Hi - I can throw some light on the Clara Butt family tree as my great-grandfather was allegedly related to her (a hand-me-down story about Philip Butt who was born in Castle Combe in Wiltshire and emigrated to Australia). I recently checked out Clara Butt's genealogy and set up a family tree "Dame Clara Butt family Tree" at ancestry.com. I also established that my great-grandfather was NOT related as his father came from Birlingham, Worcestershire.
Anyway here goes:
Clara Ellen Butt born 1 Feb 1872 in Southwick, Sussex, England. The Birth Index for England & Wales (1837-1983) lists the particulars of the registration of her birth as: 1872, January-March, District of Steyning, County of Sussex, Volume 2b, page 296.
Her father was HENRY ALBERT BUTT. He was born on 13th January 1848 in St. Martin, on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. Her mother was Clara Hook.
HENRY ALBERT BUTT was married to CLARA HOOK in St. Michaels Church, Southwick in 1869 in Shoreham, County of Sussex, England. The Marriage Index for England (1837-1983) lists the particulars of the marriage as: 1869, October-December, District of Steyning, County of Sussex, Volume 2b, page 469.
They were the parents of these children:
HENRY ALBERT BUTT (1870-1880).
CLARA ELLEN BUTT (1872-1936).
FREDERICK BUTT (1875- ).
FRANCES CHARLOTTE BUTT (1876- ).
HERBERT BLANCHFORD BUTT (1877- ).
ALBERT HENRY BUTT (1878- ).
WILFRED LAWSON BUTT (1880- ).
EVA PAULINE BUTT (1882- ).
WARWICK GLADSTONE BUTT (1883-1924).
ETHEL BUTT (1886- ).
HAZEL ANTOINETTE BUTT (1889- ).
After Henry married Clara Hook they had their first 2 children in Southwick, Sussex. Then in 1874 relocated to Jersey where at least 2 more children were born. By 1878 they relocated again to Bristol.
Henry Butt appears in the 1851 and 1861 census on Jersey (available at ancestry.com), and then in subsequent census records in England. Clara Butt appears in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 national census records.
HENRY ALBERT BUTT was the son of JAMES BUTT, born on 11th June 1815 at the village of St. Helens on the Isle of Wight. His mother was MARY ANN KENNEDY, born 22nd March 1814 at Gosport, in the County of Hampshire, England.
The siblings of HENRY ALBERT BUTT (hence offspring of James Butt and Mary Ann Kennedy) include:
ELEN BUTT (1840- ).
JAMES BENJAMIN BUTT (1842- ).
WILLIAM LUIE BUTT (1843-1918).
JOHN RICHARD BUTT (1845-1847).
RICHARD EDWARD BUTT (1850-1852).
MARY ANN BUTT (1851- ).
FRANCES BUTT (1854- ).
CLARA HOOK was born on the 24th June 1851 in Shoreham, Sussex, England to JOSEPH HOOK (1815-1888) and PAULINA HOOK (Maiden surname unknown) (1813-1870). The Birth Index for England (1837-1983) lists the particulars of the registration of Clara Hooks birth as: 1851, July-September, District of Steyning, County of Sussex, Volume 7, page 481.
Clara Hook had the following siblings:
Joseph Hook (1841- ).
Dorinda Hook (1845- ).
Thomas Hook (1848- ).
Anna (also known as Jane Anna) Hook (1849- ).
It is possible that she also had other older siblings that were born in the late 1820s and during the 1830s. Her father JOSEPH HOOK had had a career as a sailor but by 1881 (as noted in the national census) he was a widowed pauper working in the Steyning Union Workhouse in Shoreham, Sussex. Her grandfather was THEODORE EDWARD HOOK (1788-1841) who was a humorist and novelist associated with creating the fictional figure of John Bull in his journalistic satires about Queen Caroline and the Whig Party. Theodore Hooke formed a relationship with an Irish woman Mary Ann Doughty whom he never married but had with her at least five children. Theodore Hook died in great debt.
Clara Butts grandfather was JAMES BUTT. He was born on 11 June 1815 at the village of St. Helens, on the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire, England. He was the son of RICHARD BUTT, born in 1784, and christened on the 25th February 1784 at the Church of England in the village of Godshill, on the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire and SARAH MATTHEWS who was born in 1782 at the village of St. Helens, on the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire, England.
Clara Butts great-grandfather was RICHARD BUTT. He was born in early 1784 and christened on the 25th February 1784 at the Church of England in the village of Godshill, on the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire. He was the son of JOHN BUTT, born in late 1742 and christened 23rd January 1743 at the Church of England in the village of Godshill, on the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire, and ANN RIDDETT, born in 1743 and christened on 6th September 1743 at the Church of England in the village of Shalfleet, on the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire.
