Emma Rhoebenie Gandy, Decatur County, Iowa, old photo

Another wonderful find from an eBay listing. Hope a family sees this and buys it!

William Wain Butcher, 1830, Windermere, Westmorland, England, Last Will & Testament

Extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of York

WILLIAM WAIN BUTCHER

This is the last Will and Testament of me, William Wain Butcher, a Master in the Royal Navy, now living at Bowness, in the Parish of Windermere and County of Westmorland, which I make in form and manner following.

First, I appoint my dear wife; my son, John; and my friends, Daye  Barker of Birkdault, near Ulverston, in the County of Lancashire, Thomas A. Beck of Esthwaite Lodge near Hawkshead and County of Lancashire, and the Reverend Robert Collinson of Queen's College, Oxford, now of Abby Holme in Cumberland, my joint Executors, their heirs and assigns, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

First, I direct that all my just debts shall be paid. I next give to my dear wife for her own use all my furniture, plate, &c. &c. in the house, of whatever description it may be, and one thousand pounds to be paid to her within six months after my death; and the interest of all my real and personal estate, of whatever name or description it may be, excepting my estate called Turnflat or Old Hills near Dalton in the County of Lancashire, which I give and devise unto my son, John, to mark my approbation of his conduct, at the age of sixteen. I have perfect confidence in my dear wife's judgment, care and attention of my children during life and widowhood. After the death of my said wife or sooner determination of her Widowhood, then my executors shall apply the rents and profits of all my real and personal estate to the support of my children, in such proportions as they may think best, and any parts of the principal, as far as one thousand pounds to each, for education or any other purpose they may think fit, being part of his or her share. And, as soon as convenient, after my youngest child shall attain the age of twenty one, my executors shall turn all my real and personal estate into money and divide the same amongst all my children, share and part alike. Should any die, leaving lawful children, such child or children shall have the father or mother's share amongst them, notwithstanding the direction I have given to my Executors respecting the division of my real and personal estate, share and part alike, amongst my children, after my youngest child attains the age of twenty one. Should they think, from any circumstance that may arise, that it would be better or more to the advantage of any child to purchase an annuity for her or him, with the whole or any part of his or her proportion, or settle it in any other way, as I might have done had I been living, then I will and direct that my executors exercise that power vested in them, without being answerable to him or her in any way. I have some small legacies belonging to my children, as stated in my book no. one, which are to be paid as a debt out of my estate, and anything standing in that book against any of my children which may have been expenses on their education, or otherwise, shall be considered and taken as part of his or her share of my real and personal estate. The book alluded to above has all my real and personal estate on one side and all my debts on the other, which I direct may be taken as part of my Last Will and Testament. My executors shall not be answerable for any loss that may occur in any transaction, and their receipts shall be a good discharge to any purchaser or in any transaction.

WW Butcher

Signed, sealed, published and declared as the last Will and Testament of William Wain Butcher, in our presence, and in the presence of each other, August 18th 1836,
William Garnett, Thomas Procter, Roger Barrow

Proved at London, 1st August 1839, before the Judge, by the Oath of Alice Butcher, widow, the relict, Daye Barker and Thomas Alcock Beck, that of the Executors to whom admon was granted, having been first sworn in by Common duly to administer power reserved of making the life grant to John W. Butcher, the son, and the Revd Robert Collinson, Clark, the other Executors, which they shall for the same.

Nathan Morse, Died Feb 7th 1862, Aged 70 year (Cheshire, New Hampshire)

Found this on an online auction site.

Adaline Gold, Sharon, Vermont, photo

This daguerreotype is for sale on an online auction right now. Hopefully, a family member will purchase it.

Adaline Gold, Sharon, Vermont

Joseph Fussell & Sarah Emily Robert Fussell, photos, Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania

Found these photos for sale on an online auction site and thought that I'd share them, in the hope that a family member will go there and purchase them. They need to be in a family home, don't they?!

JOSEPH FUSSELL

SARAH EMILY (ROBERTS) FUSSELL

WILLIAM L. FUSSELL

 

Kendal, Westmorland, England, Jacob Stubbs, Oddfellows Ball, written in vernacular, 1844

Kendal Mercury, Saturday, 06 Jan 1844, page 3

HODD FELLOW'S BAWL
To t' Hededitur o't' Kendal Merkery.

Mr Hedditur,

As ye like ta git o t'news ets fleen aboot cuntry ta put intul't Merkery, I've taen the libberty of tellen ye what mity grand wark thar was et Hodd Fello's Bawl et Applebe, ev nu year day et neet. Aboot six o'clock t'lasses began t'gether up, en foke come fra o' arts en parts,en for o' it was freesen, yan was like to burst it was sae scumfishin. They hed three fiddels, en yan o' them was a gert big 'un, et mayde t'room o' shak agayn, en then for ther dancen it capt o', -- they flu aboot ev o' direcshuns, en I thout many a time they wad ha been lost, but I beleeve they had it o' off be hart, as they niver mayde any mistaks. T'lasses war terrubel fine, en I thout they had left nine ev ther best duds et yam, but sec o' lot o' sweet creeters I never saw in o' my life befoure, -- en for o' I hed me Sunda claes on, I dursnt speek to yan ev them, they war sae grand.

I wish ye hed been theer, Mr Hedditur, ye mite hev ritten a hal buke en niver stopt. O, man, it was a fine seet. Et twea o'clok t'bawl brak up. Theer was nea fun wev feighten, es we hev et our merry neets, for they wer o' as quiet es lams. Noo, I hed a thout in gangen aman thur Hodd Fellos, as they seemed a set o' varra respectabl luking chaps, but when I went up to yan o' them, en began to ax questens iv him, he put on sec a misterus luke, en tell'd me he was sworn secret; noo, if ye kna out aboot them, en I've nea doot but ye'll hev sum kind of a kenning, for fouk sa that ye kna summet aboot every bodies consarn, I was be muckle obleeged if ye wad tell me what t'entry is, en hoo lang et'el be befoure I can git any brass oot again. If I see hout worth senden, at any time, al always let ye hev't we plisure.

I remaine, yer obedent sarvant,
JACOB STUBBS
Fra t'Dale.

Many Newspaper Items re: death of Ralph Stubbs, Artist, 1826-1879, Yorkshire, England

Aberdeen Evening Express, Thursday, 03 Apr 1879, page 4
DEATH OF A YORKSHIRE ARTIST
Mr. Ralph Stubbs, well known throughout the whole of Yorkshire as an artist, expired at Lewisham, near Whitby, on Sunday morning.
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Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Wednesday, 02 Apr 1879, page 2
DEATH OF A WHITBY ARTIST
On Sunday morning, as the "ding dongs" of the village church bells were sounding, and when the honest and quiet folk of the country were wending their way to offer their prayers and thanksgiving to the Creator of all good, there departed from this world to the Haven of Rest the pisit of a man whose name has been a household word in almost every home of refinement and taste in Yorkshire. We refer to the demise of Ralph Stubbs, the artist.

In the quiet and somewhat remote village of Lewisham, Mr Stubbs spent his last days, apart from the vast number of friends and admirers which he possessed. Few in the locality in which he died knew his singular ability as an artist, though many would no doubt have preivously learnt how to appreciate him as a jovial fellow, full of anecdote, mischief, and fun. Wherever he went he was the life and soul of the company, accommodating to all, and generaous to a fault. He was born at Burlington Quay some fifty years ago, and he was reared among those very scenes which he knew so well how to depict on canvas. The wild scenery of the Yorkshire coast had charms for him, and while a boy of tender years he rambled along the shores sketching the rugged headlands, with the ever-restless seas dashing beneath.

He had no schooling--his parents were too poor or too careless to train the youth; and of book learning, as understood now-a-days, he had none. Nature, perhaps the best teacher of all, embraced him as a favourite, and certainly no child of Nature was ever more diligent in learning. He passionately loved to roam about the wilds of the coast, and he plied his pencil, and latterly his brush, with a devotedness and an earnestness which could not fail to be recognised. He had no patron; no one ever gave him a lesson in drawing; no one ever taught him how to blend the colours; no one ever suggested to him the value of a due regard for perspective. All this was born in him. Correctness of drawing, the judicious blending of colours, and the proper appreciation of perspective came intuitively to him. He was pre-eminently self-taught. He was passionately fond of art, and he worked, and worked nobly, for it. The difficulties he had to encounter in early life were enough to discourage many an enthusiast, but difficulties to him, while in his youth and in the bloom of manhood, were but incentives to him. He was conscious that his delineations of the scenery amidst which he lived were in the man correct, and he cared not for the carping criticisms of bejewelled drawing-room coinnoisseurs who could not see merit in any pictures unless there occurred in it "angles" or scantily-dressed nymphs.

In his earlier life he worked hard; he knew that while he possessed the talent he could make no mark in the world of art unless he worked, and he toiled with a will and with an enthusiasm which, even in a less naturally gifted man, must in the end have commanded success. His earlier works fell into the hands of the picture dealers, and they were afterwards bought by other better skilled as judges of art work, and were thus spread over various parts of the country. As time went on, and as his facilities for observing interesting objects became more numerous, the scope and variety of his work became more obvious and, needless to say, more matured. Commissions came in thick and fast. The poor struggling artist had achieved a name. The neglected gem, so long concealed in common clay, so long hid in obscurity, became the talk of the world of art. His admirers were numerous and influential. He was petted on all sides, and, like many more men with stronger mental calibre than he ever possessed, he fell a victim to the flatterer's smooth tongue. He was introduced to good society, but in some cases was injudiciously treated, and, unfortunately for him, he contracted habits which he could never afterwards entirely shake off. He struggled hard to beat his enemy; but it was to the interest of some to prevent him becoming master of himself, and when once in the hands of knaves it was more than he could do, looking at the matter in the light he did, to recover himself. He had other troubles it would be unwise to mention here, which sometimes drove him into courses not suggested by prudence. The mistakes and follies of his youth told upon him as he grew older, but it cannot be said that his love of his art was any the less sincere and enthusiastic, or that his hand ever lost its cunning.

When he became known to the world as a genuine and original artist he left the place of his birth and located himself at Scarborough. He did  not remain there very long, but removed to York, then to Filey, and thence to Whitby. At the latter place he painted some of his best pictures. At Whitby, as is well known, there is all the scenery, both marine and pastoral, which delight the eye of a true artist and a sincere lover of nature. The coast abounds with that grand, romantic scenery, that sombre and majestic beauty which no human hand can create; while, inland, there are the expansive moors with their old thatched homesteads, and away down in the valley the pure pastoral beauties of the English home life -- each valley alive with human industry, each valley with its glistening streams overhung with luxuriant foliage, and each stream with its rustic bridge. These were the scenes in which the ardent student of nature loved to linger; these were the scenes he knew how to paint so well. Perhaps it may be said that Mr Stubbs did not always paint photographically; -- defacto, he did not; but his pictures were not the less works of art from that circumstance. He was by no means a mechanical painter -- he had more poetry in him than that, and here lies, to a considerable extent, the success of some of his finest productions.

The pictures which he sent to the Royal Academy were hung in splendid situations, and the criticism which they called forth hat the time of their appearance were highly appreciative. But his pictures could scarcely be fairly appreciated then, nor can they be now. .They are altogether different in style to those of other artists. They are strikingly original, and, though some of them may appear to be crude in conception and rather careless in drawing, there is on every one of them the stamp of genius. It would take too much space to enumerate even those of his pictures that are well known. They are scattered all over Yorkshire, and grace some of the finest collections in the best known galleries. There are many in the hands of the picture dealers, and their value has been for years on the increase, and as time goes on they will become even more valuable.

In the quiet churchyard are now laid the mortal remains of Ralph Stubbs. With all his skill as an artist, it is feared that he has died in poverty. He never thought of the proverbial rainy day. He was a generous man, with a kind and good heart. All who knew him not only admired, but loved him. He is now at rest, after a strangely restless life, and the deft little hands will paint no more to charm the lovers of the beautiful.

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Hull Packet, Friday, 04 Apr 1879, page 7
DEATH OF MR. STUBBS, THE ARTIST
The death of Mr. Ralph Stubbs, which melancholy event occurred at Lewisham, near Whitby, on Monday morning, is announced. Deceased was well known throughout Yorkshire as a high-class marine and landscape painter, and had during his life portrayed on canvas much of the familiar and picturesque scenery to be met with on this part of the Yorkshire coast. Particularly does this apply to the neighbourhood of Whitby, which abounds in great natural beauties, and which affords material for the display of high artistic talent. Mr. Stubbs was an unassuming man, who personally did not seek prominence, and a curious illustration of tihs peculiarity is afforded by the fact that he had not up to the year 1872 sent a picture to the Royal Academy. In the year named, Mr. R. Collinson, of Scarborough, who owns a large collection of Stubbs' choicest works, determined to send one of his pictures to the Academy, where it was duly admitted. In the following year, 1873, Stubbs painted a large and magnificent picture for Mr. Collinson of "The Beggar's Bridge", being a representation of a romantic bit of scenery at Egton, near Whitby, which was exhibited in the Royal Academy in that year, and was universally admired.

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Leeds Mercury, Thursday, 05 Jun 1879, page 2
This Day, at two o'clock,
The Collection of PICTURES by Ralph Stubbs, the contents of his Studio, and about 60 Pictures from another source, will be sold by Auction, in our Rooms, East-parade, Leeds. See catalogues. Hepper and Sons, Auctioneers, East-parade, Leeds.

Ralph Stubbs, James Stubbs, Portrait and Landscape Painter, Keswick, Cumberland, England, 1822

Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 12 Oct 1822, page 3

DIED
At Keswick, Mr. Ralph Stubbs, aged 84 years, keeper of the circulating library, and father to Mr. James Stubbs, portrait and landscape painter, of that place. Mr. Stubbs had lived in many parts on the Continent, but chiefly at Ostend, and came to reside at Keswick a few years since, from the Isle of man.

Jane Cornthwaite, Old Hutton, Westmorland, England, 1822, Death Notice

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 19 Oct 1822, page 3

DIED
On Wednesday last, at Bridge-end, Old Hutton, near this town, Mrs. Jane Cornthwaite, in her 87th year. She had six sons and five daughters, all of whom she lived to see married and settled, she was grandmother to eighty-seven, and greatgrandmother to thirty-seven, and such is the spread of her family, that the sun is continually shedding its lustre upon some of her offspring. They are dwellers in Europe, Asia, and America. She was near forty-three years a wife, and twenty-four a widow, she died in the same month, and the same day of the month, on which she committed her husband to the grave, twenty-four years before.

[This will be Jane Home, wife of Richard Cornthwaite -- married in Kirkby Lonsdale in 1756.]

Robert Sewell, Isabella Porter, 1811 Death of Mrs. Sewell, Carlisle, Cumberland, England

The Monthly Magazine, Volume 32, December 1811, page 501
DIED
At Carlisle, Mrs. Isabella Sewell, 25, whose death was occasioned by her clothes being seized by the flames while attending her oven.

Emanuel (Immanuel) Huddlestone, Ulverston, Lancashire, Fair Prize

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday 27 Oct 1838, page 3

Mr. Ellison adverted to the individuals to whom the rewards of the society were granted for meritorious conduct. The first of these was Mr. Emanuel Huddlestone, who had brought up, under circumstances of great hardship and personal industry, fourteen legitimate children without parochial relief.

REWARD No. 32. To the labourer in husbandry who had brought up the greatest number of legitimate children without parochial relief, 5 pounds; awarded to Emanuel Huddlestone, of Ulverston. Four competitors.

Odds and Ends having to do with William Wain Butcher, Windermere, England

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 05 Jan 1839, page 3
DEATHS
After a short illness, on New Years' day, at Cecil-street, London, William Wain Butcher, Esq., of Bowness, in this county, aged 60 years.

Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 28 May 1831, page 3
DIED
On the 17th inst., Charles Bracken, eighth son of William Wain Butcher, Esq. of Bowness, Windermere.

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 07 Jan 1860, page 5
(and Kendal Mercury, Saturday, 07 Jan 1860, page 8)
On the 29th ult., at Bowness, Mrs. Alice Butcher, the last of the daughters of the late rector Barton, of Windermere, aged 70 years, deeply regretted.

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 15 Mar 1823
To be Sold in Public Sale,
At the Parsonage House, Windermere, in the
County of Westmorland, on Tuesday, the First
day of April, 1823, and the two following days,
the Sale to begin at Ten o'Clock in the Morning,
each day.
The whole of the valuable FARMING STOCK, of the late Rev. William Barton, consisting of Cows and Calves of various descriptions and ages; three Work Horses; and upwards of two hundred Sheep, which will be divided into suitable Lots; all sorts of Husbandry Gear, and Farming Implements; Brewing Vessels; Dairy Utensils; and some Household furniture; a quantity of Hay, Straw, and Manure. The Cows and Horses, to be Sold on the First Day, and the Sheep on the Second Day. For further particulars apply at the Parsonage House aforesaid, or to Mr. Barton, Highgate, Kendal. Kendal, 13th Mrach, 1823.

(His death notice is not coming up, no matter how creative my searching is. It appears that findmypast may not have that issue (either in existence or scanned), since I continually find the issues before and after.)

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 18 Sep 1830, page 3
BIRTHS
On the 15th inst., at Bowness, Windermere, the lady of W.W. Butcher, Esq. of a son.

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The Royal Naval School, Camberwell, was a charitable institution founded in 1831 (or 1833) to provide an education for the sons of naval and military officers in needy circumstances, with a preference for orphans of those killed on active service. It closed in 1910. I know that John's father and Barton grandfather were rectors, but does this jive with his other grandfather, by any chance? Just a thought.

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Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 14 Aug 1830, page 3
DEATHS
On the 10th instant, Girlington Butler Butcher, fifth son of William W. Butcher, Esq., of Bowness, Windermere, aged 7 years.

Preston Chronicle, Saturday, 27 Apr 1867
DEATHS
On the 20th instant, Mr. Edward Bracken, butcher, Fleetwood, aged 35.

JAMES BUTCHER
The Argus (Melbourne), 19 May 1869, page 3
(Report of his Will Probate)
Executors: Robert Robertson, a storekeeper; Wilson Martin, a farmer; and Charles Bucannon, a farmer.
Probate was granted 18 May 1869. No family mentioned in the report. James was listed as "a gentleman".

Kendal Mercury, Saturday, 17 Jul 1869, page 3
On the 4th of April, at Ondit, Australia, James Butcher, Esq., son of the late W.W. Butcher, Esq., Windermere.

(You will want to correct your birth dates for the children, as they are Christening dates.)
IGI Batch #C012792 (Windermere) -- Children of William Wain & Alice Butcher
Henry, ch 24 Oct 1832, burial 10 May 1833
Alice, ch 30 Aug 1824, burial 08 Sep 1824
Jane, ch 20 Sep 1827, burial 25 Sep 1827
Charles Bracken, ch 19 Sep 1830, burial 20 May 1831
Elizabeth, ch 18 Apr 1816
Edward, ch 26 Oct 1818
William Wain Barton, birth 31 Jan 1822, ch 21 mar 1822 (Yippee! A birth! They didn't usually include them!)

Wow! how bizarre is this for naming: William Butler Barton Butcher (son of William Wain Barton Butcher) married Alice Butcher (daughter of William Barton) on 24 Apr 1889 in Windermere. (Batch M012794)

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(Seen on Ancestry)
1832 Poll Books and Electoral Register (ancestry)
William Wain Butcher
Place of Abode: Windermere
Nature of Qualification: Freehold House and Land in Crook Township

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Seen on Ancestry (image 4 of 59)
1830 Burial Records for ALL SOULS CEMETERY in Kensal Green (London).
William Wain Butcher, R.M.
Abode: Bowness Westmorland, 19 Cecil Street, Strand, St. Clement, Danes
Date of burial: 09 Jan 1839
Age: 59

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Don't know if this is your guy, but probable.

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 10 Feb 1838, page 3
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
The Rev. R.P. Graves, and William W. Butcher, have this week distributed to the poor of Undermillbeck and Applethwaite, 160 blankets, 600 yards of flannel, with other warm clothing, part of a legacy left by that truly benevolent man the late John Bolton, Esq., of Storrs Hall.

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Morning Post, Monday, 01 Apr 1839, page 4
QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY
Master -- William W. Butcher

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Leeds Intelligencer, Thursday, 28 Aug 1828
WESTMORLAND SUMMER ASSIZES
He was a member of the Grand Jury for the CROWN COURT: W.W. Butcher, Esq. of Bo'ness.

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Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 04 Mar 1820, page 4
Signed as "Freeholder of the County of Westmorland"
"W.W. Butcher, R.N., Elleray"
(Also signed by William Barton, Rector of Windermere)

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Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 16 Nov 1833, page 3
ULVERSTON HUNT
The Cavalry Hunt occurred on Friday, and about 80 horsemen appeared. Some severe runs took place, and all passed off in excellent style . . . In the afternoon, a dinner was served up in the Theatre, to the members of the Cavalry corps, and friends. . . . About six o'clock, sixty-four gentlemen sat down to the sumptuous repast, Colonel Braddyll being received, on his entrance, with military honours. He presided on the occasion, being supported on his right by J.W. Patten, Esq. M.P., Myles Sandys, jun. Esq. and W. Machell, Esq. and on the left by F.L.B. Dykes, Esq. M.P. for Cockermouth, W. Townley, Esq. and Captain Lutwidge, R.N. -- Captain Braddyll was Vice-president. Amongst the distinguished members may be named, Wm. Postlethwaite, Bernard Gilpin, Henry Fell, E.H. Fell, Thos. Gibson, Jno. B. Postlethwaite, Jno. P. Machell, Thomas Ainsworth, Thos. Rosthorne, Jas. Sandys, W.W. Butcher, R.N. . . . The Ball, in the evening, was attended by 97 ladies and gentlemen, and the festivities of the week terminated in perfect good humour and harmony on all sides.

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Westmorland Gazette, Saturday 27 Oct 1838, page 3

NORTH LONSDALE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The first meeting of this highly promising society for the shew of horses, cattle, sheep, &c. took place at Ulverston on Monday last, pursuant to the terms of advertisement. At an early hour in the morning, the influx of the farmers from the surrounding districts gave note of preparation for the proceedings of the day; and about the hour fixed upon for business (elevent o'clock in the forenoon), a large number of visitors had repaired to the field of competition. By twelve o'clock upwards of one thousand persons had congregated on the ground, and were observed in groups descanting ont he merits of the farmers' live stock. Hundreds of people continued either going to the scene or returning from it every minute of the day. Amongst a number of gentlemen present, we observed E.T.G. Braddyll, Esq. of Summerhill, president of this society . . . W.W. Butcher, Esq. of Bowness . . . At about half-past three o'clock the business of the field concluded, and the members of the society proceeded to the large committee room of the Saving's Bank, Ulverston, to partake of a dinner prepared for them by Mrs. Worthington of the Sun Inn. Upwards of a hundred and thirty gentlemen sat down . . . Amongst the company at dinner were . . . the Rev. R.S. Barton, of Heysham, near Lancaster . . . Grace was said by the Rev. S. Barton.
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Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Mar 1838, page 3
A further distribution of blankets and flannel have been made, by the Rev. R.P. Greaves, and W.W. Butcher, Esq., churchwarden, Windermere, amongst the industrious poor of the townships of Applethwaite and Undermillbeck, from the benevolent beques tof the late John Bolton, Esq., Storrs Hall.

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Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 14 May 1831, page 2

WESTMORLAND COUNTY ELECTION, Wednesday, May 11
A few minutes before eleven, the candidates, the hon. H.C. Lowther, and John Wakefield, Esq. of Sedgwich House, as member depute for Alexander Nowell, esq., . . . He  was attended by the hon. Colonel Lowther, J. Hill, M. Atkinson, J. and J. Gandy, W.W. Butcher . . .

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Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 25 October 23, page 1
To be Let by Private Ticket
Either for One year, or a Term of Three Years, and to be entered upon at the usual Times in the Spring of the ensuing Year, 1824,
THE FARM, of BRAITHWAITE FOLD, in the parish of Windermere, now in the occupation of W.W. Butcher, Esq. consisting of Eighteen Acres, or thereabout, of excellent Arable Ground.

Proposals to be made, (if by letter, post paid), to the Rev. John Fleming, Bootle, Cumberland, and in case of any eligible offer, the new Tenant to be declared on or before the 20th of next months.

N.B. The Plantation and small Inclosure contiguous to the Buildings, as also the Wood at the Nab, not to be depastured, nor included in the Lease.

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Morning Post, Monday, 14 Mar 1831, page 1
TO BE LET, Furnished, for Six Months, from the middle of April, HOLLY HILL, a delightful RESIDENCE, near the village of Bowness, on the Banks of Windermere [two words illegible] with every convenience and [one word illegible] for the reception of a Gentleman's family. The House contains very good dining, drawing, and breakfast rooms, a small study, excellent kitchens, pantries, offices, &c. &c., and seven bed-rooms. For further particulars apply to W.W. Butcher, Esq., at Bowness, near Kendal.

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Kentish Gazette, Tuesday, 16 Aug 1836, page 1
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL
The Council having decided to build a School House for the accommodation of 500 Pupils, and having opened a Subscription to carry into effect this most desirable object, consider it respectful to the public . . . The following donations have already been received . . . Master W.W. Butcher, Master, one pound.
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Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 16 Dec 1815, page 2

TO BE SOLD,
IN PUBLIC SALE,
At the house of Mr. James Hudson, the Braddyll's--
Arms Inn, in Ulverston, lancashire, on Fri
day the 22d day of December, 1815, at six
o'clock in the evening,
in DIFFERENT LOTS:

ALL THAT CUSTOMARY MESSUAGE or DWELLING HOUSE, with the Outhouses, Closes of Ground, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate at Tarn Flat, within the manor of Bolton with Adgarley, in the parish of Dalton, in the said county, containing, by estimation, six customary acres, or thereabouts.

Also, all those FOUR CUSTOMARY CLOSES, INCLOSURES, or PARCELS of GROUND, situate near Dalton aforesaid, within the manor of Dalton, in the said county, commonly called or known by the several names of Skillgate Close and the Three Boor Bank Closes, containing together, by estimation, five acres and two rods, of like measure, or thereabouts, all now in the possession of Mr. George Steele, as farm thereof.

And also, all that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or DWELLING HOUSE, situate in Duke-street, in Ulverston aforesaid, in the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Ray, as farm thereof.

The respective farmers will shew the premises, and further particulars may be had of Mr. W.W. Butcher, or Mr. H. Shaw, both of Ulverston, aforesaid, two of the devisees, in trust of the late Mr. Edward Butcher, deceased.

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Morning Post, Wednesday, 25 May 1831, page 1
To be LET, Furnished, for six months, HOLLY HILL, a delightful residence near the village of Bowness, on the bank sof Windermere, replete with every convenience, and suitable for the reception of a Gentleman's family, and a good garden well stocked with fruit and vegetables. The house contains seven bed rooms, a very good dining, drawing, and breakfast room, and small study; excellent kitchens, pantries, offices, &c. A pew in the Church. For further particulars direct, post paid, to W.W. Butcher, Esq., Bowness, Kendal; or to D.H.F., at Messrs. Hodgson's, Booksellers, Wimpole-street, London.

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In 1838, William Wain Butcher (Bowness) was a shareholder in the "Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company".

Andrew Stockdale, Nancy Gregson, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, 1858, Triplets Born, Faith, Hope, Charity

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 16 Jan 1858

BIRTHS
On the 29th ult., at Cracoe, near Skipton, the wife of Mr. Andrew Stockdale, mason, of three daughters, who, with the mother, are doing well. Mrs. Stockdale is 22 years of age, and tihs is her first accouchement.

(Andrew Stockdale married Nancy Gregson during the fourth quarter of 1857. The babies were named Faith, Hope and Charity.)

Death Notice for John Butcher, Windermere, Westmorland, England, 1838

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838, page 3

(The family paid for a black border around the announcement. This is the first time I've ever seen this. They must have been very sad. Christened on 31 Jan 1820, parents: William Wain & Alice Butcher.)

DEATHS
On the 20th instant, at his father's residence, Windermere, of consumption, brought on by too close application to study at the Royal Naval School, Camberwell, John Butcher, aged 18 years, eldest surviving son of William W. Butcher, Esq., and grandson of the late Rev. William Barton, Rector of Windermere, Westmorland.

Jane Birkett (nee Jane Turner, I believe), Death and Inquest, 1838, Sedgwick, Westmorland, England

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838

SUDDEN DEATH AT SEDGWICK

On the evening of Thursday in last week, an old woman of the name of Jane Birkett, residing in Sedgwick, fell suddenly down in her peathouse, and expired in a few minutes afterwards. The following are the statements made by witnesses at the inquest held before the Coroner, Richard Wilson, Esq.

Anne Garnett, of Sedgwick, being examined, said, she was the daughter of Edward Garnett, cooper; that she was helping her to get in some wood slabs for the fire, on Thursday afternoon last. Jane Birket was in a little outhouse putting up the wood as they gave it to her, and two other persons, viz. Mary Garnett and Ellen Remington, were helping witness. When witness was helping a basket of slabs, her (witness' sister) Mary Garnett came and said that Jane Birkett had fallen down amongst the wood; witness immediately went for Margaret Rennison, who returned with her, and they found Jane Birkett in the peathouse lying with her face to the ground. She appears to witness as if she were dying, and she did die soon after they had removed her into the house. Whilst they were getting the wood into the peathouse, Jane Birkett complained very much of cold, and said several times during the afternoon that she was nearly starved to death -- by which she meant that she was suffering much fever through cold.

Margaret Rennison, widow, residing in Sedgwick, said that Anne Garnett had called her on Thursday evening, between five and six o'clock, when she went to Jane Birkett's peat-house, and found her lying with her face to the ground. Witness spoke to her, but she made no answer, and appeared insensible and speechless. Witness then assisted to remove her into the house, and she died in five or ten minutes afterwards; thought she died of a fit, and not by any v iolent means.

Thomasin Blamire, residing in Sedgwick, said she assisted in taking the clothes off the deceased; and that there appeared no marks of violence upon her person.

Verdict. Died by the visitation of God.

George Suart, 1838, Hugill, Westmorland, England, inquest

Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838

SUDDEN DEATH IN HUGILL
On Sunday last, an inquest was held at the Gate Foot House, in the township of Hugill, before Richard Wilson, Esq., coroner, on the body of George Suart, who resided there, and who had suddenly dropped down dead the preceding day.

Isaac Jackson, joiner, Bowness, deposed that he had slept at Mr. George Suart's on Friday night, and on Saturday morning got up at about nine o'clock. When he came down stairs, Mr. Suart was standing in that room near the fire, and then went into the adjoining room and brought witness a comb for his hair. Mr. Suart then sat down, and in course of some conversation, complained of a pain in his breast and between his shoulders. About ten minutes after witness had been down stairs, Mr. Suart dropped from his chair, forward against witness, and fell with his face to the ground, his head coming against witness's thigh. Mr. Suart died instantaneously. William Shepherd was the only person present, and witness was quite sure that no one injured Mr. Suart in any way, and that he did not come by his death from violent means.

William Shepherd, tailor, in Staveley, deposed that he was present at the time Mr. Suart died in the manner described by the last witness. He corroborated the former statement.

George Mecalf, labourer, in Staveley, stated that he had been coming with a horse and cart past this house, when Mr. Suart's servant girl called him in, and said her master had fallen down dead. Witness went and found Mr. Suart lying on the floor with his face downwards; Isaac Jackson, Mrs. Suart, George Suart, and William Shepherd were all present; Mr. Suart was quite dead, and witness assisted Shepherd and Jackson in raising the deceased up and placing him in a chair.

Verdict. Died by the visitation of God in a fit.

Rev. John Pawson, Methodist, death notice, 1806

Stamford Mercury, Friday, 28 March 1806
On Wednesday se'nnight died, at Wakefield, aged 69, in the 44th year of his ministry, the Rev. John Pawson, late one of the praechers in the Methodist connexion in Hull.

Wesleyan Methodist magazine "Recent Deaths" for Late 1829

Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, Volume 9 of the Third Series
There are small descriptions, with each of these death notices, of each person's religious state-of-being. I am just typing up the death dates and places but do not have any more information. These are just a few of them.

19 Sept 1829: At Hilgay, in the Downham Circuit, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, aged 38. A widow and six children are left to deplore their irreparable loss.

28 Oct 1829: At Birmingham, Mary Dolphin, one of the oldest members of the congregation at Cherry Street chapel, and for about forty years a member of the Methodist society. For forty years she was the housekeeper in one of the most respectable families in Birmingham, by whom she was treated with great kindness and confidence.

15 Nov 1829: At Farnsfield, in the Mansfield Circuit, Mary Broadhead, aged sixty-one.

18 Nov 1829: At Belton, in the Epworth Circuit, in the sixtieth year of his age, Joseph Whittingham.

23 Nov 1829: At Sawrey-Mount Cottage, in the Ulverstone Circuit, John Eccles, Esq., in the sixty-ninth year of his age.

06 Dec 1829: At Moorfields, London, Ann Berchell.

12 Dec 1829: At Worcester, Thomas Lewis, aged sixty-eight.

13 Dec 1829: At Wolsingham, in the county of Durham, Mrs. Elizabeth Hindmarch, aged forty-nine, following to the tomb her husband and eldest son, in a very short period.

Ravenstonedale, Westmorland, England, Schoolmaster, Poem, 1819

ON THE DISTURBANCES WHICH NOW EXIST IN RAVENSTONEDALE

Harsh discord reigns amongst us all,
The voice of reason, -- friendship's call,
No more we hear again:
But cruel anger, deadly rage,
For once have pitch'd their worldly stage
On our once happy plain.

In search of peace in vain we try,
For peace is fled beyond the sky,
To seek a happier Land:
Both love and friendship meet her there,
From worldly, objects free, from care,
And every vicious hand.

O cease, contending passions, cease;
Sweet hope, restore thy wonted peace,
Restore thy wonted rest:
Give me that soft, persuasive power,
That I, in some propitious hour,
Again may see us blest.

O'er this tempestuous sea of strife,
And all the troubles of this life,
May we securely sail:
At length may we attain that shore,
Where angry billows cease to roar,--
Where friendship blows the gale.

Ravenstonedale, March, 1819

(It will not be improper to inform such of our readers as are not acquainted with the circumstances, that the disturbances here alluded to have been occasioned by the recent election of a school-master at Ravenstonedale.)

Westmorland Gazette
Saturday 27 March 1819