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Button Ancestry Gen. One: Robert Thomas Button b: 1828 in Norfolk, England who, on conclusion of his schooling, was employed at the Norwich Union Fire Office. He mar: abt Jun 1850 in Norwich to Anna Mary Pymar (b:1828 West Hailing, the first born child of parents Thomas Pymar and Mary Anne nee Bradford. Anna Mary brothers and sister were
Robert Thomas
Pymar b;
1829; Sarah Marie Pymar b; 1832; Mary Anne Pymar b; 1833; John
Pymar b;
1835; Jane Pymar b; 1837; Ellen Pymar b; 1840; Harriet Pymar b;
1842. Wife Anna Mary Button d: 11 Dec 1909 at
Brighton, Christchurch aged 81 yrs.)
Robert and Anna left England in
1852 aboard the Catherine Stewart
Forbes
and landed at New Plymouth. He farmed first in the Taranaki
province where
several of their six children were born. In 1859 he moved to
Canterbury
and settled at Kaiapoi where he had property and found employment
as a
carpenter and builder. 1863 Robert Button went to Little
River for
eighteen months before moving to Leeston and became the owner
of a
threshing machine, then went to Rangitata and
purchased an area
of Peel Forest bush from Robert Rhodes. He erected a sawmill
and
prospered from saw milling the totara and farming the cleared
land.
In 1903 Robert Button bought Brooklyn
Lodge, an
extensive Christchurch property which incorporated the New
Brighton
Trotting Club's racecourse. At the village of
Arundel,
Robert Button laid out a training track on the property for his
daughter
Bella's
equestrian
skills and she became well-known in the district driving
her
team of four or six
ponies.
The mill was handed over to one of his sons and Robert purchased a farm at Cooper's Creek, Geraldine where he proved a most successful farmer. Three years prior to his death he met with an accident by falling from a horse, and became after his very active life, an invalid. He lived from time to time at New Brighton and here his wife predeceased him in 1909 and on . He died at his residence, Cooper's Creek, near Geraldine aged 83 yrs; (Bur: Linwood Cem Q10.07) They left a family of two sons and two daughters. 1877 Timaru Herald, 28 Feb: LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the parcel of land here-in-after described will be brought under the provisions of The Land Transfer Act, 1870 unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same, on or before the 9th Day of APRIL, 1877: 2984. ROBERT HE ATON* RHODES, by his Attorney, Thomas Maberly Haml, 72 acres 1 rood 22 perches, part Sections 1845, 1846, 1347, in the County of Geraldine, in the occupation of Robert Thomas Button. A diagram may be inspected at this office. Dated this 24th day ot February, 1877, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch. J EDWARD DENHAM, Deputy-District Land Registrar. 1894/5: ID 81 Rate Book No. 70; Valuation Roll Number 15; Owner Occupier - Robt Thomas Button; Address Peel Forest; Property Description Rangitata Flat; Rating District Geraldine Road Board; Acres 253 Roods 1 Perches 18; �1300. Original Note Book 1 Roll 1 ID 82 Rate Book No. 72; Owner Occupier Anna Mary Button; Address Geraldine; Property Description 11567; Rating District Geraldine Road Board; Acres 300 Roods 0 Perches 0; �1450 Notes Address changed to P Forest. 1896-7: ID 83 Rate Book No.
73; Valuation Roll
Number; Owner Occupier - Robt Thomas Button; 1996-97: ID 800 Rate Book No. 12; Valuation Roll Number; Owner Occupier - Robt Thomas Button; Address Peel Forest; Property Description 1411, 1412 & others Peel Forest; Rating District Mount Peel Road Board; Acres 684 Roods 1 Perches 37; Gen. Two: Robert Thomas and Mary Anne Button had 6 children:
ii Anna Mary Button Born: 14 Dec 1855 in New Plymouth, Taranaki. : iii Harriet Jane Button (b: 18 Sep 1857 in New Plymouth, Taranaki; d: 1935) Mar: 1888 to George Henry Patrick (1861 - 1944) iv Ellen Button (b: 23 Nov 1859 in Canterbury) Mar\: 1890 to George Frederick Newman ( 1860-1925) vi Isabel (Bella) Button (b: 09 Oct 1863 in Kaiapoi d: 07 Feb 1921 in New Brighton) Mar: 08 Feb 1911 in Christchurch to Augustus Frederick Lipscombe Moore (1870-1936) vi John Button (b: 1867 d: 1945) Mar: 05 Apr 1893 in Residence of the bride's mother, Riverside, Ashbourne to Annie May Spensley (b: 1866-1929) Robert Thomas Button Mar: (1) at St, Stephen's Church, Ashburton on 29 Jun 1892 was to Fanny Fawcett (b: 1863 Died: 12 Feb 1895 Bur: Ashburton Cem. 14/02/1895) Their son Robert Thomas Pymar Button was born 1893 and d: 1959 aged 64 yrs, a farmer at Te Pirita, Rakaia. After Fanny's death, Robert Thomas Button remarried in 1896 to Elizabeth Ann Matthews (b: 1866 d: 1934) Gen. Three: Their children - his occ: Motor Mechanic. |