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Personal data Benjamin BUTTON 

• He was born on April 6, 1841 in Brighton, Sussex, England.Sources 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14
• Occupations:
• in the year 1901 Art Dealer in own business "The Very Button" in Wandsworth, Greater London, London, Surrey, United Kingdom.
• in the year 1881 "The Very Button" Gallery Dealer in Works of Art ... aka Victor in Reigate Foreign, Surrey, England.
• Resident:
• in the year 1871: Brighton, Sussex, England.Source 5
• on April 2, 1911: Bromley, Kent, England.Source 7
• in the year 1851: Brighton, Sussex, England.Source 14
• in the year 1881: "Waldenes" Villa Reigate Foreign, Surrey, England.
• in the year 1841: Brighthelmstone, Sussex, England.Source 12
• in the year 1861: Brighton, Sussex, England.Source 15
• in the year 1901: Wandsworth, London, England.Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
• (Joined the Royal Navy) on December 10, 1855: Continuous Service No 25858.
• He died on July 2, 1914 in Bromley Kent, he was 73 years old.Sources 9, 10
• A child of Benjamin Richard BUTTON and Charlotte WALTERS

Household of Benjamin BUTTON

(1) He is married to Maud Emily King.

They got married on October 10, 1900 at St Anne, Wandsworth, England, he was 59 years old.Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18

(2) He is married to Jane SOUGHTON.

They got married December 1862 at Brighton, Sussex, England, he was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Charles Herbert BUTTON  1863-1863 
2. Charles M BUTTON  ± 1864-????
3. Charles H Button  ± 1864-????
4. Florence Emily BUTTON  1865-1885
5. Ernest Llewellyn Walter Button  1866-1917 
6. Nina Eleanor BUTTON  1869-1948 
7. Renee Elise Mabel BUTTON  1871-1947
8. Emily BUTTON  1874-????

Notes about Benjamin BUTTON

1800A few scattered houses and farms which were grouped together under the unbecoming name of "Reigate Foreign" (i.e. within the manor of Reigate, but outside the "Borough"). So unthinkable was it to even contemplate situating a township on a low lying, marshy, wild tract of land such as it was, "intersected by meandering streams, the haunt of snipe and duck" (As Hooper put it), that had anybody even suggested the idea he would have undoubtedly been certified insane and locked up! So bottomless did the mud appear to be that when the town was eventually erected, the Market Hall had to be built on piles driven down through the marsh onto solid ground. In fact, many of the buildings built on the site, then called Rough Moors, had to be erected on rafts or piles [1].

Between 1800 and 1850, the population of Reigate grew slowly, but suddenly exploded between 1851 and 1861, doubling to nearly 10,000 by the latter year. This alarming growth was caused by the coming of the railway, for being not too far out into the countryside from London, Reigate became a dormitory suburb. Daily commuting was made reality when the London to Brighton line was put through in 1841, by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, formed in 1837, after having purchased the line of the old Surrey Iron Railway from Croydon to Merstham

Population21,820 OS grid referenceTQ2649 – London19.1 mi (30.7 km) N by NEDistrictReigate and BansteadShire countySurreyRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townREIGATEPostcode districtRH2Dialling code01737PoliceSurreyFireSurreyAmbulanceSouth East CoastEU ParliamentSouth East EnglandUK ParliamentReigate

190128 Cicada Road, London SW18 2NW. Cicada Road has 99 houses and flats on it with a average current value of £1,271,863, compared to an an average property value of £800,331 for SW18. There have been 31 property sales on Cicada Road, SW18 over the last 5 years with an average house price paid of £927,129. There are currently 493 houses and flats to buy in SW18 with an average asking price of £882,293 and 363 homes to rent in SW18 with an average asking rent of £624 pw.

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