The Canadian Connection?
CORNWALL, ENGLAND, 10 NOV 1796.......
| Solomon BUTSON | ||
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| Birth: | 10 Nov 1796 (1796:America had been Independent only 20 years; John Adams replaces George Washington as President of U.S. who lives only 2 years; Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais; 1st Independence Day celebration is held; U.S. State Department issues 1st American passport; Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland.) | |
| Cornwall, , England (1796: Spain declares war on England; Catherine the Great dies; Poet Rob't Burns dies; George III was King of England) | ||
| Christening: | 10 Nov 1796 | |
| Saint Stephen In Brannel, Cornwall, England | ||
| Death: | 23 Apr 1863
(1863: American Civil War would not be over for
2 Years, Lincoln was President;)
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham
Lincoln; President Jeff Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy";
Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilets;
Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time; 1st Army Medal of
Honor awarded;
Mexico City captured by French troops; Battle of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted; Football
Association forms in England, standardizing soccer; Queen Victoria
reigned in England.) |
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| Whitby, Columbus, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Burial: | 26 Apr 1863 (gravestone) (Name misspelled Solomen) | |
| St. Paul Anglican Cemetery., Whitby Twp., Ontario, Canada | ||
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| Father: | John BUTSON | ||
| Mother: | Elizabeth Rickard | ||
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| Spouse: | Jane
Keam b 1796
Died Apr 28 1874 (gravestone)
(Name misspelled Kame) (1874:
Jesse James gang robs train at
Gads Hill, Missouri; King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is
Hawaii, is 1st king to visit U.S.; Benjamin Disraeli
replaces William Gladstone as English premier; Levi Strauss
markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz.; 1st
admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill
University of Canada 3-0; Queen Victoria still reigned in
England.) |
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| Marriage: | 15 Feb 1817 | ||
| Saint Blazey, Cornwall, England | |||
WHY THIS SITE?
"When I this little Record see,
I think how happy it would be
If Pa and Ma should live to say
Our children walk in wisdoms way.
And when the parting stroke is come
And they and we are called home.
May we all meet in heaven above
And sing redeeming grace and love."
When nine-year-old Mary A. Richards (1814 to 1873) of Jaffrey, New Hampshire embroidered this little ditty on her "Sampler" it was just a preface to her also embroidering her family record as below:
"Mr. Luther A. Richards born sept. 26 1785/
Miss Mary Page born/June 8 1794/
Luther Richards & Mary Page married July 5 1813/
Mary Adeline born Jan 1 1814/
Roderick Streat born June 22 1815/
Abijah born APril 10 Died APril 18/1817/
Luther Abijah born APril 12 1818/
Sarah Ann born June 15/1820/
Amanda born August 7 1822/
Harriet born Oct 1 1824/
Huldah Hopkins
born April 13 1825/"
With this site, I hope we can "embroider" the Butson family name in an equally enduring way.
To begin....,
some background.
Early on, although mostly found in England,
curiously, the Butson name also connects with a very interesting Eyre's
(Ayer's) family name in the 1800's, in Ireland, County Galway....through
marriage, not once, but, twice: