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Solomon Butson

Solomon Butson

Male 1793 - 1863  (69 years)

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  • Name Solomon Butson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 10 Nov 1793  St. Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1846  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1852  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Agricultural Census - Concession 9 Lot 6 
    Residence 1852  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Population Census 
    Residence 1861  East Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 23 Apr 1863  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I90  English Corners Project / Columbus (Ontario) Families
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2023 

    Father John Butson,   b. Mar 1756, St Columb Miner, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Rickard,   b. 1765, St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1796, St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 5 Aug 1786  St. Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F74  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 15 Mar 1817  St Blazey, Cornwall, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Keam Butson,   b. 17 Aug 1817, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. John Butson,   b. Abt 1818, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1822, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 4 years)  [natural]
     3. Thomas Butson,   b. 29 Mar 1821, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1846, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)  [natural]
    +4. John Butson,   b. 18 Dec 1822, Saint Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876, Staffa, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)  [natural]
    +5. William Butson,   b. 16 Sep 1824, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1900, Sundridge, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
     6. Nicholas Keam Butson,   b. 6 Nov 1826, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1922, Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)  [natural]
     7. Charity Keam Butson,   b. 26 May 1829, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1899, Whitby East Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     8. Henry Butson,   b. 25 Mar 1831, St Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1892, Detroit, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)  [natural]
     9. Robert Keam Butson,   b. 15 Mar 1832, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1910, Port Perry, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
    +10. James Butson,   b. Bef 16 Jun 1833, St. Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1880, Staffa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 47 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2023 
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Grave Stone of Solomon Buston & Jane (Keam) Butson in the cairn at St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, west of Columbus, Ontario    		Grave Stone of Solomon Buston & Jane (Keam) Butson in the cairn at St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, west of Columbus, Ontario
    In Memory of SOLOMEN BUTSON Who Died April 23, 1863. Aged 67 Years Also JANE KAME BUTSON Who died April 28, 1874 AGED 78 Years [her age not visible in the photograph] ----- Thanks to Christine Ferguson for the photograph. ----- See the following web page for more on St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery's families: http://www.wwjohnston.net/famhist/ontario-cemeteries/columbus-st-pauls-anglican.htm (note that there is some kind of bug in Ancestry.com that will not display the above URL correctly -- it should read columbus-st which it does read in the text of this description but Ancestry displays it wrong)

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.

    2. [S6] 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 1807
      Birth place: Upper Canada
      Residence date: 1852
      Residence place: Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851canada&h=143991&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia      		 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia


    3. [S6] 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;).
      Residence date: 1852
      Residence place: Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851canada&h=145507&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia      		 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia


    4. [S7] 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: 1796
      Birth place: England
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861canada&h=795404013&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1861 Census of Canada      		 1861 Census of Canada


    5. [S16] Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry.Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. See source i;).
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=canadagenindex_ga&h=1881479&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S28] Cornwall Online Parish Clerks, http://www.cornwall-opc.org., Butson-Keam Marriage 5 Aug 1786 St. Stephen in Brannel.
      -- Parish or Registration District: Stephen in Brannel, St.
      -- Date: 05-Aug 1786
      -- GROOM: John BUTSON
      -- BRIDE: Eliz. RICKARD
      -- Register notes: Phillimores
      -- Transcriber: Shirley Cattermole
      http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/searchdb.php?yr=17&pr=stephen&gfn=&gsn=butson&bfn=&bsn=rickard&wit=&records=50&dbname=marriages&formval=&Submit=Search