Elizabeth was born in 1846 near Lausanne, Switzerland. She was the daughter of Thomas James Thompson and Christiana Jane Weller. During her childhood, she learned how paint while in Italy then England. In 1851, Elizabeth was living in Prestbury with her parents as she was in 1871, at which time she was a known painter. She married William Francis Butler, a military officer, in 1877. Elizabeth died in 1933.
"British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-BVLT : 26 October 2019), Miss Christiana Weller in entry for Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, 03 Oct 1933; citing Obituary, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,212. "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSW-L7DJ : 19 April 2019), Christiana Weller in entry for T J Thompson, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 1 Nov 1845, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm . "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG2Q-YY9 : 9 November 2019), Elizabeth Southerden Thompson in household of Thomas J Thompson, Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England; citing Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England, p. 16, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB81-5TV : 24 April 2019), Elizabeth S Thompson in entry for Thomas I Thompson, 1871.
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