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Bron's Great Great Grandfather

Benjamin BUTTON

1834 ~ 1889



Timeline/Personal Profile

Year

Date

Event

Details

1834

?

Birth

Stoke by Nayland, Suffock, England ~ To Thomas & ? (nee MAYHEW) BUTTON

1856

11 Sep

Travel

Boarded 'Egmont' bound for New Zealand

1856

-

Document

Diary of journey on 'Egmont'

1856

23 Dec

Travel

Arrived in Port of Lyttleton and settled in Christchurch

?

?

Business

Set up business: Painter/Decorator

1859

?

Hobby

Elected to the first comm. of the Christchurch Insectarium? Institute

?

?

Hobby

He lent his collection of Moths & Butterflies to the opening entertainment of the Institute

?

?

Hobby

He became leader of the Christchurch Philharmonic Society's Orchestra

?

?

Hobby

He became leader of the Christchurch Band and had "put in on the map"

?

?

Hobby

He provided the music for the ball held in the Town Hall, Christchurch in aid of the Taranaki Fund

1861

28 Feb

Marriage

Julia Davis MONEY @ St Michaels, Christchurch by Rev. Chas Alabaster. C.F. Money was witness

1861

18 Nov

Birth

Daughter Ida (died 1946)

1863

?

Birth

Son Arthur Frederick (died 1863 @ 3mths)

1863

05 Feb

Death

Wife Julia aged 27

1864

Oct

Business

He took James Paton into partnership in his painting business

1865

?

Business

He sent to the Dunedin Exhibition held, twelve samples of painting on board imitating graining on marbles. These were highly praised

1865

16 March

Travel

Travelled to England on 'Airedale, Albion and Wellesley'

1865

-

Document

Diary of journey to England

1865

10 Oct

Marriage

Sarah dau of Joseph & Elizabeth (nee HONEYBALL) SAGE @ Reigate, Surrey, England

1866

?

Birth

Daughter Alice (twin)

1866

?

Birth

Daughter Louisa (twin)

1867

Sep

Hobby

He was member of the reconstructed? Christchurch Musical Union (doesn't tie in, as I thought he was in England at this time)

1870

?

Birth

Daughter Ellen (died 1942)

1870-1872?

?

Travel

Arrived back in New Zealand

1872

?

Hobby

Bandmaster of C.Y.C. Band

1872

Apr

Business

He had a partner called John C. Lloyd but they parted

1872

17 Nov

Birth

Daughter May (died 1958) [My great grandmother]

1873

Feb

Hobby

He was on the Comm. of the Mandelosohn? Society

1873

?

Birth

Son Sidney (died 1884)

1873

?

Hobby

As Bandmaster of the Christchurch Brass Band he announced that the band was ready to accept outdoor or indoor engagements

1875

?

Birth

Son Egmont (died 1920)

1876

?

Hobby

The C.Y.C. Band gave him a dinner & presentation

1877

?

Birth

Daughter Gertrude (died 1879)

1879

?

Birth

Daughter Laura

1882

Sep

Hobby

The C.Y.C. again entertained him to dinner. This was to mark the end of his service as conductor of the C.Y.C. Band, a position he had held for the last ten years

?

?

Hobby

He was first violin to the St Cecilia Musical Society

?

?

Hobby

He was first violin to the Orchestral Society

?

?

Hobby

He belonged to the Free Thought Assoc. & the Freethinkers were indebted to him for many musical evenings

1889

25 Sep

Document

Last Will & Testament

1889

21 Oct

Death

He died at his residence in Colombo Street @ 55 years

1889

24 Oct

Burial

Linwood Cemetery

1896

24 Nov

Document

Bankrupcy (by both his accountant and his friend to write Sarah his wife out of the will)

1896

03 Dec

Document

Release of Bankrupcy








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