Husband Thomas Butler [12524]
Born: 1778
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Died: 26 Jul 1831
Buried: - Church of St Stephen, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England
FamilySearch ID: MR6Q-QC6
Father: John Butler [12538] (1738-1826)
Mother: Jane Beecroft [12540] (1749- )
Marriage: 23 Apr 1801 - Leeds Minster, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Events
• He was baptized on 8 Aug 1773 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name: • Event: Kirkstall Forge, 1800. To look through the Forge's records is to see a picture of this country's industrial history. Here is a typical eighteenth century advertisement of a moulder: Events
• She was baptized on 10 Sep 1777 in Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Anne Beecroft Marriage Events
• Marriage: 23 Apr 1801, Leeds Minster, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. England Marriages, 1538\endash 1973 LEEDS
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A single man who is a perfect Master of the Moulding Business will meet with great encouragement by applying to Messrs Butler and Beecroft of Kirkstall Forge, near Leeds. A drunkard or lazy-bones need not apply.
The forge and the Butler family were naturally involved in the wars and uprisings of those days. Thomas Butler wrote at the time of the Napoleonic wars: "We frequently mention the respectability of our house and the extensiveness of our concerns, yet what have we done for the poorest tradesmen in the neighbourhood to support the common cause?" The result of this statement was the support the Kirkstall Forge gave for a Volunteer Company.
Wife Anne Beecroft [5832]
Born: 1777
Christened: 10 Sep 1777 - Chapel of Headingley, Yorkshire, England
Died: 1853
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FamilySearch ID: LTL5-LP4
Father: George Beecroft [5822] (1739-1820)
Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" Skirrow [5823] (1748-1812)
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
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1 F Eliza Butler [12532]
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Christened: 23 Apr 1803 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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FamilySearch ID: GV2C-QNN
2 F Jane Beecroft Butler [12530]
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Christened: 8 Aug 1803 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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FamilySearch ID: GSJH-5FF
3 M Thomas Butler [12527]
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Christened: 23 Apr 1805 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1873
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FamilySearch ID: LB6N-8NX
Spouse: Mary Jane [12539] (1815- )
4 F Ann Butler [12533]
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Christened: 7 Aug 1806 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 12 Feb 1807 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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FamilySearch ID: MR6Q-YZR
5 F Lydia Butler [12534]
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Christened: 31 Dec 1807 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Buried: 4 Jun 1829 - Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England 1
FamilySearch ID: MR6Q-4XT
6 F Ann Butler [12535]
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Christened: 19 Aug 1809 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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FamilySearch ID: L4JV-KC6
7 F Septima Garland Butler [5825]
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Christened: 1 Aug 1811 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 29 Oct 1837
Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England
FamilySearch ID: MR67-Z9Q
Spouse: George Skirrow Beecroft Esq. [5824] (1809-1869)
Marr: 6 Aug 1835 - Saint Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England 2
8 M John Octavius Butler [12526]
Born: 1812
Christened: 9 Jun 1814 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 16 Oct 1883
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FamilySearch ID: MR6Q-QCS
Spouse: Anne Snowden [12529] (1818- )
Marr: 22 May 1839 - York, England
9 M George Beecroft Butler [12531]
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Christened: 9 Jun 1814 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1851
Buried: - Church of St Stephen, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England
FamilySearch ID: MR63-RYR
10 M Ambrose Edmund Heath Buckley Butler [12528]
Born: 1817 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Christened: 17 Apr 1817 - Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1883
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FamilySearch ID: GHMC-WBC
Spouse: Iabella Fawcett Holgate [15092] (1818- )
Marr: 1841 - West Derby, Lancashire, England
Burial Notes: Husband - Thomas Butler
SE2635 MORRIS LANE, Kirkstall
714-1/22/906 (East side (off))
Group of 5 tombs in graveyard
north-west of Church of St Stephen
GV II
2 vaults and 3 gravestones. 1831-1869. Carved stone and
ashlar, cast-iron railings. Family vaults of the
Butler/Beecroft and Hargrave families, and graves of the
Hodgson family and of Benjamin Dawson.
Grouped approx 10m north of the west door of St Stephen's
church and composed of, from west to east: Butler, Hargrave
and Hodgson against and incorporated into the graveyard
extension wall, and Dawson at the S end of Hargrave.
i) Butler/Beecroft: paired Gothic niches with hoodmoulds and
shields on 3 sides, railed enclosure to S; the niches and 8
slabs carved with names and tributes including: Thomas Butler
of Kirkstall Forge, ironmaster, d.26.07.1831 aged 58 years. He
was elected the first warden of this church of which he was a
most active and zealous promoter...also George Beecroft, 3rd
son, d.1851 aged 17 and other children buried at Headingley;
the railings, on a low wall with gate on S side, are square
section with cusped top rail and floriate finials to rails,
cup and cover finials to standards.
ii) Hargrave: large Classical carved slab at N end, railed
enclosure to S; the slab has pilasters flanking niches with
carved inscriptions, pediment over, in larger pilastered
surround with entablature, cornice and scrolled pediment with
wreaths. Inscriptions commemorate Benjamin, son of James and
Sarah Hargrave of Kirkstall, d.19.01.1833, 6 other children
who died 1833-55, James d.04.11.1852 and Sarah d.16.02.1860
aged 76; 9 other family members, the latest Kate, youngest
daughter, d.03.01.1930, aged 73. Low ashlar wall with heavy
iron railing, gate on E side: octagonal rails with leaf
finials, massive standards with acanthus-style open finials.
iii) Hodgson: 2 grave slabs against boundary wall, low moulded
ashlar wall with fine spearhead railings on 3 sides, gate
missing. Inscriptions commemorate the family of the Revd
Robert Hodgson, first incumbent of St Stephen's, and his
family, including Hobsons of Cross House in the County of
Cumberland, 1836-47.
iv) Dawson: a gabled tombstone with cross, inscription to
Benjamin Dawson of Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, London, and
of Kirkstall, d.19.04.1869; chamfered kerb with cast-iron
scrolled panels and fleur-de-lis finials supporting rail.