8. | Thomas BUTSON was born on 10 Mar 1818 in Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK (son of Thomas BUTSON and Mary EDWARDS); died in 1871 in Wisconsin, USA. Other Events:
- Baptism: 27 Sep 1818, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK
- Residence: 6 Sep 1838, Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK; residence at time of marriage
- Departure: 22 Mar 1840, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK; - per 1846 naturalization document
- Arrival: 21 Apr 1840, New York, New York, New York, USA; 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
- Naturalization: 4 Jul 1846, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA; Declaration of Intention to become citizen ("first papers")
- Residence: 1850, Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin, USA; age 33, farmer, born England, value of real estate owned: 500
- Residence: 1855, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA; 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; 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; age 42, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 500, born England
- Residence: 1870, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA; 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
- Probate: 6 Jan 1871, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA; extensive probate file with many pages
- Naturalization: 17 Sep 1875, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA; Naturalization card shows 17 Sep 1875 as date of naturalization
Notes:
Birth:
date is from 1846 naturalization document - place is from baptism
Baptism:
abode Silverwell [which I think is St Agnes parish], father occupation: Miner
Died:
source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 537
Thomas married Susan RICHARDS on 6 Sep 1838 in Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK. Susan (daughter of Abraham RICHARDS) was born about 1818 in Cornwall, UK; died between 1861 and 1870 in Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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