Butson in Barnstaple(completed)

[Juliepen]

Can anyone help me please.  I have been researching the Butson family in Braunton, and am stuck at Prudence Butson being born in 1850.  She was born in a workhouse, and her mother was called Mary.  No father is listed, and no other family either.  Does a 1841 or 1831 copy of the devon census exist, and would anyone be prepared to have a look for me please

many thanks,

Juliepen

[krisesjoint]

There is no 1831 of any benefit as anything earlier that 1841 is only a number count. There is a 1841 but I dont have it. Here she is in 1851. Would wonder what the relationship was between Prudence and these people 

HO107/1893 Folio 330 Page 11
Heddon Mill Road Stone Bridge Cott
Braunton Barnstaple Devon

VICARY William Head M 51 b Braunton Devon Ag Lab
VICARY Mary Wife M 43 b Braunton Devon
JURY Grace Aunt 80 Widow b Beaford Devon Pauper
HANDFORD John Father in Law 72 Widow b Ilfracombe Devon Greenwich Pensioner
CANN William Lodger 70 Widow b Georgeham Devon Ag Lab
BUTSON Prudence Visitor 1 b Barnstaple Devon

Cheers Kris 

[krisesjoint]

other Butsons in Braunton in 1851 census

HO107/1893 Folio 266 Page 26
North Street Barnstaple
Braunton Barnstaple Devon

BUTSON John Head 37 b Braunton Mason
BUTSON Elizabeth Wife 37 b Dolton Devon
BUTSON William Son 11 b Braunton Devon Scholar
BUTSON Mary Dau 4 b Braunton Devon
BUTSON Eliza Dau 2 b Braunton Devon
HARTNOLL James Nephew 5 b Braunton Devon Scholar
GAMON Edward Visitor 38 b Braunton Devon Carpenter Master Employing 1 man and 1 apprentice

HO107/1893 Folio 273 Page 41
Towns End Barnstaple
Braunton Barnstaple Devon
Home of Thomas Howe Farmer 40 acres

BUTSON William Servant 11 b Braunton Farm Servant

HO107/1893 Folio 267 Page 29
North Street Barnstaple
Braunton Barnstaple Devon
Home of Elizabetgh Ley 46 Ag Lab Widow and her children

BUTSON Ann Visitor 30 Unmarried b Braunton Char Woman
BUTSON John Visitor 7 b Braunton Scholar

Cheers Kris

[Juliepen]

Dear Kris, Many thanks for looking, but I had got this far.  I don't know who these Vicarys are, possibly just babysitters, though I strive to find any link at all.  Also unsure how this family of Butson fits in in the grand scheme of things.

Speak soon.

Juliepen

[wwjohnston]

I have been researching the Braunton Butsons, and there is only one Mary who seems to be a possible mother for Prudence from the immediate area of Barnstaple. This is the Mary born to William Butson and Prudence Hartnoll and baptized at Braunton 11 Jul 1824. I have not traced her after her baptism.

There was also the Mary Butson baptized 29 Jul 1821 at Oakford, daughter of William Butson and Elizabeth Parker. I have not yet traced her after her baptism. But her father's father's mother was Joan Vicary at Brompton-Regis, far western Somerset.

There was also a Maryanne Butson, baptized at Cheriton Fitzpaine in Devon 20 Sep 1824, daughter of John Butson and Mary Beck. I have not yet traced her after her baptism.

There is also the possibility that Mary was the widow Butson, so that Butson was not her maiden name.