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Personal data Benjamin BUTTON 

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Household of Benjamin BUTTON

He is married to Mary Ann ATKINSON.

They got married on October 7, 1812 at Shoreditch, London, England, he was 27 years old.Sources 2, 6


Child(ren):

  1. Robert BUTTON  1810-1878 
  2. William BUTTON  1814-± 1863


Notes about Benjamin BUTTON

Benjamin Button Occupation: Cordwainer / Shoemaker Year of birth: 1785 Date of baptism: 1/5/1785 Gender: Male Year of death: c1819 Place of birth: East Blatchington, Sussex, England Place of baptism: East Blatchington, Sussex Spouse name: Mary Atkinson Place of marriage: St Leonards, Shoreditch Date of marriage: 7/10/1812 Born in BRIGHTON East Sussex England historical note: waterloo 18 june 1815(napoleonic wars)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin BUTTON

William BUTTEN
1713-????
Elizabeth DUNSTONE
1720-????
Thomas Reads
1717-> 1746
Winifred Sysan
± 1720-> 1746
Mary REED
1746-1847

Benjamin BUTTON
1785-1819

1812

Mary Ann ATKINSON
1793-1860

Robert BUTTON
1810-1878
William BUTTON
1814-± 1863
Benjamin Richard BUTTON
1818-1870

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    Sources

    1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: DL/T/069/016 / Ancestry.com
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    4. England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com
    6. England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, Place: Shoreditch, London, England; Collection: St Leonard; -; Date Range: 1808 - 1812; Film Number: 405103 / Ancestry.com
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    Historical events

    Christening day May 1, 1785

    • The temperature on May 1, 1785 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1785: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
      • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
      • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
      • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

    Day of marriage October 7, 1812

    • The temperature on October 7, 1812 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1812: Source: Wikipedia
      • April 6 » British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
      • June 1 » War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
      • July 22 » Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
      • September 4 » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
      • September 18 » The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
      • November 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".

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