John's Tree Rachel's Tree

Timeline Context

1837 Queen Victoria; 1901 King Edward VII; 1910 King George V; 1936 King Edward VIII; 1936 King George VI; 1952 Queen Elizabeth II
1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War; 1914-1918 WW1

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name	Birth	Birthplace	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921
John Butler	1844	Cranbrook		Cranbrook	Cranbrook [c] Ag.Lab.	Cranbrook Bricklayer	Benenden [a] Bricklayer	Sissinghurst Bricklayer	Cranbrook Bricklayer	Cranbrook [d] Bricklayer
Rachael Butler (Rofe)	1851	Frittenden			Frittenden	Cranbrook	Benenden [a]	Sissinghurst	Cranbrook	Cranbrook [d]	Cranbrook
Ellen Hooker (Butler)	1871	Cranbrook				Cranbrook	Benenden [a]	Cranbrook Domestic Servent	Tonbridge Wife of William Hooker	Cheriton [f] Wife of William Hooker	Cheriton [c] Wife of William Hooker
Rose Smith (Butler)	1873	Cranbrook					Benenden [a]	Sissinghurst	Crabrook Wife of George Smith	Crabrook Wife of George Smith	Worthing Visitor
Frank Butler	1875	Horsemenden					Benenden [a]		Charlton, Lon Butcher
Herbert Butler	1877	Horsemenden					Benenden [a]	Sissinghurst	Goudhurst [b] Journeyman Bricklayer	Sissinghurst [e] Bricklayer	Pluckley Bricklayer
Arthur Maurice Butler	1880	Benenden					Benenden [a]	Sissinghurst	Charlton, Lon Gen.Lab.	Cranbrook [d]
Ada Russell (Butler)	1883	Benenden						Sissinghurst	Cranbrook	Cranbrook Cook	Cranbrook Home Duties
Olive Honess (Butler)	1885	Benenden						Sissinghurst	Cranbrook General servent	Cranbrook Domestic Servent	Cranbrook
Sidney John Butler	1891	Cranbrook							Cranbrook	Cranbrook [d]	Jalapahar Private in Army
Hilda May Pettit (Butler)	1895	Cranbrook							Cranbrook	Cranbrook [d]	Worthing Wife of George Pettit

Address Key

[a]	Manor House, Benenden.
[b]	Town Row, Goudhurst.
[c]	sissinghurst street
[d]	green lane, golford, cranbrook
[e]	Rose Cottages, Sissinghurst
[f]	41 Broomfield Rd, Cheriton

Certificates

John Butler, born 9th September 1844 in Cranbrook. To Edward Butler & Sarah Ann Butler (formally Diprose)
Rachel Rofe, born 9th May 1851 in Frittenden, to Thomas Worsley Rofe & Deborah Rofe (Formally Daynes)
John Butler married Rachel Rofe, 5th October 1868 at Frittenden. (24 & 17 resp.). Fathers Edward Butler & Thomas Rofe. Witnesses : George Rofe & Emily Worsley
Ada Butler, 16th January 1883 in Manor House, Benenden. To John Butler & Rachel Butler (formally Rofe)

Census Returns

1911 John Butler
1911 Ada & Olive Butler
1911 Herbert Butler
1911 Ellen Hooker (Butler)

1939 Register

Ada Russell (Butler)
Herbert Butler
Arthur Butler
Olive Honess (Butler) & Frederick J Honess
Sydney John Butler

Photographs

John & Rachael Butler
Ada Russell (Butler)
Olive Honess (Butler)
George & Hilda May Pettit (Butler)
Frank & Caroline Butler
Herbert Butler & Family
Manor House, Benenden
Chanceford Farm, Frittenden (where Rachel Rofe was born)

1903 Wedding of Annie & Louisa Butler, cousins of Ada & Olive BUtler

Parish Records

Cranbrook

Marraiges

1912.

25th dec

Frank Honess (25)[b. 1887] of cran, s of John Honess, married Olive Butler (27), d of John Butler

Frederick J Honess born mar 1914, Cranbrook, 2a, 1707, mother Butler.}FreeBMD, b.15th Dec 1913} 1938 reg

Frank Honess died 24th November 1917, France and Flanders, 6th Battalion Queens Own (Royaal West Kent) Regiment.G/15515, Killed in Action.

Notes

Ellen Butler marries William Hooker, sept 1894, cranbrook, 2a, 1350 } FreeBMD
Rachel Butler died sept 1932, age 81, Cranbrook, 2a, 974 }FreeBMD
John Butler died jun 1921, age 76, Cranbrook, 2a, 941 }FreeBMD
Olive Honess (Butler) died jun 1965, Maidstone, age 79, 5f, 487 }FreeBMD