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James Butson

Male 1832 - 1880  (47 years)


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  • Name James Butson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 21 Nov 1832  Bedelva, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • baptized at St. Blazey 16 Jun
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 16 Jun 1833  St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 1840  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    arrival in Canada in 1840 based on 1901 Census showing his two surviving brothers (Nicholas & Robert) both gave that date for their arrival 
    Residence 1852  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Possessions 8 Nov 1858  Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    East 50 acres of the east half of Lot 26 Concession 10 - purchased from Robert Harrison, who may have been the father-in-law of James' brother Henry Butson 
    Residence 27 Sep 1860  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1861  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Possessions 21 Jul 1862  Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    James Butson et ux [et uxor = and wife] Grants east 50 acres of east half of Lot 26 Concession 10 to Thomas R. Adams 
    Residence 1871  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 3 Jun 1880  Staffa, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I685  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father Solomon Butson,   b. Bef 10 Nov 1793, St. Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1863, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane Joan Jenny Keam,   b. Bef 22 Jul 1792, Luxulyan, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1874, Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 15 Mar 1817  St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Fitchett,   b. Abt 1841, Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1893, Hibbert Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 27 Sep 1860  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • The marriage record has the mother as Jane Butson 67 and the bride as Jane Butson 56 but the bride's parents Peter & Rebecca Figgett - witnesses appear to be Benson Ramsay and M. Coab (difficult to read) both of Reach - married by William G. Rainous
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Butson,   b. Abt 1860, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Lucinda Butson,   b. Abt 1861, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +3. George Butson,   b. Abt 1863, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1953, Hibbert Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)  [natural]
    +4. Leonard James Butson,   b. 9 Aug 1864, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1944, Mithcell, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     5. James Butson,   b. Abt 1867, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. John Butson,   b. Abt 1869, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Frederick - Frank - Butson,   b. 30 Oct 1871, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Rosena Butson,   b. 26 Feb 1879, Hibbert Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. May Butson,   b. Abt 1881, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1934. MS 935, 496 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario;), Roll: MS935_25.
      Birth date: abt 1833
      Birth place: Con;Eng
      Death date: 3 Jun 1880
      Death place: Perth, Ontario, Canada
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=1380336&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S19] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Birth date: abt 1834
      Birth place: England
      Marriage date: 27 Sep 1860
      Marriage place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Whitby Township
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=793645&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S21] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1871 Canada Census Index.Images reproduced by courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, ;).
      Birth date: abt 1836
      Birth place: England
      Residence date: 1871
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1871canada&h=1934737&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S18] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1861 Canada Census Index..Original data - Census returns for 1861. Microfilm C-999 to C;).
      Birth date: 1835
      Birth place: W Canada
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada West, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861canada&h=795404021&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S24] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scoti;).
      Birth date: abt 1836
      Birth place: Upper Canada
      Residence date: 1852
      Residence place: Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851canada&h=143994&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S17] Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1909. MS 929, 206 reels. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario.Archives of Ontario. Delayed;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Delayed Registrations and Stillbirths, "50" Series, 1869-1911, 1913; Reel: 2; Record Group: Rg 80-2.