James BUTTERFIELD

  General Notes:

Births Mar 1858
Ulverstone 8e 598 Butterfield James

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire is where Mary's sister Helena was living
Marriages Mar 1890 Chesterton 3b 541
Butterfield James
Lee Martha
MCKENNIE James
Symons Mary Louisa

Death 1925 B.C. Canada
Vital Event Death Registration
Name: James Butterfield
Event Date: 1925 3 11 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 67
Gender: male
Event Place: Saanich
Reg. Number: 1925-09-345566
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13126
GSU Microfilm Number: 1927303

The family gave me his date of death as 11 March 1927 (from Family Bible). Birth and marriage dates are also from the bible

1861 census
RG9/3169 F65 P3
Much Urswick, Ulverston, Lancashire
John Butterfield, Head, Mar, 35, Iron Miner, Lancashire Newland
Margaret do, Wife, Mar, 36, do Wife, Lancashire Subberthwaite
Thomas do, Son, Un, 16, Iron Miner, Lancashire Newland
Eleanor do, Daur, , 11, , Lancashire Urswick
Jane do, Daur, , 9, Scholar, Lancashire Urswick
John do, Son, , 8, Scholar, Lancashire Urswick
William do, Son, , 5, Scholar, Lancashire Urswick
James do, Son, , 3, , Lancashire Urswick
Robert do, Son, , 4mo, , Lancashire Urswick

1871 census
RG10/4240 F92 P11
Brewery Street, Ulverston, Lancashire
John Butterfield, Head, Mar, 45, Labourer, Lancashire Egton-cum-Newland
Margaret do, Wife, Mar, 46, , Lancashire Subberthwaite
William do, Son, , 15, Labourer, Lancashire Urswick
James do, Son, , 13, Scholar, Lancashire Urswick
Margaret do, Daur, , 6, Scholar, Lancashire Urswick

1881 census - likely entry (but the William isn't his brother)
Thomas RAVEN Head M Male 67 Seathwaite, Lancashire, England Ag Lab
Hannah RAVEN Wife M Female 57 Eskdale, Cumberland, England
John RAVEN Son U Male 28 Birker, Cumberland, England Ag Lab
Frances RAVEN Dau Female 10 Birker, Cumberland, England Scholar
James BUTTERFIELD Boarder U Male 18 Ulverston, Lancashire, England Farm Serv
William BUTTERFIELD Boarder U Male 20 Ulverston, Lancashire, England Iron Miner
Source Information:
Dwelling Redbrow
Census PlaceBirker & Austhwaite, Cumberland, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5195 / 4
Page Number 2

1891 census
RG12/3477 F17 P28
5 Newton Street, Ulverston, Lancashire
James Butterfield, Head, M, 33, Sampler of Pig Iron, Urswick Lancashire
Mary L do, Wife, M, 27, , Salop Much Wenlock
Frederick do, Son, , 4mos, , Lancashire Ulverston

1901 census
RG13/4005 F36 P25
1 Sandside, Ulverston, Lancs
James Butterfield, Head, M, 43, Clerk Iron Works, born Lancashire Urswick
Mary Louisa do, 37, , born Much Wenlock Salop
Frederick do, Son, , 10, , born Lancashire Ulverston
Alfred John do, Son, , 8, , born Lancashire Ulverston
John Butterfield, Father, Wid, 75, General Labourer, born Lancashire Egton-cum-Newland

1911 Canada Census (indexed as Putterfield)
District No 13, ED 4, page 20
836 Cormack Street, Victoria, British Columbia
Butterfield James, Male, Head, Mar, born Feb 1857, 54, born England, immigration 1907,
Mary T, Female, Wife, Mar, Apr 1863, 48, England, 1907
Fred, Male, Son, Single, Dec 1891, 20, England, 1907
Alfred J, Male, Son, Single, April 1893, 18, England, 1907
Williard, Male, Son, Single, Jan 1902, 9, England, 1907
Helena, Female, Daughter, Single, July 1905, 6, England, 1907
Compton Edward, Male, Lodger, Single, August 1875, 36, England, 1906
Woods John, Male, Lodger, Married, Jan 1881, 32, England, 1910
Lizzy, Male, Lodger, Married, Feb 1883, 28, England, 1910
- can't read the employment information

Badly injured in a mining (iron?) accident

Emigrated to Victoria, BC, Canada around 1906/7

James married Mary Louisa SYMONS, daughter of William SYMONS and Grace Baker BLACKMORE, on 25 Feb 1890 in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ (Mary Louisa SYMONS was born on 18 Apr 1863 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England and died on 10 May 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.)