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BUTCHER, Ada Louisa
1875 - 1961 (85 years) Has 15 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1841 - 1911 (70 years)-
Name BUTCHER, Ada Louisa Birth 14 Feb 1875 Petersfield Registration District, Hampshire 
Gender Female Death 1961 Winchester, Hampshire, England Person ID I3108 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Father BUTCHER, George, b. 6 Jul 1841, Martock, Somerset, England d. 25 Jul 1911, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 70 years) Mother COOPER, Ellen, b. 19 Jun 1840, Kirdford, Sussex, England d. 8 Mar 1917, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 76 years) Marriage 31 Jul 1865 Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex Family ID F609 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PRATT, John William, b. 17 Mar 1872, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England d. 1958, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 85 years) Marriage 1897 Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire Children 1. PRATT, Ada, b. 1897, Farnborough, Hampshire d. Aft 1901 (Age > 5 years)Family ID F1546 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - BUTCHER, Ada Louisa (1875-1961)
Ada Louisa BUTCHER was born in 1875. The 1939 Register records her birth on 14 February 1875.
(GRO March Q 1875 Petersfield 2c 130)
She is listed in the 1881 census returns at The Square, Petersfield, Hampshire:
George BUTCHER, head, aged 39, a licensed victualler, born at Martock, Somerset;
Ellen BUTCHER, wife, aged 40, born at Kirdford, Sussex;
Agnes E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Petersfield;
Harriet BUTCHER, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Persfield;
*Ada L. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Petersfield;
Lilley E. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 2, born at Petersfield.
There were also six unmarried lodgers:
Thomas HALPIN, aged 55, born in Ireland, a bricklayer's labourer;
William F. CHAPMAN, aged 28, born at Hatcham, Kent, a painter;
Thomas LLOYD, aged 20, born at Glamorgan in Wales, a carpenter;
Robert SMITH, aged 59, born at Swaffham, Norfolk, a painter;
John SEWARD, aged 38, born at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, a blacksmith;
James WILLIAMS, aged 30, born at Chichester, Sussex, a general labourer.
(RG11/1240/60/4)
From the 1891 census of Eastbourne, Sussex:
Ada BUTCHER(?), servant, aged 17, nursemaid, born at Petersfield, Hampshire.
(RG12/772/123/29)
She married John William PRATT in 1897.
(GRO June Q 1897 Hartley W. 2c 383)
The 1901 census for 91 Kings Road, Chelsea:
John W. PRATT, head, aged 29, coachbuilder's labourer, born at Sleaford, Lincolnshire;
*Ada L. PRATT, wife, aged 27, born at Petersfield, Hampshire;
Ada PRATT, daughter, aged 3, born at Farnborough, Hampshire.
(RG13/77/91/36)
The 1911 census of 46 Peabody Road South, Farnborough, Hampshire:
George BUTCHER, head, aged 67, grocer and general stores, born at Martock, Somerset;
Ellen BUTCHER, wife, aged 70, married 45 years, born at Kirdford, Sussex;
John PRATT, lodger, aged 38, valett, born at Stafford (sic);
*Ada Louisa PRATT, wife, aged 36, married 15 years, born at Petersfield.
(RG14PN6255/RG78PN297/RD109/SD2/ED5/SN62)
From the 1939 Register of 25 Kingsgate Street, Winchester M.B., Hampshire:
John W. PRATT, born 17 March 1872, married, butler college house
*Ada L. PRATT, born 14 February 1875, married, wife
(RG101/2360D/008/15)
The death of Ada PRATT aged 85 was registered in 1961.
(GRO March Q 1958 Winchester 6b 10276)
(revised 09.02.2026)
- BUTCHER, Ada Louisa (1875-1961)