Individual Details
Jane Frances BUTLER
(3 Dec 1867 - 9 Mar 1946)
Jane's baptismal sponsors were Charles Hobbs and Marianna Dunworth.
Jane and her sister Mary married two brothers - Jane married James Hussey and Mary married his brother Thomas. Apparently neither marriage was happy.
Following the death of her son Philip in World War I, Jane carried the condolence letters from his commanding officers in her handbag everywhere she went and was distraught when the handbag was stolen. The thief must have realised their importance because a few days later they were put back through her letterbox.
The 1939 Register (data gathered in September of that year) shows Jane and her daughter Winifred, as vistors at a care home located at 14 Westbrooke, Worthing, Sussex. As patients and their visitors appear to be grouped together in the register, could they have been visiting Elizabeth Butler, the 70-year-old widow who is listed a couple of lines further down (with only a staff member entry separating the Husseys from Elizabeth)? If so, then how does Elizabeth fit in to the Butler family tree? She appears to be the Elizabeth Butler who died in Worthing in Q2 of 1942 aged 72.
Jane's granddaughter Sheila Hussey remembers that she and her sisters used to refer to Jane as 'Granny Miaow' because when seated she nearly always had a cat perched on her knee. I have heard her described as a "formidable woman".
According to her death record, Jane died of (1a) cerebral haemorrhage, (1b) acute toxaemia, (1c) quincy [severe tonsilitis] and (2) chronic valvular disease of the heart. The informant was her son Martin.
Jane and her sister Mary married two brothers - Jane married James Hussey and Mary married his brother Thomas. Apparently neither marriage was happy.
Following the death of her son Philip in World War I, Jane carried the condolence letters from his commanding officers in her handbag everywhere she went and was distraught when the handbag was stolen. The thief must have realised their importance because a few days later they were put back through her letterbox.
The 1939 Register (data gathered in September of that year) shows Jane and her daughter Winifred, as vistors at a care home located at 14 Westbrooke, Worthing, Sussex. As patients and their visitors appear to be grouped together in the register, could they have been visiting Elizabeth Butler, the 70-year-old widow who is listed a couple of lines further down (with only a staff member entry separating the Husseys from Elizabeth)? If so, then how does Elizabeth fit in to the Butler family tree? She appears to be the Elizabeth Butler who died in Worthing in Q2 of 1942 aged 72.
Jane's granddaughter Sheila Hussey remembers that she and her sisters used to refer to Jane as 'Granny Miaow' because when seated she nearly always had a cat perched on her knee. I have heard her described as a "formidable woman".
According to her death record, Jane died of (1a) cerebral haemorrhage, (1b) acute toxaemia, (1c) quincy [severe tonsilitis] and (2) chronic valvular disease of the heart. The informant was her son Martin.
Events
| Birth | 3 Dec 1867 | 18 Edwardes Square, Kensington, London | |||
| Christen | 22 Dec 1867 | Church of Our Lady of Victories, High St., Kensington, London | |||
| Marriage | 13 Aug 1891 | Our Lady of Victories Church (Pro-Cathedral), High St., Kensington - James HUSSEY | |||
| Death | 9 Mar 1946 | 35 Dewhurst Road, Hammersmith, London | |||
| Burial | 13 Mar 1946 | St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, London (grave no. 2845 XP) |
Families
| Spouse | James HUSSEY (1865 - 1936) |
| Child | Michael Robert HUSSEY (1892 - 1980) |
| Child | Philip James HUSSEY (1894 - 1916) |
| Child | Stephen Joseph HUSSEY (1895 - 1978) |
| Child | Anne (Nan, Annie) Mary HUSSEY (1899 - 1990) |
| Child | Martin James HUSSEY (1901 - 1971) |
| Child | Winifred (Winnie) M. HUSSEY (1902 - 1993) |
| Child | Augustine (Austin) Thomas HUSSEY (1907 - 1992) |
| Father | George Patrick BUTLER (1834 - 1911) |
| Mother | Jane LYNCH (1834 - 1902) |
| Sibling | George Joseph BUTLER (1863 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Mary Theresa BUTLER (1865 - 1953) |
| Sibling | William John BUTLER (1869 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Winifred Mary BUTLER (1876 - 1919) |