Thomas Butler (1806 - 1886)

Born 28 Nov 1806 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Fanny (Worsley) Butler — married 28 Jun 1831 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1886 at age 80 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thomas, son of Samuel Butler D.D., and Harriet Apthorp, was born 28th Nov 1806 in Shrewsbury, and baptised 6 April 1807 at St Mary, Shrewsbury. ^[1]

He studied at St John's College, Cambridge from 1825. ^[2]

Thomas Butler of St Mary Shrewsbury, and Fanny Worsley of St Michael, Bristol, were married by licence on the 28th June 1831. Their witness were Hubert Hutchings of Venulam Build Grays Inn London, Sarah Worsley, Samuel Quinton, Philip Worsley of Chaltham place London. ^[3]

Thomas was a clergyman and lived in Langar, Nottinghamshire with his wife and children. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

One of Thomas' children was the noted English novelist Samuel Butler (1835-1902), author of Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

Thomas died 29th December 1886 at Wilderhope House in Shrewsbury. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CV1C-LYPZ : 10 April 2021), Thomas Butler, 1806.
2. ↑ Education "Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900"
   Ancestry Record 3997 #103443 (accessed 5 September 2021)
   Name: Thomas. Butler; College: ST JOHN'S; Entered: Michs. 1825; Born: 28 Nov 1806; Died: 29 Dec 1886; More Information:
   Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, July 12, 1824. S. and h. of Samuel (1791), D.D., of Shropshire. B. Nov. 28, 1806. School, Shrewsbury.
   Matric. Michs. 1825; Scholar; B.A. (7th Classic) 1829; M.A. 1832. Ord. deacon, 1829; priest (Hereford) 1830; C. of Meole Brace, 1829-34. Assistant Master at Shrewsbury School, 1829-34. R. of Langar with Barnston, Notts., 1834-76. Rural Dean of Bingham, 1855-72. Preb. of Lincoln, 1868-86. F.R.G.S. Married at St Michael's, Bristol, Fanny, dau. of Philip John Worsley, sugar refiner, of Arno's Vale, Bristol, 1831. Died Dec. 29, 1886, aged 80, at Shrewsbury. Father of Thomas (1855) and Samuel (1854). (C. R. Hudleston.).
3. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973"
   Ancestry Record 9852 #17593800 (accessed 5 September 2021)
   Name: Thomas Butler; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1831; Marriage Place: St Michaels, Bristol, Gloucester, England; Spouse: Fanny Worsley; FHL Film Number: 1595867.
4. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 853; Book: 10; Civil Parish: Langar; County: Nottinghamshire; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 5; Page: 11; Line: 24; GSU roll: 438902
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 8978 #9142170 (accessed 5 September 2021)
   Thomas Balter (35) head of household in Bingham registration district.
5. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 2139; Folio: 279; Page: 5; GSU roll: 87769
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 8860 #10366317 (accessed 5 September 2021)
   Thomas Butler (44) head of household in Bingham registration district. Born in Shrewsbury.
6. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
   Class: RG 9; Piece: 2484; Folio: 109; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542977
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 8767 #22303138 (accessed 5 September 2021)
   Thomas Butler (54) head of household in Bingham registration district. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
7. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England Census"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3547; Folio: 49; Page: 18; GSU roll: 839760
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 7619 #10736867 (accessed 5 September 2021)
   Thomas Baltes (64) head of household in Bingham registration district. Born in Shewsbury St Marys Shropshire England.
8. ↑ Death BDM - General Register Office - England, https://www.gro.gov.uk/, Deaths Dec 1886. " BUTLER, THOMAS 80 GRO Reference: 1886 D Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 467."

See also:

• Wikipedia 'Samuel Butler (novelist)' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler_%28novelist%29