Thomas BUTSON
1818 - 1871 (52 years)-
Name Thomas BUTSON [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Born 10 Mar 1818 Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK 
[2, 4, 5, 6] - date is from 1846 naturalization document - place is from baptism
Thomas Butson - Naturalization: Declaration of Intent to become Citizen ("First Papers") - 4 Sep 1846
== 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-1971-30013-1323-83?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Thomas Butson - Baptism at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall 27 Sep 1818
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11093-95719-84?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VSP:n1874467138Gender Male Baptism 27 Sep 1818 Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK - abode Silverwell [which I think is St Agnes parish], father occupation: Miner
Thomas Butson - Baptism at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall 27 Sep 1818
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11093-95719-84?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VSP:n1874467138Residence 6 Sep 1838 Silverwell, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK residence at time of marriage Departure 22 Mar 1840 Falmouth, Cornwall, UK [2] - per 1846 naturalization document 
"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"
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_41-0511Thomas Butson - Naturalization: Declaration of Intent to become Citizen ("First Papers") - 4 Sep 1846
== 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-1971-30013-1323-83?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Arrival 21 Apr 1840 New York, New York, New York, USA [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 "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"
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_41-0511Thomas Butson - Naturalization: Declaration of Intent to become Citizen ("First Papers") - 4 Sep 1846
== 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-1971-30013-1323-83?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Residence 1842 Eastern Division, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA [3] Naturalization 4 Jul 1846 Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Declaration of Intention to become citizen ("first papers") Thomas Butson - Naturalization: Declaration of Intent to become Citizen ("First Papers") - 4 Sep 1846
== 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-1971-30013-1323-83?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Residence 1850 Eastern District, Grant, Wisconsin, USA [4] age 33, farmer, born England, value of real estate owned: 500 Thomas & Susan (Richards) Butson Family-1850 Census of Eastern Division, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Residence 1855 Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA [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. 
Thomas Butson Farm in 1895 Atlas of Lima Township, Grant County, Wisconsin, 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. The farm was on both sides of what is now Butson Road. == http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/41183/Lima+TownshipNaturalization 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 
Thomas Butson - Second Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 31 Mar 1855
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30013-1421-82?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Residence 1860 Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA [5] age 42, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 500, born England Thomas & Susan (Richards) Butson Family in 1860 Census of Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Residence 1870 Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA [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 Thomas Butson Family in 1870 Census of Lima Township, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Died 1871 Wisconsin, USA [7] - source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 537
Probate 6 Jan 1871 Grant County, Wisconsin, USA [7] extensive probate file with many pages Naturalization 17 Sep 1875 Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Naturalization card shows 17 Sep 1875 as date of naturalization 
Thomas Butson - Naturalization Card - Naturalized 17 Sep 1875 at Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate A-528 == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29969-33118-64?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-LVJ:n299039007Person ID I3747 Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree Last Modified 20 Feb 2024
Father Thomas BUTSON, b. Bef 29 Apr 1787, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Relationship natural Mother Mary EDWARDS, b. Abt 1788, Cornwall, England Relationship natural Married 11 Aug 1810 St Agnes, Cornwall, UK [8, 9] 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-VC4:546698303Family ID F1136 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susan RICHARDS, b. Abt 1818, Cornwall, UK , d. Between 1861 and 1870, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconin, USA (Age 43 years) Marriage Banns 12 Jul 1838 Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK 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 
Thomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage Banns 12, 19 & 26 Jul 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12430-16727-47?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-V3F:n678186433Married 6 Sep 1838 Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK [10] - 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
Thomas Albert Jr Butson 
Thomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage 6 Sep 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
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=3CB8-7MWThomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage 6 Sep 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK
he 20, bachelor, Miner, residing Silver Well, son of miner Thomas Butson, signed with mark - she 20, spinster, no occupation, residing Trevellas Downs, daughter of carpenter Abraham Richards, signed with mark - after Banns - witnesses: Abraham Richards (signed with mark), Francis Veale (signed own name) == certificate purchased by Wesley Johnston 2013 == image can also be seen at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12430-15840-49?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VQC:n897893257Married 6 Sep 1838 Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK [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
Thomas Albert Jr Butson Thomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage 6 Sep 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
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=3CB8-7MWThomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage 6 Sep 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK
he 20, bachelor, Miner, residing Silver Well, son of miner Thomas Butson, signed with mark - she 20, spinster, no occupation, residing Trevellas Downs, daughter of carpenter Abraham Richards, signed with mark - after Banns - witnesses: Abraham Richards (signed with mark), Francis Veale (signed own name) == certificate purchased by Wesley Johnston 2013 == image can also be seen at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12430-15840-49?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VQC:n897893257Children + 1. Thomas BUTSON, b. 29 Aug 1839, Cornwall, UK , d. 11 Jul 1898, Lima Township, Grant, Wisconsin, USA (Age 58 years) [natural]2. Mary A BUTSON, b. Abt 1842, Wisconsin, USA [natural]+ 3. Isaac C BUTSON, b. 4 May 1845, Wisconsin, USA , d. 18 Aug 1916, Pomeroy, Calhoun, Iowa, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]4. James BUTSON, b. Abt 1846, Wisconsin, USA [natural]+ 5. Susan J BUTSON, b. Feb 1850, Wisconsin, USA [natural]+ 6. John H - Jack - BUTSON, b. 1 Aug 1851, Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA , d. 8 Feb 1929, Geneva, Franklin, Iowa, USA (Age 77 years) [natural]7. Elisabeth - Lizzie - BUTSON, b. Abt 1853, Wisconsin, USA [natural]8. Eliza BUTSON, b. Abt 1856, Wisconsin, USA [natural]Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 Family ID F1135 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Arrival - 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 
Naturalization - Declaration of Intention to become citizen ("first papers") - 4 Jul 1846 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Naturalization - 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 
Residence - age 42, farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 500, born England - 1860 - Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA 
Residence - 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 
Died - 1871 - Wisconsin, USA Probate - extensive probate file with many pages - 6 Jan 1871 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Naturalization - Naturalization card shows 17 Sep 1875 as date of naturalization - 17 Sep 1875 - Grant County, Wisconsin, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Thomas Butson Farm in 1895 Atlas of Lima Township, Grant County, Wisconsin, 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. The farm was on both sides of what is now Butson Road. == http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/41183/Lima+TownshipThomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage Banns 12, 19 & 26 Jul 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12430-16727-47?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-V3F:n678186433Thomas & Susan (Richards) Butson Family in 1860 Census of Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Thomas Butson - Naturalization Card - Naturalized 17 Sep 1875 at Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate A-528 == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29969-33118-64?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-LVJ:n299039007Thomas Butson Family in 1870 Census of Lima Township, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA 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_41-0511Thomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage 6 Sep 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
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=3CB8-7MWThomas Butson - Naturalization: Declaration of Intent to become Citizen ("First Papers") - 4 Sep 1846
== 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-1971-30013-1323-83?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Thomas Butson-Susan Richards - Marriage 6 Sep 1838 at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK
he 20, bachelor, Miner, residing Silver Well, son of miner Thomas Butson, signed with mark - she 20, spinster, no occupation, residing Trevellas Downs, daughter of carpenter Abraham Richards, signed with mark - after Banns - witnesses: Abraham Richards (signed with mark), Francis Veale (signed own name) == certificate purchased by Wesley Johnston 2013 == image can also be seen at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12430-15840-49?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VQC:n897893257Thomas Butson - Baptism at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall 27 Sep 1818
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11093-95719-84?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-VSP:n1874467138Thomas Butson - Second Declaration of Intention to Become US Citizen - 31 Mar 1855
== https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30013-1421-82?cc=2046887&wc=MMB6-K98:1518635998Thomas & Susan (Richards) Butson Family-1850 Census of Eastern Division, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Documents "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).
Histories Thomas Albert Jr Butson
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