Cornwall    		 Thomas Butson-Mary Edwards - Marriage 11 Aug 1810 at St Agnes, Cornwall
    == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-164202-6?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VC4:546698303
    Family ID F1136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsArrival - age 19 - aboard "Royal Adelaide" with brother Thomas and Thomas's Susan and their son Thomas - sailed from Falmouth per Thomas's 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") - 22 Apr 1848 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 50, Miner, value of personal estate $100, born England - living with sister Elizabeth (Butson) Calloway - 2 Jun 1870 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 61, single, boarder in home of nephew George Calloway (his sister Elizabeth (Butson) Calloway there too), Miner, born England - Jun 1880 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Aug 1887 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 13 Aug 1887 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    John Butson, Thomas & Susan Butson, John & Eliza (Butson) Callaway - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York aboard 'Royal Adelaide'    		John Butson, Thomas & Susan Butson, John & Eliza (Butson) Callaway - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York aboard "Royal Adelaide"
    Butson and Callaway children are listed on the next page which is a page listing only children == http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=7488&iid=NYM237_41-0511
    John Butson - Baptism 10 Sep 1820 at St Agnes, Cornwall, UK    		John Butson - Baptism 10 Sep 1820 at St Agnes, Cornwall, UK
    == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-166814-96?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VH8:n733885015
    John Butson - Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 22 Apr 1848    		John Butson - Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 22 Apr 1848
    He may be off by a year on his voyage. He appears on the 1840 passenger list that departed 22 Mar. It is possible that he first came in 1839 and then returned to sail back again with his brother Thomas in 1840, but I have found no record of an 1839 voyage. == thanks to Mike Kiernan of the Cornwall Global Migration Programme, who received it from ??? who copied it from the Southwest Wisconsin regional archive at Platteville, Wisconsin == can also be seen at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-30013-1715-76?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998

    Documents
    'Royal Adelaide' - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York from 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth Departure    		"Royal Adelaide" - Arrival 21 Apr 1840 in New York from 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth Departure
    Siblings Eliza, John, Thomas Butson & spouses listed on p 2 of passengers. Callaway & Butson children listed on last page. The departure date and location are known from the older Thomas Butson's 1846 naturalization declaration (first papers).

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] 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.
      New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957      		 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
      Year: 1840


    2. [S31] 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: 110B; Image: 135.
      1850 United States Federal Census      		 1850 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1850; Census Place: Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_998; Page: 110B; Image: 135


    3. [S26] 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: Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1717; Page: 364A; Image: 334; Family History Library Film: 553216.
      1870 United States Federal Census      		 1870 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1870; Census Place: Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1717; Page: 364A; Image: 334; Family History Library Film: 553216


    4. [S20] 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: Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: 1427; Family History Film: 1255427; Page: 321B; Enumeration District: 122.
      1880 United States Federal Census      		 1880 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1880; Census Place: Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin; Roll: 1427; Family History Film: 1255427; Page: 321B; Enumeration District: 122


    5. [S225] Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1959-2004, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Death Records, Pre-Oct 1907.
      Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1959-2004      		 Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1959-2004
      Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Death Records, Pre-Oct 1907


    6. [S130] 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;).
      Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837      		 Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837


    7. [S130] 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;).
      Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837      		 Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837