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I am looking for information on Edmund Butterworth b Manchester 17 January 1841. He was a Methodist missionary and died in East Africa on 2 April 1864. It is thought that he had a brother William Edmund Butterworth b Manchester 1844 who later migrated to Australia. Edmund should be in the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census returns but I have not been able to find any trace. I have no information on his parents.

There was an oak memorial tablet to Edmund Butterworth at the Cheetham Hill United Methodist Church, Leicester Road, Manchester unveiled in 1918 but I don't know if this building still exists.

Thanks, Brian

are you sure about the birth & name??

Births Jun 1848 (>99%)
Butterworth William Edward Rochdale 21 832

As you haved Edmond's exact date of birth, does this mean that you have his birth certificate ?
What are his parents names..?

The 1841 census was taken on the 7th June, so the age of 4mths would fit...BUT found this family in 1851 & Edmond was born in Crompton ! !

1841 England Census about Edmund Butterworth
Name: Edmund Butterworth
Age: 4 Mo
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Gender: Male
Where born: Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Prestwich Cum Oldham
Hundred: Salford
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:..... looks like Fremeole (?) Hill

Registration district: Ashton and Oldham
Sub registration district: Crompton

Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Butterworth 30 ... Ag Labourer
Ann Butterworth 25
Elizabeth Butterworth 2
Edmund Butterworth 4 Mo

Also on page were..
William Butterworth 35 Servant Man
Mary Butterworth 30
Ann Butterworth 6
William Butterworth 13 days

James Butterworth 34 Worsted Weaver


Found this census for 1851...do any of the other name match with what you know... ? ?

1851 England Census about Edmund Butterworth
Name: Edmund Butterworth
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Nephew
Gender: Male
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Cheetham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: 6 Wilton Terrace
Occupation: scholar

Registration district: Manchester
Sub registration district: Cheetham
ED, institution, or vessel: 1i

Household schedule number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
William Howe 47 ... Merchant.. Dealer in Cotton, Silk & Woolen Fabrics
Elizabeth Howe 44
Elizabeth Norton Howe 20 (22 on original)
Hannah Howe 20
Emma Howe 17
John Edmund Howe 5
Alfred Howe 5
Frances Mary Howe ??months (? under 2 mths)
Mary Norton 55 .. Sister-in-law .. widow .. former Smallware Dealer
Edmund Butterworth 10
Mary Wilson 27 .. House Servant
Ann Hewitt 22 .. House Servant

GENUKI: Cheetham, Lancashire genealogy
3 Sep 2008 ... Moston Lane, United Methodist Free Church; Stocks Chapel, York Street (now Cheetham Hill Rd), United Methodist Free Church ...

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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Cheetham was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office

1881 census - 1841 dob

Edmund BUTTERWORTH Head M Male 40 Oldham, Lancashire, England Coal Miner
Sarah BUTTERWORTH Wife M Female 34 Oldham, Lancashire, England Speed Tenter (Cotton)
George BUTTERWORTH Son U Male 20 Oldham, Lancashire, England Coal Miner
Phillis BUTTERWORTH Daur U Female 16 Oldham, Lancashire, England Card Room Hand (Cotton)
Mary BUTTERWORTH Daur U Female 11 Oldham, Lancashire, England Card Room Hand (Cotton)


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Source Information:
Dwelling 42 Abby Hills Rd
Census Place Oldham, Lancashire, England
Family History Library Film 1341977
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4082 / 78
Page Number 17

1841 dob

Dolly BUTTERWORTH Head W Female 75 Heywood, Lancashire, England Housekeeper
Edmund BUTTERWORTH Son U Male 40 Heywood, Lancashire, England Fustian Cutter


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Source Information:
Dwelling 6 Hampden Street
Census Place Heap, Lancashire, England
Family History Library Film 1341922
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 3857 / 63
Page Number 11

Edmund BUTTERWORTH Pedigree
Male Family


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Event(s):
Birth: 1833 Newhey, Lancashire, England

Christening:
Death: 1903

Burial:


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Marriages:
Spouse: Letitia Anne HOGAN Family
Marriage: 23 JAN 1860 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia

1881William BUTTERWORTH Head M Male 32 Manchester Coal Miner
Eliza BUTTERWORTH Wife M Female 28 Shirland, Derby, England
Thomas BUTTERWORTH Son Male 4 New Market, Derby, England
Elizabeth BUTTERWORTH Daur Female 2 Eckington, Derby, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling New Building Land
Census Place Shirland, Derby, England
Family History Library Film 1341820
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 3429 / 18
Page Number 30

1845 dob
William BUTTERWORTH Head M Male 36 Manchester, Lancashire, England Coach Smith
Elizabeth BUTTERWORTH Wife M Female 32 Manchester, Lancashire, England
John W. BUTTERWORTH Son Male 6 Manchester, Lancashire, England Scholar
Joseph BUTTERWORTH Son Male 4 Stockport, Lancashire, England Scholar
Arthur BUTTERWORTH Son Male 2 Stockport, Lancashire, England
Alfred BUTTERWORTH Son Male 4 m Stockport, Lancashire, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 4 Duke St
Census Place Manchester, Lancashire, England
Family History Library Film 1341832
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 3473 / 39
Page Number 19

Husband
William Butterworth Pedigree


Birth:
Christening:
Marriage:
Death:
Burial:





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Wife
Charlotte Palmer Pedigree


Birth:
Christening:
Marriage:
Death:
Burial:





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Children

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1. William Butterworth Pedigree
Male

Birth: 03 APR 1866 Aldinga, Willunga, South Australia, Australia
Christening:
Death: 13 MAY 1944 Mile End, South Australia, Australia
Burial:

William Edwin or Edmond BUTTERWORTH Pedigree
Male Family


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Event(s):
Birth: About 1844 Lancashire, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Christening:
Death:
Burial:


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Marriages:
Spouse: Anne BARNES Family
Marriage: 1869 Penshurst, Victoria, Australia



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Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

Edmund Butterworth Lewis, Mayor of Oxford
18 Nov 2007 ... Edmund Butterworth Lewis (1871–1947) was born at 39 Herbert Street, Hightown, Cheetham, near Manchester. His father, Henry Lewis, ...

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14 Jun 2005 ... Son of Frances Sarah Butterworth, of 56, Monton Rd., Eccles, Manchester, and the late Edmund Butterworth. Buried in RUYAULCOURT MILITARY ...

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Famous names of the early missionaries who worked or were buried at Ribe are: Charles New, Thomas Wakefield, Rebecca Wakefield, Rev. Edmund Butterworth, Charles Cheetham, George Martlew, Rev. Thomas Henry Carthew , C.C.Howne, John Henry Martin etc. Robert Roslyn Wells who was the first Headmaster Ribe High School has his remains buried at Ribe. The other early missionaries who were stationed at Rabai near Ribe were Ludwig Krapf for the Church Missionary Society. Joseph Thomson and David Livingstone are some of the missionaries who passed through Ribe and Rabai on their way to the hinterland.

http://www.ribeyouth.org/methodism.html

all about missionaries in East Africa including Edmund

Northwest Digital Archives
Conservative & Libertarian Politics, Butterworth (Wally) Papers, ... Conservative & Libertarian Politics, Opitz (Edmund A.) Papers, 1946-1974, 4.5, 5 .... Missionary Collections, Melrose (Paul C and Ester Agnew) Papers 1929-1939 . 5, 2 ...

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Thank you BoroGirl, Julie and Ann of Green Gables for you interest and help.

Concerning Edmund Butterworth, I have his date of death from his tombstone in Ribe, Kenya (2 April 1864, aged 23 years). His birth date of 17 January 1841 comes from a biographical article in a Methodist Church publication written in 1864: http://books.google.com/books?id=ywQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA3-PA519&dq=%22Edmund+Butterworth%22+++Africa&lr= This article give no mention of his parents or siblings.

Julie, your Edmund Butterworth found in the 1841 and 1851 census records sounds spot on. Except that Ann then found reference to two Edmund Butterworths also born in about 1841 in the 1881 census! This just confirms to me that there were many many Butterworths living in Lancashire at that time.

The LDS record for William (Edwin or Edmond) Butterworth b about 1844, Manchester who married Anne Barnes in 1869 in Penshurst, Victoria, Australia is correct. This person is my wife's great grandfather.

Is there any way of following the lead of the memorial tablet in the Cheetham Hill church? A copy of the unveiling ceremony document (1918) is held in the Manchester Archies in the Phythian Family collection. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=127-m270&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 Programme for unveiling Memorial Tablet at Cheetham Hill United Methodist Sunday School M270/15/2/6 Late 20thC

This document mentions a Mrs Lewis of Oxford who was a sister of Edmund. I think that the Edmund Butterworth Lewis born in Cheetham Lancashire, mentioned by Ann, is just a coincidence sent to confuse us.!

I was hopeful that I could find some connection between Edmund and William Butterworth but it does not look as though this will be easy.

Brian

Julie: It seems from your 1841 and 1851 census information that Edmund was living (or staying) with his uncle and aunt William and Elizabeth Howe when the 1851 census was taken. If possible, could you please check the 1851 census for Joseph and Ann Butterworth (as identified in the 1841 census) as this may indicate that there were additional children born since 1841. Hopefully a William is amongst these!! Thanks, Brian