James Butler (1786 - abt. 1839)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Dobin — married 23 Jun 1807 in Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died about Sep 1839 at about age 53 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Baptised 15 April 1786.

James was the youngest of John George Butler and Ann Venables’ children and was only just over one year old when his father died. Like his brothers, John George and William, he too became a baker. Even though he was the youngest son, he was the first to marry. On 23 June 1807 he married Hannah Dobin at Sunbury on Thames, the record of the marriage indicating that they were both of that parish. This suggests that James may have been working there, perhaps as a journeyman baker. One of the witnesses was his brother Gamaliel.

Regardless of this, it appears that James moved back to Hounslow, as the first of their seven children was born there in 1808. It is not clear whether he joined the family bakery business or eventually had a separate business. He died in Hounslow in 1839 and it is believed that his wife Hannah may have died the previous year.

James and Hannah had seven children, but it is not known if they all survived childhood as records for both Heston and Hounslow, other than some birth dates, are missing for the period from about 1810 to 1840. The children were George James 1808, William 1810, Ann 1811, Elizabeth 1813, Gamaliel 1815, James George 1817 and John in 1820.

Sources

• Descendants of Gamaliel Butler by Merv Shearman.

Biography and original research by Merv Shearman.

• St. Leonard's, Heston Parish Register of baptisms.
• London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials 1813-1980.