Basil Aubrey Butcher (1920-2016)

Dates

Birth: 1 December 1920 York, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Harry Arthur Butcher 1874-1942
Mother: Daisy Marie (Maria) Allen 1884-1974

Marriage: April-June 1946 South Northumberland, UK
Wife: Jane Isobel Bonner 1921-2002

Death: 3 February 2016

Children

Madeleine Butcher 1947
Anne M Butcher [Baker] 1950-a1971

Notes

Birth of Basil A Butcher, mother's maiden name Allen, in FreeBMD in October-December 1920 in York (9D 75).

In the 1921 census as Basil Aubrey Butcher born in York, Yorkshire in 1920 and living with Harry Arthur and Daisy Marie Butcher (parents?), Kenneth Allen and Sydney Martin (brothers?) and Eva Wise (born in Yorkshire in 1897) in York, Yorkshire (East Riding).

In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Basil A Butcher born 1 December 1920, single, an engineering works apprentice, and living with Harry A and Daisy M Butcher (parents?) at 32 Lambton House Moor Crescent, Gosforth, Northumberland.

Marriage of Basil A Butcher and Jane I Bonner in FreeBMD in April-June 1946 in Nthmbld S (10B 700).

His daughter was registered in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1947

Two entries in Ancestry All Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974 for Basil A Butcher address 4 East Front, Brandling Place, Jesmond in 1947 and 1949, other occupants Jane I Butcher (wife?), Anne W Boundry, and Douglas and Brenda Ridley in 1947, and Joan Taylor in 1949.

His daughter was registered in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1950.

Nineteen entries in Ancestry All Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974 for Basil A Butcher address 4 East Front, Brandling Place, Jesmond from 1950 to 1955, other occupant Jane I Butcher (wife?), 7 Larkspur Terrace, Jesmond from 1956 to 1958, other occupant Jane I Butcher (wife?), 8 Mistletoe Road, Jesmond from 1959 to 1970, other occupants Jane I Butcher (wife?), and Madeleine Butcher (daughter?) in 1968, and 24 Hartside Gardens, Jesmond fom 1971 to 1974, other occupant Jane I Butcher (wife?).

His wife died in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2002.

Entry in Ancestry UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010 for Mr Basil A Butcher address 121 Bosworth Gardens NE6 5UN, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear from 2003 to 2008.

There are two entries in 192.com for Basil A Butcher in the Electoral Roll 2002-08 living in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE6, other occupant Jane I Butcher (wife?) and in the Electoral Roll 2011 living in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE4, other occupant Margaret Maddison.

There are three entries in People Trace UK for Basil A Butcher - 24 Hartside Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2JR from 1984 to 1998, 121 Bosworth Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5UN from 2000 to 2012 and 189 Wingrove Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9DA from 2011 to 2015.

Entry in County Climber Summer 2016 "18 Jul 2016 Most members will be aware that Basil Butcher (Baz), a founder member of the club, died on the 3rd of February, at the grand age of 95".

Entry in Northumbrian Climbing Guide for Crag Lough (High Shield Crag) "This crag is an SSSI. The crag lies about a kilometre north of the B6318 Newcastle/Carlisle road (the Military Road). [...] In the 1940s activity increased with a keen band of climbers including Basil Butcher, Keith Gregory and other members of what was to become the Northumbrian Mountaineering Club climbing many routes;"

There are three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Basil A Butcher.

Relationship

Basil Aubrey Butcher was the father of Anne M Butcher, wife of Philip Rodney Hellyar Baker, my half fourth cousin once removed.

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