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Personal data Ernest Llewellyn Walter Button 

Source 1Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Household of Ernest Llewellyn Walter Button

He is married to Jane PURVEY.

They got married on December 15, 1888 at St Wilfreds, Haywards Heath, Sussex, he was 22 years old.Sources 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15


Child(ren):

  3. Maurice Bertram BUTTON  1892-1963 
  7. Marion BUTTON  1898-1990
  8. Dennis BUTTON  1902-1902
  9. Walters S BUTTON  1903-1903
  10. Eileen BUTTON  1905-1968


Notes about Ernest Llewellyn Walter Button

The Second Boer War (Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, literally "Second Freedom War") otherwise known as the Second Anglo-Boer War, was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic(Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State. The British war effort was supported by troops from several regions of the British Empire, including Southern Africa, the Australian colonies, Canada, Newfoundland, British India, and New Zealand. The war ended in victory for the British and the annexation of both republics. Both would eventually be incorporated into the Union of South Africa in 1910.

5th September 1914
First Battle of the Marne begins.
9th September 1914
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes begins.
10th September 1914
First Battle of the Marne ends in a French Victory, thus halting the German advance towards Paris, which results in stalemate.
14th September 1914
Russia loses the First Battle of Masurian Lakes. First Battle of Aisne begins. Troops starts to construct trenches across the entire length of the western front.
17th September 1914
Austro-German forces launch an attack into western Poland

5th September 1915
Tsar Nicholas takes commands of Russian armies.
15th September 1915
British forces use gas in battle near Loos, but shifting winds cause 60,000 British casualties.
22nd September 1915
The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

15th September 1916
Tanks introduced for the first time on the Somme battlefield by the British.
20th September 1916
Russia's Brusilov offensive in Carpathia comes to an end, having nearly knocked Austria-Hungary out of the war.

1st September 1917
German troops break through the northernmost end of the Russian front during the Riga offensive.

19th September 1918
The British begin an offensive against Turkish forces in Palestine, the Battle of Megiddo.
26th September 1918
The Battle of the Vardar is fought against the Bugarians by Serb, Czech, Italian, French and British forces. The Meuse-Argonne offensive begins. this wll be the final Franco-American offensive of the war.
28th September 1918
Belgian forces launch an offensive at Ypres.
29th September 1918
Bulgaria concludes armistice negotiations with the

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    Sources

    1. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Military-Genealogy.com, comp / Ancestry.com
    4. UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, Ancestry.com, National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 448001-449500; Reference: 251 / Ancestry.com
    5. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
    6. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 798; Folio: 34; Page: 7; GSU roll: 1341188 / Ancestry.com
    7. Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 652 / Ancestry.com
    8. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
    9. UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, Commonwealth War Graves Commission; London, United Kingdom; Thiepval Memorial France, Somme And The Ancre, 1916-1917, Part VII Buckley-Campbell / Ancestry.com
    10. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com
    11. 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG12; Piece: 2143; Folio: 46; Page: 10; GSU roll: 6097253 / Ancestry.com
    12. 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 1072; Folio: 57; Page: 18; GSU roll: 827494 / Ancestry.com
    13. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    14. 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14; Piece: 5002; Schedule Number: 355 / Ancestry.com
    15. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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    Historical events

    Birthday December 10, 1866

    • The temperature on December 10, 1866 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
      • May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
      • June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
      • June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
      • July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
      • August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.

    Day of marriage December 15, 1888

    • The temperature on December 15, 1888 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
      • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
      • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
      • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
      • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
      • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

    Day of death February 23, 1917

    • The temperature on February 23, 1917 was between -1.9 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
      • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
      • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
      • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
      • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
      • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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