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Family [F39]

BUTLER

Parents

Charles BUTLER [P155] = Julia Elizabeth QUINNELL [P163]

Married 29 May 1911, Tonbridge Registry Office, Kent, England1

Charles

Born 1873, Rochester, Kent, England2
Christened 11 May 1873, St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent3
Died Mar 1932
Buried 16 Mar 1932, Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent, England4
From: Rochester, Kent5
Occupation: Fishmonger

Charles outside his shop
Charles outside his shop

Charles (left) having a pint
Charles (left) having a pint

Julia Elizabeth

Alias Julia Elizabeth BUTLER (29 May 1911)
Born 6 Feb 1875, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England6
Died 28 Sep 1959, 58 Norman Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent7
Buried 30 Sep 1959, Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent, England8

Julia Butler nee Quinnell
Julia Butler nee Quinnell

Children

Sidney Charles [P104] = Doris Rose TICEHURST [P115] > Family [F44]

Married 3 Aug 1936, St John's Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent9

Sidney Charles

Born 14 Nov 1910, Tonbridge, Kent, England10
Died 8 Mar 1987, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent11
Occupation: Fishmonger12

Sydney Butler's birth certificate
Sydney Butler's birth certificate

Doris Rose

Born 1 Dec 1911, Tunbridge Wells, Kent13
Died 7 Jan 1996, Pantiles Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells, Kent14

Doris Ticehurst's birth certificate
Doris Ticehurst's birth certificate

Doris with her daughter Maureen
Doris with her daughter Maureen

Percy Arthur [P11] = Miriam Ruth Emily HALLETT [P156] > Family [F4]

Married 12 Jan 1936, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England15

Percy Arthur

Born 19 Jul 1912, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England16
Died 24 Jan 1987, The Retreat, Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England17
From: Tunbridge Wells, Kent18
Occupation: Hairdresser

Percy in Africa as a young man
Percy in Africa as a young man

Percy as a young man
Percy as a young man

Percy at his retirement
Percy at his retirement

Percy Butler, Norwich 1979
Percy Butler, Norwich 1979

Miriam Ruth Emily

Alias Miriam Ruth Emily BUTLER (12 Jan 1936)
Born 7 Apr 1913
Christened 18 May 1913, St Paul's Church, Rusthall, Kent19
Died 18 Jan 1945, 16 St Paul's Street, Rusthall, Kent20

Miriam Ruth Emily Hallett
Miriam Ruth Emily Hallett

Miriam with her buss conductress colleaugues c.1940 (front left)
Miriam with her buss conductress colleaugues c.1940 (front left)

Miriam with her daughter Ann
Miriam with her daughter Ann

    = Clara Violet FLINT [P107] > Family [F42]

Married 2 Apr 1949, St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England21

Clara Violet

Alias Clara Violet KEDGE
Alias Clara Violet BUTLER (2 Apr 1949)
Born 21 Dec 1918, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Violet with step grandson Mark Collins at Truggers Cottage, Chiddingstone, Kent with Jenny the dog
Violet with step grandson Mark Collins at Truggers Cottage, Chiddingstone, Kent with Jenny the dog

Nellie May [P103] = Sydney SAUNDERS [P106] > Family [F41]

Married 11 Jun 1949, Emmanuel Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent22

Nellie May

Alias Nellie May SAUNDERS (11 Jun 1949)
Born 6 May 1914, 7 Springfield Cottages, Tunbridge Wells23
Died 27 Apr 1994, Pembury Hospital, Kent24
Buried 5 May 1994, Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent, England
From: 6 St Johns Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent25
Occupation: Shop assistant26

May Saunders nee Butler - 15th September 1937
May Saunders nee Butler - 15th September 1937

May in Dowlings Grocery Shop, Tunbridge Wells (1940 - 47ish)
May in Dowlings Grocery Shop, Tunbridge Wells (1940 - 47ish)

May as a bridesmaid to Florie Ware nee Neal in 1938/39
May as a bridesmaid to Florie Ware nee Neal in 1938/39

Sydney

Born 10 Jan 1921, 15 Holmwood Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent27
Died 13 Feb 2001, Kent & Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent28
Buried 21 Feb 2001, St Peters Church then Tunbridge Wells Cemetery29
Occupation: Omnibus conductor, then cashier

Syd as a young man in the Royal Navy
Syd as a young man in the Royal Navy

Sydney's ship, HMS Sussex, with outline of kamakaze plane which failed to explode.  Taken in Columbo, Ceylon 2 days before the atomic bomb was dropped
Sydney's ship, HMS Sussex, with outline of kamakaze plane which failed to explode. Taken in Columbo, Ceylon 2 days before the atomic bomb was dropped

Syd Saunders (accordianist) in his dance band
Syd Saunders (accordianist) in his dance band

Sydney Saunders in his sailor's uniform
Sydney Saunders in his sailor's uniform

Stanley Harold [P105] = Margaret Sheila FITZGERALD [P111] > Family [F43]

Married 18 Jun 1948, St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Stanley Harold

Born 26 Apr 1917, 117 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Stanley (Bunk) Butler
Stanley (Bunk) Butler

Margaret Sheila

Alias Margaret Sheila BUTLER (18 Jun 1948)
Born 20 Mar 1923, Mayfair, London

Sheila while at the ATS gun batteries, c.1942
Sheila while at the ATS gun batteries, c.1942

Sheila Butler at Leigh Village hall at Roger & Siv Butler's 25th wedding aniversary
Sheila Butler at Leigh Village hall at Roger & Siv Butler's 25th wedding aniversary

Family

Percy, Stanley, May & Sidney as children
Percy, Stanley, May & Sidney as children

Julia (seated) with her 4 children
Julia (seated) with her 4 children

Charles Butler & Julia Quinnel's marriage certificate
Charles Butler & Julia Quinnel's marriage certificate

Charles and Julia Butler (nee Quinnell)
Charles and Julia Butler (nee Quinnell)

Sources

1 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate (original) in the possession of Ann Collins, 12 September 2002

Note Mark and Ann spent all day today (12/09/2002) looking for a marriage record in all the Tun Wells church records in Maidstone, only to discover this certificate in a box of photos inherited from Julia's daughter May!

1a: ; Primary evidence
Charles Address on Marriage certificate:
8 Albert Street,
Tunbridge Wells

1b: ; Primary evidence

1c: ; Primary evidence
Julia's address on marriage certificate:
68 Norman Road,
Tunbridge Wells

2 : ; Primary evidence
Age given as 37 on Marriage certificate

2a: ; Primary evidence
Age shown as 8 on the 1881 census, 33 Albert Street, Tonbridge, Kent

2b: ; Secondary evidence
1901 Census - Tunbridge Wells, RG13 - 753 - 98 - P27 - Schedule 208, Charles age given as 28

3 : "International Genealogical Index"; Secondary evidence
Batch C135093; Source call 0992530, 0992531-32

4 : ; Primary evidence
Burial Register. Entry 19988, Aged 59, Sandhill, Pembury. Funeral at St James Church, buried in consecrated ground. Grave number 597.

5 : ; Primary evidence
Fishmonger is the occupation given on his wife's death certificate

5a: ; Secondary evidence
1901 Census

6 : ; Primary evidence
Age given as 26 on the 1901 census, Tunbridge Wells as home town.

6a: ; Primary evidence
Age given as 35 on marriage certificate (1911)

6b: ; Primary evidence
Age given as 84 on her death certificate (1959)

6c: ; Primary evidence
1881 Census for 27 Wood Street, Tonbridge has Julia aged 6

6d: ; Primary evidence
Date of birth from birth certificate - copy obtained
Residence: 27 Wood Street, Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, registered 9th March 1875

6e: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
District Tunbridge
Page 571; Volume 2a

7 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate - informat N M Saunders, 59 Norman Road, Tunbridge Wells

8 : ; Primary evidence
Entry 34707, aged 84 years; 58 Norman Road, Tunbridge Wells. Funeral was held at Emmanuel Church (now demolished). Undertakers were E R Hickmott & Son, 41, Victoria Road, Tunbridge Wells.

9 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate
Witnesses were Frank Ticehurst and Percy Butler

9a: ; Secondary evidence
Newspaper article

9b: ; Secondary evidence
Bride's address from newspaper article & marriage certificate:
6 Rock Villa Road, Tunbridge Wells

9c: ; Secondary evidence
Groom's address from newspaper article & marriage certificate:
117 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells

9d: ; Secondary evidence
Newspaper article states P Bulter (Percy) was best man

10 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate

11 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate
has alias Sidney Charles Butler Quinnell - address 48 Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells

12 : ; Primary evidence
Occupation given as fishmonger on marriage certificate

13 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate

14 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

15 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage date from RAF discharge certificate

15a: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
Tonbridge District, March quarter 1936, Vol 2a, Page 1537

16 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

17 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

17a: ; Primary evidence
Address at death:
The Retreat,
Bracon Ash
Norfolk

18 : ; Primary evidence
Julie May's birth certificate has occupation Hairdresser master, address 39 Edward St, Rusthall

19 : ; Primary evidence
Baptism certificate in the possession of daughter Ann Collins - 2002

19a: ; Primary evidence
Baptism register entry #365; Address: 16 St Pauls Street, Rusthall; Father's occupation : Shunter

20 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

21 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate

22 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate

22a: ; Primary evidence
Sydney's address on marriage certificate:
17 Holmewood Rd
Tunbridge Wells

22b: ; Primary evidence
Nellie May's address on marriage certificate:
58 Norman Road
Tunbridge Wells

22c: ; Primary evidence
Witnesses at marriage:
Sidney Charles Butler (May's brother)
Jack Denton

22d: ; Primary evidence
Information about Emmanuel Church from:
"ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Past and Present - July 1946
For the occasion of the Jubliee Congress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies
Editor J. C. M. Given, Tunbridge Wells, Courier Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Grove Hill Road"
Extract:
The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, now called Emmanuel Church, may be dated by the following inscription from a monument in the churchyard: '' Upon this mount stood and preached that eminent servant of God, George Whitefield, at the opening of the adjoining Chapel, July 23rd, 1769." This quaint chapel of timber and tiles was replaced by the present structure, designed by Wimble, of London, and built in 1867.

23 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate

23a: ; Primary evidence
Address on birth certificate:
7 Springfield Cottages,
Tunbridge Wells

24 : ; Primary evidence
Copy of death certificate

25 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

26 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

27 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate, address 15 Holmwood Rd, Tunbridge Wells

28 : ; Primary evidence
Personal knowledge

29 : ; Primary evidence
Order of service

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