BUTTONs [dates ect.]

[rayh]

Dear Listers,
The BUTTON family is on my mother's side of the tree..................
I'm hoping someone might be able to fill in the gaps for the children of WILLIAM BUTTON c1800 and MARY GREEN 1796. All of these children and parents are Suffolk related.


Lydia c1818 married Edward Parker [date and children]
Daniel 1820 [marriage and children]
George1826 [marriage and children]
Elizabeth c1827 [marriage and children]
Keziah 1830-1909 [marriage and children]
William c1832 married Elizabeth Bluett [date and children]
Robert c1835-1873 [marriage and children]
Ann 1837 [marriage and children]
Eliza c1839 [date and children]
Eliza is an interesting subject. At first I thought she was raped as the first "husband was "UNKNOWN" and she chose to keep her maiden name. But now I see she has not one but two child in differing years. Although rape is possible you'd think it unlikely wouldn't you? She also marries a JAMES HAMMOND sometime later and the children are still Buttons. I have no date for this marriage and I wonder if she had children by James Hammond.

Truly appreciate any help.
My best to you and yours, Ray [OZ]

[Andrew Mead]

As you know they are from Suffolk, have you tried the Suffolk list?

[michaelpipe]

Dear Listers,
The BUTTON family is on my mother's side of the tree..................
I'm hoping someone might be able to fill in the gaps for the children of WILLIAM BUTTON c1800 and MARY GREEN 1796. All of these children and parents are Suffolk related.

Daniel 1820 [marriage and children]
[OZ]

I assume these are Buttons from Coddenham. If so then here's a start, with Daniel.
1851 census HO107; Piece: 1797; Folio: 221; Page: 18
"Part of Vicarage", Coddenham, Sfk

Daniel Button, head, married, age 30, house servant, born Coddenham, Sfk
Rachel Button, wife, age 30, born Stowupland, Sfk
Mary Ann, daur, age 7, born Coddenham, Sfk
Elizabeth, daur, age 4, born Coddenham, Sfk
William, son, age 1, born Coddenham, Sfk
George, son, age 1 mth, born Coddenham, Sfk

1861 census RG9; Piece: 1155; Folio: 68; Page: 16
Street, Coddenham, Sfk

Rachel Button, head, widow, age 40, charwoman, born Stowupland, Sfk
Mary Ann, daur, age 16, servant, born Coddenham, Sfk
John, son, age 12, scholar, born Coddenham, Sfk (with grandparents in 1851)
William, son, age 11, Butcher's Boy, born Coddenham, Sfk
Daniel, son, age 7, scholar, born Coddenham, Sfk

Possible marriage for Daniel Button
Dec Qtr 1841 Bosmere Reg Dist, Vol 12 Page 619
on same page is Rachel Spooner

Possible death for Daniel:
Mar Qtr 1860 Bosmere Reg Dist Daniel Button Vol 4a Page 313

Michael

[michaelpipe]

More information:

George appears in the 1851 census with parents, age 25, but I am not able to find him later. There are two possible deaths, 1854 and 1857, both in the Bosmere Reg Dist.

Elizabeth – unable to locate

Keziah – marriage Sept Qtr 1850 in Bosmere Reg Dist with only Keziah Button and George Douglas Smith on the page.

William – there is a marriage in Thingoe Reg Dist (Suffolk) Dec Qtr 1856 with William Button and Elizabeth Bullett on the same page.


Robert -
1871 census RG10; Piece: 573; Folio: 139; Page: 30
54 Willis St, Bromley, Middlesex

Robert Button, head, married, age 36, labourer, born Coddenham, Sfk
Emma, wife, age 32, born Willian (sic), probably Willisham, Sfk
Emma M A, daur, age 13, needle worker, born Baylam (sic), probably Baylham. Sfk
Ellen, daur, age 10, scholar, b Blakeham (Blakenham) Sfk
William, son, age 7, scholar, born Coddenham, Sfk
Eliza J, daur, age 4, scholar, born Poplar, Mdx
Harry A, son, age 1, scholar, born Poplar, Mdx

Possible marriage - Robert Button and Emma Farrow on same page, Dec Qtr 1861 Bosmere Reg Dist Vol 4a Page 1099

Michael

[michaelpipe]

Robert 1861 census

RG9; Piece: 1157; Folio: 43; Page: 15
Great Blakenham, Suffolk

Robert Button, Head, married, age 26, Ag Lab, born Coddenham, Sfk
Emma, wife, age 21, born Willisham, Sfk
Emma M A (Mary Ann), daur, age 2, born Baylham, Sfk

Michael

[michaelpipe]

Eliza is an interesting subject. At first I thought she was raped as the first "husband was "UNKNOWN" and she chose to keep her maiden name. But now I see she has not one but two child in differing years. Although rape is possible you'd think it unlikely wouldn't you? She also marries a JAMES HAMMOND sometime later and the children are still Buttons. I have no date for this marriage and I wonder if she had children by James Hammond.The comment 'unknown' is more likely to mean that Eliza didn't want to name the father, or if she was over-promiscuous, just didn't know. The two children may have been from different fathers, and unless a marriage took place between the mother and the actual father, it would not be uncommon for the children to keep the mother's name.

The GRO Marriage Index has an entry as follows:
Emma Button Dec Qtr 1864 Bosmere Reg Dist Vol 4a Page 1229, and on the same page is James Hammond.

By the 1871 census they have three children all named Hammond, whilst the previous two are called Button, so it would be fairly conclusive that James was not the father.

Michael