Happy Evelyn (Howlett) Button (1894 - abt. 1975)

Born 16 Jan 1894 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Sydney Button — married 11 Sep 1915 in Romford, St. Andrew, Essex, England

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Biography

Happy was born about 1894. She is the daughter of Samuel Howlett and Anna Unknown. ^[1]

1901 England Census

Name: Evelyn H Howlett

Age: 7

Estimated birth year: abt 1894

Relation to Head: Daughter

Gender: Female

Father: Samuel C Howlett

Mother: Annie C Howlett

Birth Place: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Civil Parish: Bury St Edmunds

Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Evangelist

Town: Bury St Edmunds

County/Island: Suffolk

Country: England

Street address:

Registration district: Bury St Edmunds

Sub-registration district: Bury St Edmunds

Household Members: Name Age

Samuel C Howlett 32

Annie C Howlett 24

Claudine Howlett 9

Evelyn H Howlett 7

Caroline Howlett 5

Harriet Howlett 2^[2]

1911 England Census

Name: Happy Evelyn Howlett

Age in 1911: 17

Estimated birth year: abt 1894

Relation to Head: Daughter

Gender: Female

Birth Place: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Civil Parish: Hemley, Newbourne, Waldringfield

County/Island: Suffolk

Country: England

Street address: Post Office, Newbourne Nr Woodbridge

Marital status: Single

Occupation: Nurse Domestic

Registration district: Woodbridge

Registration District Number: 214

Sub-registration district: Colneis

Household Members: Name Age

Samuel Cossey Howlett 43

Annie Christina Howlett 44

Claudeine May Howlett 18

Happy Evelyn Howlett 17

Caroline Branch Howlett 15

Harriet Catherine Howlett 11

Alice Mary Howlett 9

Queenie Gwendeline Howlett 2^[3]

Marriage

Name: Happy Evelyn Howlett

Gender: Female

Marriage Age: 21

Record Type: Marriage

Birth Date: abt 1894

Marriage Date: 11 Sep 1915

Marriage Place: Romford, St. Andrew, Essex, England

Father: Samuel Cosey Howlett

Spouse: Arthur Sydney Button^[4]

London, England; Electoral Registers

Name: Happy Evelyn Button

Electoral Date: 1932

Ward or Division/Constituency: City of Westminster

County or Borough: Westminster, England

Residence: 46 Fairholme Road, Gidea Park, Romford, City of Westminster, England^[5]

Passenger List

Name: Evelyn H Button

Arrival Age: 55

Birth Date: abt 1894

Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa

Arrival Date: 30 Sep 1949

Port of Arrival: Southampton, England

Address in United Kingdom: 6 Manor Road, Romford, Essex

Ports of Voyage: Durban; East London; Port Elizabeth; Cape Town and Madeira

Ship Name: Pretoria Castle

Shipping Line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd^[6]

Death Registration

Name: Evelyn Happy Button

Death Age: 81

Birth Date: 16 Jan 1894

Registration Date: Apr/May/Jun 1975

Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun

Registration district: Havering

Inferred County: Greater London^[7]

Burial

Name: Evelyn Happy Button

Register Type: Burial

Death Date: abt 1975

Burial or Cremation Date: 30 May 1975

Burial or Cremation Place: Havering, London, England^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Mary Rudd, Mar 9, 2013
2. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Class: RG13; Piece: 1754; Folio: 9; Page: 10. Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005
3. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Class: RG14; Piece: 10873; Schedule Number: 10. Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011
4. ↑ Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers. Ancestry.com. Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019
5. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Electoral Registers. Ancestry.com. London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010
6. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1255. Ancestry.com. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008
7. ↑ General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 13; Page: 0186. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2007
8. ↑ Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes. Ancestry.com. Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=2199684

Acknowledgments

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