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May Lilian Ruth Butterfield 1892–1932 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jul 1892

Birth Location: Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 1932

Death Location: Victoria, Australia

Father: John ♣

Mother: Mary Butterfield

Spouse(s): Charles Shearn, John Wood-Burgess

Children(s): Sophia Brunton, Evelyn Shearn, John Shearn, Christopher (Brunton), William Shearn

May Lilian Ruth Butterfield was born in 1892 in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, the child of John Butterfield And Mary Eliz Butterfield. May Lilian Ruth Butterfield married Charles William Shearn, John Thomas Wood Burgess, and had children including Christopher Charles Woods Burgess Brunton, Evelyn Elizabeth May Shearn, John Thomas Shearn, Sophia Frances Mary Brunton, William James Shearn. May Lilian Ruth Butterfield passed away in 1932 in Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • May Lilian Ruth Butterfield was born in 1892 in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, the child of John Butterfield And Mary Eliz Butterfield.
  • May Lilian Ruth Butterfield married Charles William Shearn, John Thomas Wood Burgess, and had children including Christopher Charles Woods Burgess Brunton, Evelyn Elizabeth May Shearn, John Thomas Shearn, Sophia Frances Mary Brunton, William James Shearn.
  • May Lilian Ruth Butterfield passed away in 1932 in Victoria, Australia.

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Children(s)

May Butterfield's Ancestors

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May Butterfield
1892–1932
Birth Place: Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Parents
John Butterfield ♣
1860–1920
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Mary (Eliz) Butterfield
1864–1950
Fryers Creek, Victoria, Australia
Grandparents
James Butterfield
1798–1873
Hayes Middlesex England
Ann Best
1798–1880
Harlington, Middlesex, , England
Joseph Knight
1832–1910
Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
Johanna ESCOTT
1836–1919
Taunton, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Butterfield
1773–1850
Charlotte Andrew
1771–1853
George Best
1763–1820
Jane Hoare
1769–1841
Samuel Knight
1798–1882
Elizabeth Waite
1799–1847
Thomas ESCOTT
1803–1852
Elizabeth BRUFORD
1803–1856
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Butterfield
1741–1801
Mary Bunby
1742–1804
James Andrew
1742–1801
Susannah Derrick
1740–1812
George Best
1732–1789
Ruth Widgington
1731–1775
Elizabeth Hoar
–1810
John Sr
1772–1861
Ann Davis
1766–1851
Isaac ESCOTT
1780–1848
Joanna (86)
1779–1840
Richard CHECK
1762–1811
Mary House
1772–1856

May Butterfield's Descendants

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May (Lilian Ruth) Butterfield (28 Jul 1892–1932) m. Charles (William) Shearn (abt 1891–20/12/1974) m. John (Thomas) Wood-Burgess (estimated 1890–)
  1. 1. Sophia (Frances Mary) Brunton 1926–1989 m. Percy (Ernest Roy) Kerrison 1907–1972
    1. 1. Roy (Ernest) Kerrison 1950–2025
    2. 2. Elaine (May) Kerrison 1948–1948
    3. 3. Sophia Kerrison 1946–2006
  2. 2. Evelyn (Elizabeth May) Shearn 1916–2012
  3. 3. John (Thomas) Shearn 1917–1962
  4. 4. Christopher (Charles Woods-Burgess) (Brunton) 1923–2013
  5. 5. William (James) Shearn 1910–1962

May Butterfield's Timeline

2 Records

1892
28 Jul 1892
Birth of May Lilian Ruth Butterfield in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
1932
1932
Age 40
Death of May Lilian Ruth Butterfield in Victoria, Australia
Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jul 1892
    Event Place: Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940, Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); North Melbourne, Victoria

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1932
    Event Place: Victoria, Australia

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