John Butson



S. of William Butson & Susan Adams

John Butson
Born 19.11.1860 at East Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Occ. Farmer
Marr. Emily Jane McConnell 1.8.1888 at Flesherton, Grey Co., Ontario
Died 21st March 1931 at Meaford, Grey Co., Ontario


Child

Otto Leonard (Pelkington) (Adopted)


NOTE

Emily was born c 1864 at Euphrasia, Ontario. Her parents were Alexander & Mary Jane McConnell. The family liv. at Pleasant Valley, Rolette, North Dakota (1900), next door to his Cousin David & later at Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Dist. 209, Canada (1911).

Recorded on the 1906 Census of Canada for Saskatchewan, District #14 (Mackenzie), Subdistrict #7

"I'm Jim, son of Otto, Grandson of John and Emily (McConnell). Dad was adopted as an infant around 1898. He was born in N. Dak. USA birthname was Pelkington. John and Emily (both born in Ontario) were homesteading in Sask. and are listed in the 1906 District of McKenzie census as well as a David Butson with his wife Hannah and daughter Effie. I wonder if they were brothers? John, Emily and my mom and dad moved to Meaford about 1921. Mom and Dad married in Sask. 1920."

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