William Butcher
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| Headstone Information | |
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| Date of Birth | 1829 |
| Age at Death | 79 years |
| Additional Names | Marian Butcher |
| Transcription | In Loving Memory of Marion Butcher, who Died: 29 March 1905. Age: 76 years. Also William Butcher beloved husband of the above Who Died: 9 April 1908. Age: 79 years. Blessed are the dead which In the Lord. |
William Butcher (1829 - 9 April 1908) supposedly in England
Early Life
William Butcher was born to a soldiering family in the year 1829. Following his father’s death in service, William’s upbringing was thereafter the responsibility of his mother and a Colonel of his father’s regiment. On arrival in Australia at the port of Fremantle on the 17 of March 1841, William Butcher’s first vocation was shepherding sheep on the Beach Plains near Rockingham. His second employment saw him apprenticed to a farmer at Gingin.
Marriage
Married Mary Ann Houghton on the 22 July 1852 at the Church of England of Ellensbrook (now All Saints Church, Upper Swan). The children of Mary Ann and William were: William, Sarah Anne, Alfred, Hugh John, Walter, James, Alice and Albert.
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Death
On the 9 April 1908, William died aged 79 and was buried with Mary Ann (Marian) at the old Anglican Church Cemetery, Kelmscott.