Thomas Butson of Goonown
(1795-1847)
Elizabeth Chynoweth, widow
(Abt 1784-1860)
Stephen Tonkin of Trevellas Combe
(1804-1873)
Elizabeth Parnell
(1805-1845)
William Butson of Goonown
(1821-1890)
Prudence Jane Tonkin
(1838-1932)
Arthur Butson of Goonown
(1876-1953)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Eliza Dunstan Houghton

  • Beatrice Adeline Butson
  • Ruby Irene Butson
  • William Arthur Butson
  • James Morley Butson
  • Stanley Butson
  • Stephen Ralph Butson
  • Charles Ewart Butson

Arthur Butson of Goonown

  • Born: 29 Jun 1876, Goonown, St. Agnes, Cornwall 1
  • Christened: 26 Sep 1876, Wesleyan Methodist, St. Agnes, Cornwall 1
  • Married (1): 1900, Truro District, Cornwall 2
  • Married (2): 1937, Truro District, Cornwall 3
  • Died: 9 Dec 1953, "Goonleigh, " 66 Goonown, St. Agnes, Cornwall 4 5

  Research Notes:

In 1901 Arthur Butson, aged 24, born in St. Agnes Cornwall, farmer, and wife Eliza D., aged 24, born in St. Agnes, were living in Goonown, St. Agnes. With them were an unnamed infant daughter (under 1 m), and Arthur's mother Prudence J Butson (63) of St. Agnes, widow.

In 1911 Arthur Butson, aged 34, born in St. Agnes Cornwall, farmer (own account), and wife of 11 years Eliza Butson, aged 36, born in St. Agnes (mother of 5 children) were living in Goonown, St. Agnes. With them were children (born in St. Agnes) Adeline (10), school, Ruby (9), school, William Arthur (7), school, Morley (6), school, Stanley (4), and Arthur's mother Prudence Jane Butson (72) of St. Agnes, widow.

In the 1939 Register Arthur Butson (b. 29 Jun 1876), retired farmer, and wife Mildred Butson (b. 5 Mar 1882), unpaid domestic duties, were living in "Goonleigh," Goonown, St. Agnes Cornwall.

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Arthur Butson died aged 77 years. 4

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Arthur Butson of Goonleigh 66 Goonown St. Agnes Cornwall died 9 December 1953. Administration Bodmin 9 December 1954 to Mildred Butson, widow. Effects £1234 8s. 10d. 5

  Marriage Information:

Arthur married Eliza Dunstan Houghton, daughter of James Houghton and Catherine Jane Harris, in 1900 in the Truro district, Cornwall. (Eliza Dunstan Houghton was born in 1874 in St. Agnes, Cornwall and was buried on 29 Mar 1916 in Stile Field Cemetery, St. Agnes, Cornwall, aged 42 years.)

  Marriage Information:

Arthur also married Mildred Gribben in 1937 in the the Truro district, Cornwall. (Mildred was born on 5 Mar 1882 and died on 21 Jul 1966 at Tehidy Hospital, Illogan North, Redruth, Cornwall.)

Sources


1 Cornwall OPC.

2 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Truro district, 4th quarter, vol. 5c, p. 287.

3 Ibid., Truro district, 4th quarter, vol. 5c, p. 357.

4 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Truro district, 4th quarter, vol. 7a, p. 213.

5 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1954, p. 1002.


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