Charles BUTLER {M} = Julia Elizabeth QUINNELL {F}

Married Monday 29 May 1911, Tonbridge Registry Office, Kent, England¹

Charles BUTLER:

Born 1873, Rochester, Kent, England²
Christened Sunday 11 May 1873, St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent³
From: Rochester, Kent⁴
Occupation: Fishmonger


Charles outside his shop


Charles (left) having a pint


Julia Elizabeth QUINNELL:

Alias Julia Elizabeth BUTLER (Monday 29 May 1911)
Born Saturday 6 February 1875, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England⁵
Died Monday 28 September 1959, 58 Norman Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent⁶


Julia Butler nee Quinnell

Sidney Charles BUTLER {M} = Doris Rose TICEHURST {F} > Family

Married Monday 3 August 1936, St John's Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent⁷

Sidney Charles BUTLER:

Born Monday 14 November 1910, Tonbridge, Kent, England⁸
Died Sunday 8 March 1987, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent⁹
Occupation: Fishmonger¹⁰


Sydney Butler's birth certificate


Doris Rose TICEHURST:

Born Friday 1 December 1911, Tunbridge Wells, Kent¹¹
Died Sunday 7 January 1996, Pantiles Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells, Kent¹²


Doris Ticehurst's birth certificate


Doris with her daughter Maureen

Percy Arthur BUTLER {M} = Miriam Ruth Emily HALLETT {F} > Family

Married Sunday 12 January 1936, Tunbridge Wells

Percy Arthur BUTLER:

Born Friday 19 July 1912, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England¹³
Died Saturday 24 January 1987, The Retreat, Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England¹⁴
From: Tunbridge Wells, Kent¹⁵
Occupation: Hairdresser


Percy in Africa as a young man


Percy as a young man


Percy at his retirement


Percy Butler, Norwich 1979


Miriam Ruth Emily HALLETT:

Alias Miriam Ruth Emily BUTLER (Sunday 12 January 1936)
Born Monday 7 April 1913
Christened Sunday 18 May 1913, St Paul's Church, Rusthall, Kent¹⁶
Died Thursday 18 January 1945


Miriam Ruth Emily Hallett


Miriam with her buss conductress colleaugues c.1940 (front left)


Miriam with her daughter Ann

= Clara Violet FLINT {F} > Family

Married Saturday 2 April 1949, St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England¹⁷

Clara Violet FLINT:

Alias Clara Violet KEDGE
Alias Clara Violet BUTLER (Saturday 2 April 1949)
Born Saturday 21 December 1918, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England


Violet with step grandson Mark Collins at Truggers Cottage, Chiddingstone, Kent with Jenny the dog

Nellie May BUTLER {F} = Sydney SAUNDERS {M} > Family

Married Saturday 11 June 1949, Emmanuel Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent¹⁸

Nellie May BUTLER:

Alias Nellie May SAUNDERS (Saturday 11 June 1949)
Born Wednesday 6 May 1914, 7 Springfield Cottages, Tunbridge Wells¹⁹
Died Wednesday 27 April 1994, Pembury Hospital, Kent²⁰
From: 6 St Johns Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent²¹
Occupation: Shop assistant²²


May Saunders nee Butler - 15th September 1937


May in Dowlings Grocery Shop, Tunbridge Wells (1940 - 47ish)


May as a bridesmaid to Florie Ware nee Neal in 1938/39


Sydney SAUNDERS:

Born Monday 10 January 1921, 15 Holmwood Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent²³
Died Wednesday 14 February 2001, Kent & Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent²⁴
Buried Wednesday 21 February 2001, St Peters Church then Tunbridge Wells Cemetery²⁵
Occupation: Omnibus conductor, then cashier


Syd as a young man in the Royal Navy


Sydney's ship, HMS Sussex, with outline of kamakaze plane which failed to explode. Taken in Columbo, Ceylon 2 days before the atomic bomb was dropped


Syd Saunders (accordianist) in his dance band


Sydney Saunders in his sailor's uniform

Stanley Harold BUTLER {M} = Margaret Sheila FITZGERALD {F} > Family

Married Friday 18 June 1948, St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Stanley Harold BUTLER:

Born Thursday 26 April 1917, 117 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent


Stanley (Bunk) Butler


Margaret Sheila FITZGERALD:

Alias Margaret Sheila BUTLER (Friday 18 June 1948)
Born Tuesday 20 March 1923, Mayfair, London


Sheila while at the ATS gun batteries, c.1942


Sheila Butler at Leigh Village hall at Roger & Siv Butler's 25th wedding aniversary

1 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate (original) in the possession of Ann Collins, 12 September 2002

Note Mark and Ann spent all day today (12/09/2002) looking for a marriage record in all the Tun Wells church records in Maidstone, only to discover this certificate in a box of photos inherited from Julia's daughter May!
1a: ; Primary evidence
Charles Address on Marriage certificate:
8 Albert Street,
Tunbridge Wells
1b: ; Primary evidence
1c: ; Primary evidence
Julia's address on marriage certificate:
68 Norman Road,
Tunbridge Wells
2 : ; Primary evidence
Age given as 37 on Marriage certificate
2a: ; Primary evidence
Age shown as 8 on the 1881 census, 33 Albert Street, Tonbridge, Kent
2b: ; Secondary evidence
1901 Census - Tunbridge Wells, RG13 - 753 - 98 - P27 - Schedule 208, Charles age given as 28
3 : "International Genealogical Index"; Secondary evidence
Batch C135093; Source call 0992530, 0992531-32
4 : ; Primary evidence
Fishmonger is the occupation given on his wife's death certificate
4a: ; Secondary evidence
1901 Census
5 : ; Primary evidence
Age given as 26 on the 1901 census, Tunbridge Wells as home town.
5a: ; Primary evidence
Age given as 35 on marriage certificate (1911)
5b: ; Primary evidence
Age given as 84 on her death certificate (1959)
5c: ; Primary evidence
1881 Census for 27 Wood Street, Tonbridge has Julia aged 6
5d: ; Primary evidence
Date of birth from birth certificate - copy obtained
Residence: 27 Wood Street, Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, registered 9th March 1875
5e: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
District Tunbridge
Page 571; Volume 2a
6 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate - informat N M Saunders, 59 Norman Road, Tunbridge Wells
7 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate
Witnesses were Frank Ticehurst and Percy Butler
7a: ; Secondary evidence
Newspaper article
7b: ; Secondary evidence
Bride's address from newspaper article & marriage certificate:
6 Rock Villa Road, Tunbridge Wells
7c: ; Secondary evidence
Groom's address from newspaper article & marriage certificate:
117 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells
7d: ; Secondary evidence
Newspaper article states P Bulter (Percy) was best man
8 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate
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Death certificate
has alias Sidney Charles Butler Quinnell - address 48 Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells
10 : ; Primary evidence
Occupation given as fishmonger on marriage certificate
11 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate
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Death certificate
13 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate
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Death certificate
14a: ; Primary evidence
Address at death:
The Retreat,
Bracon Ash
Norfolk
15 : ; Primary evidence
Julie May's birth certificate has occupation Hairdresser master, address 39 Edward St, Rusthall
16 : ; Primary evidence
Baptism certificate in the possession of daughter Ann Collins - 2002
16a: ; Primary evidence
Baptism register entry #365; Address: 16 St Pauls Street, Rusthall; Father's occupation : Shunter
17 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate
18 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate
18a: ; Primary evidence
Sydney's address on marriage certificate:
17 Holmewood Rd
Tunbridge Wells
18b: ; Primary evidence
Nellie May's address on marriage certificate:
58 Norman Road
Tunbridge Wells
18c: ; Primary evidence
Witnesses at marriage:
Sidney Charles Butler (May's brother)
Jack Denton
18d: ; Primary evidence
Information about Emmanuel Church from:
"ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Past and Present - July 1946
For the occasion of the Jubliee Congress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies
Editor J. C. M. Given, Tunbridge Wells, Courier Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Grove Hill Road"
Extract:
The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, now called Emmanuel Church, may be dated by the following inscription from a monument in the churchyard: '' Upon this mount stood and preached that eminent servant of God, George Whitefield, at the opening of the adjoining Chapel, July 23rd, 1769." This quaint chapel of timber and tiles was replaced by the present structure, designed by Wimble, of London, and built in 1867.
19 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate
19a: ; Primary evidence
Address on birth certificate:
7 Springfield Cottages,
Tunbridge Wells
20 : ; Primary evidence
Copy of death certificate
21 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate
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Death certificate
23 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate, address 15 Holmwood Rd, Tunbridge Wells
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Personal knowledge
25 : ; Primary evidence
Order of service