Walter Button (1844 Woolley, West Yorkshire, England – 1888 Nantwich, Cheshire, England)

Birth

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Civil registration birth index. RD Ecclesfield, Yorkshire. 4th quarter, 1844. Walter Button. Mother's maiden name Ragsdale. Vol. 22, p. 164.

Census

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Date: 30 March 1851
Place: Monk Bretton, Royston, South Yorkshire
People: Richard Button
Head. Married. 42. Brick maker employing one man. Born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Elizabeth Ragsdale
Recorded as Elizabeth Button
Wife. Married. 42. Born: Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire
Hannah Button
Daughter. Unmarried. 21. Born: Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire
Francis Button
Son. 15. Brick maker. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Maria Button
Daughter. 12. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Richard Button
Son. 10. Scholar. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Isaac Button
Son. 8. Scholar. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Walter Button
Son. 6. Scholar. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Hugh Thompson Button
Recorded as Thompson Button
Son. 1. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire

Census

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Date: 7 April 1861
Place: Woolley, West Yorkshire
Recorded as Brickyard, Woolley, Yorkshire
People: Elizabeth Ragsdale
Recorded as Elizabeth Button
Head. Widow. 52 Brick & tile maker. Born: Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire
Hannah Button
Daughter. Unmarried. 30. Born: Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire
George Button
Son. Married. 28. Grocer. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Isaac Button
Son. Unmarried. 18. Brick maker. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Walter Button
Son. Unmarried. 18. Model maker. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Hugh Thompson Button
Recorded as Hugh T Button
Son. Unmarried. 11. Scholar. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire
Fred Button
Son. Unmarried. 6. Scholar. Born: Woolley, Yorkshire

Census

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Date: 2 April 1871
Place: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Recorded as Green Foot Road, Barnsley, Yorkshire
People: Elizabeth Ragsdale
Recorded as Elizabeth Button
Head. Widow. 60. Annuitant. Born: Cropwell, Notts
Walter Button
Son. Unmarried. 24. Mechanical draughtsman. Born: Woolley near Barnsley
Hugh Thompson Button
Recorded as Hugh T Button
Son. Unmarried. 21. Mechanical fitter. Born: Woolley near Barnsley
Walter Whestolm
Boarder. Unmarried. 56. Retired farmer. Born: Malton, Yorks

Marriage

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Groom: Walter Button
Vol. 9c, p. 215
Bride: Mary Elizabeth Carr
Vol. 9c, p. 215
Date: About July 1872
Place: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Recorded as RD Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding

Civil registration marriage index. RD Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding. 3rd quarter, 1872. Walter Button and Mary Elizabeth Carr. Vol. 9c, p. 215.

Census

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Date: 3 April 1881
Place: Warter Street, Kingsbourne, Nantwich, Cheshire
People: Walter Button
Head. Married. 36. Engineer iron & brass founder employing 6 men & 5 boys. Born: Barnsley, Yorkshire
Mary Elizabeth Carr
Recorded as Mary Elizabeth Button
Wife. Married. 38. Born: Barnsley, Yorkshire
Charles Ernest Carr Button
Recorded as Charles Earnest Carr Button
Son. 7. Scholar. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire
Alice Button
Daughter. 5. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire
Winifred Carr Button
Daughter. 5 months. Born: Crewe, Cheshire
Francis Elizabeth Chorlton
Domestic servant. Unmarried. 15. Domestic servant. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire

Death

Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Civil registration death index. RD Nantwich, Cheshire. 4th quarter, 1888. Walter Button. Age: 44. Vol. 8a, p. 217.

Walter Button