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BUTCHER, Matilda
1854 - 1939 (84 years) Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1810 - 1872 (62 years)-
Name BUTCHER, Matilda Birth 29 May 1854 Martock, Somerset, England 
Gender Female Death 1939 Bristol Registration District, Glolucestershire Person ID I5484 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father BUTCHER, Eli, b. 1810, Martock, Somerset, England d. 1872, Yeovil Registration District, Somerset (Age 62 years) Mother WEAKLEY, Mary, b. 1814, Martock, Somerset, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 22 Apr 1834 Martock, Somerset, England Family ID F1678 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ELLIOTT, George Tom, b. 1856, Broadwindsor, Dorset, England d. 1922, Bristol Registration District (Age 66 years) Marriage 1876 Yeovil Registration District, Somerset Family ID F2206 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MATILDA BUTCHER 1854-19??
Matilda, daughter of Eli BUTCHER, labourer, and his wife Mary, was born on 29 May 1854 and baptised at Martock, Somerset, on 19 July.
(PR via Ancestry tree)
(GRO June Q 1854 [WEAKLY sic] Yeovil 05C 565)
From the 1861 census of North Street, Martock, Somerset:
Eli BUTCHER, head, aged 47, agricultural labourer, born at Martock;
Mary BUTCHER, wife, aged 45, glover, born at Martock;
Harriet BUTCHER, daughter, aged 20, born at Martock;
Ann BUTCHER, daughter, aged 17, born at Martock;
Henry BUTCHER, son, aged 15, agricultural labourer, born at Martock;
*Matilda BUTCHER, daughter, aged 7, born at Martock;
Mary Jane BUTCHER, daughter, aged 3, born at Martock.
(RG9/1642/13/20)
From the 1871 census of North Street, Martock, Somerset:
Eli BUTCHER, head, aged 63, agricultural labourer, born at Martock, Somerset;
Mary BUTCHER, wife, aged 58, born at Martock, Somerset;
Mary J. BUTCHER, daughter, aged 13, born at Martock, Somerset;
*Matilda BUTCHER, servant, aged 17, general servant, born at Martock, Somerset;
Clara ROGERS, granddaughter, aged 3, scholar, born at Martock, Somerset;
John HILL, lodger, unmarried, aged 24, basket maker, born at Martock, Somerset.
(RG10/2414/16/23)
George Tom ELLIOTT married Matilda BUTCHER at Martock, Somerset, on 23 August 1876. He was a 20 year old bachelor from Martock, a railway policeman, and son of George ELLIOTT, carpenter. Matilda was a 22 year old spinster from Martock, the daughter of Eli BUTCHER, labourer. Witnesses were Henry BUTCHER and Francesca ELLIOTT.
(FreeReg)
(GRO September Q 1876 Yeovil 5c 679)
The 1881 census of 27 Ceylon Street, Battersea, Surrey:
Tom ELLIOTT, head, aged 24, carpenter, born at Pilsor Hill, Dorset;
*Matilda ELLIOTT, wife, aged 26, carpenter's wife, born at Martock, Somerset;
Beatrice ELLIOTT, daughter, aged 3, born at Ilminster, Somerset;
Tom ELLIOTT, son, aged 2, born at Ilminster, Somerset;
Anne ELLIOTT, daughter, aged 3 days, born at Battersea, Surrey;
Mary BUTCHER, boarder, aged 67, widow, glover, born at Martock, Somerset.
(RG11/653/6/6)
The 1901 census of 1 Weight Road, Moorfields, Bristol:
George Tom ELLIOTT, head, married, aged 44, carpenter, worker, born at Broadwindsor, Dorset;
*Matilda ELLIOTT, wife, married, aged 46, carpenter, worker, born at Martock, Somerset;
Tom George ELLIOTT, single, aged 22, grocer's packer, worker, born at Ilminster, Somerset;
Anne Matilda ELLIOTT, single, aged 19, paper bag maker, worker, born sat Battersea, London;
Frank ELLIOTT, son, single, aged 17, toy maker, worker, born at Colyton, Devon;
Agrariah ELLIOTT, son, single, aged 15, printer compositor, worker, born at Exeter, Devon;
Hilda ELLIOTT, daughter, single, aged 9, born at Bristol, Gloucestershire;
Dorothea ELLIOTT, daughter, single, aged 4, born at Bristol, Gloucestershire.
(RG13/2391/118/1)
The 1911 census of 5, Victoria Road, Redfield, Bristol:
George T. ELLIOTT, head, aged 54, married, carpenter at chocolate factory, born at Broadwinsor, Dorset;
*Matilda ELLIOTT, wife, aged 55, married 34 years, 9 children of whom 6 living, born at Martock, Somerset;
Hilda ELLIOTT, daughter, aged 19, born at Bristol;
Dorothy ELLIOTT, daughter, aged 14, born at Bristol.
(RG14 PN14951 RD319 SD5 ED5 SN100)
The death of a Matilda ELLIOTT aged 85 was registered in 1939.
(GRO September Q 1939 Bristol 6a 179)
Note: Proof requires a death certificate
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1891 Census: Untraced
(revised 09.11.2015)