Search for Richard Groombridge Butt parents

[almach]

Post #14 shows that his father is Richard Butt who died in 1832. He was previously married to a Margaret ?, they had Benjamin Butt b1827, Isle of Wight died 1827 Isle of Wight

Thank you for that KathNZ, I think it ties it all together nicely - there's definitely an IOW connection shown by the birth of Benjamin; Richard Butt, son of Mary/Marie Cabot may also have been born IOW, though he was baptised in Jersey where his mother was from, and where his father died.

[geneius]

#14

Mary/Marie Cabot married Richard Butt 19th May 1831, Grouville
Son Richard James Butt baptised 23rd Jun 1834 (born 1832; age 9 in 1841)
Richard Butt senior was buried 14th June 1832, Grouville

Richard BUTT is referred to as fils de feu my limited french suggests this indicates that Richard was deceased by the time of the baptism

Richard jnr b 23 June 1832 ( vingt trois Juin 1832}

[KathNZ]

Marie Cabot/Smith appears to stay on Jersey and appears in the 1851 – 1881 census entries.
I haven’t been able to find Richard Hartley Smith anywhere after 1841. As for the children, the only one who seems to want to be found is Mary Julia Smith who married James Preston in 1855, had a daughter Mary Catherine Preston in 1859 then disappears after the 1861 census.

[almach]

Marie Cabot/Smith appears to stay on Jersey and appears in the 1851 – 1881 census entries.
I haven’t been able to find Richard Hartley Smith anywhere after 1841. As for the children, the only one who seems to want to be found is Mary Julia Smith who married James Preston in 1855, had a daughter Mary Catherine Preston in 1859 then disappears after the 1861 census.

Mary Smith is entered as a widow in 1851 and 1861 census. The poor lady lost all three of her husbands after a few years of marriage, all appear to have been seafarers.

[almach]

Mary Julia Smith who married James Preston in 1855, had a daughter Mary Catherine Preston in 1859 then disappears after the 1861 census.

This seems to be them in 1871, Kath.
New Shoreham, Sussex. RG10; Piece: 1089; Folio: 96; Page: 41
James Preston 42, sailor, Falmouth Flushings, Cornwall
Mary J Preston 36
Mary C Preston 12

1881 has - James Preston 53, fisherman mate, widower, Falmouth, on the vessel: Gazelle. Sussex, RG11; Piece: 1103; Folio: 105; Page: 25

Mary (dau born 1859) is back in Jersey in 1881, a servant for Edmond Vann, RG11; Piece: 5611; Folio: 109; Page: 11;

[almach]

Marriage, 24 Sep 1881, St Helier.
Mary Catherine Preston, 21yrs, father James Preston a mariner
James Mauger or Manger?, 21yrs, mariner, father John Philip Mauger/Manger a mariner

1891 Mary C Mauger 30yrs is a visitor in the Aikman household in Cardiff.

1901 Mary C Mauger 40yrs by herself, married, born Jersey, in South Shields Durham, RG13; Piece: 4730; Folio: 149; Page: 10

1891, James Mauger born 1860 St Helier attained a Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign Going Steamship in the Merchant Service. Granted at South Shields.

[KathNZ]

This seems to be them in 1871, Kath.
New Shoreham, Sussex. RG10; Piece: 1089; Folio: 96; Page: 41
James Preston 42
Mary J Preston 36
Mary C Preston 12

1881 has - James Preston 53, fisherman mate, widower, Falmouth, on the vessel: Gazelle. Sussex, RG11; Piece: 1103; Folio: 105; Page: 25

Mary (dau born 1859) is back in Jersey in 1881, a servant for Edmond Vann, RG11; Piece: 5611; Folio: 109; Page: 11;

Thanks for that, I had picked up Mary Catherine's marriage but hadn't found them in 1871 or 1881

[helachau]

FindMyPast has voyage details (1851 and 1852) of a Richard James Butt, born St Martins, Jersey, on 24 June 1832. A second record for Richard Butt, born Jersey, details 1853 and 1854 voyages.
The voyage details are in "code" and the National Archives has a page entitled "Abbreviations in merchant seamen's records" (1835-1972).

[helachau]

There's also a record for a Richard James Smith, born St.Martins, Jersey, on 18 Jun 1832 - seaman's ticket issued 3 Oct 1848, Jersey.

[geneius]

You now have Richard Butt from 1832- 1853 by 1856 he is recorded as marrying in NZ.

Have you checked Trove for any snippets of info