Benjamin
Henry
Butcher
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Butcher
and Catharina (Scholting) Butcher
Brother of
Emilie Jeanne Kronk [half], Helena Matilda Kronk [half], August Friedrich Kronk [half], Edward George Kronk [half], Susannah Louisa (Kronk) Nelson [half], Robert William Smith [half], Ann Smith [half], James William Smith [half], Margaret Butcher, Charlotte Butcher and George Henry Butcher
Husband of
Minnie (Pickett) Butcher
— married
1891 (to May 1912) in Victoria, Australia
Father of
Benjamin Stanley Butcher, George Frederick Leslie Butcher, Roy Lyndall Butcher, Reginald Vincent Butcher, James Gladstone Butcher, Geoffrey Redvers Butcher, Minnie Salisbury (Butcher) Waugh and David Mackie Butcher
Died
at about age 46
in Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2020
This page has been accessed 87 times.
Biography
Benjamin was born in 1866. He is the son of Benjamin Butcher (1824-1915) and Catharina (Scholting) Butcher (1830-1879)
He was known as Benjamin Henry William Butcher, or Benjamin Henry Butcher.
He married Minnie Jeanette Pickett on 9 March 1891 in Brighton, Victoria[1]
TThere were eight children born to Benjamin and Minnie - Benjamin Stanley (1892-1927), George Frederick Leslie (1893-1950), Roy Lyndall (1894-1973), Reginald Vincent (1895-1895), James Gladstone (1898-1980), Geoffrey Redvers (1900-1900), Minnie Salisbury (1905-1994), David Mackie (1912-1983) His wife passed away in 1932.
Benjamin Butcher passed away in 1912 aged 46 years[2]
He is buried in the Brighton Cemetery, Victoria - Church of England B 55. Burial date 9 May 1912.[3]
Research note
According to his Ancestry profile he was also married to Elizabeth "Lizzie' Nelson and they fostered a child - William Walter Nelson (1887-1968) but no record of a marriage was found.
Sources
- ↑ Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 03 Jan 2022). Index entry for BUTCHER, Benj and PICKETT, Minnie; Year: 1891, Reg. number: 65/1891
- ↑ Victoria Death registration #7312/1912. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215556840/benjamin-henry-butcher : accessed 03 January 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Henry Butcher (1866–9 May 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215556840, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia
Is Benjamin your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
-
~3.12%
Joyce (Bolitho) Turner
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T464303 [compare], FTDNA kit #513302
-
~1.56%
Graham Lucas :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Sharryn (Bolitho) Nankervis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LK1922667 [compare], Ancestry member sharryn_nankervis
-
~1.56%
Mark Bolitho :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Jt2382172 [compare], Ancestry member Robert_bolitho
-
~1.56%
Greg Young :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Joe Schuurmans-Young :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal JOE5e9036e2
-
~0.78%
Jessie Young :
MyHeritage DNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured Female Poet connections: Benjamin is 18 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 17 degrees from Ruth Niland, 31 degrees from Karin Boye, 31 degrees from 照 松平, 17 degrees from Anne Barnard, 41 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 19 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 21 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 34 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 23 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 18 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 20 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.