Same here, Margaret. Funny how upset he got about Mary Ann's baby but then he was very happy to be descended from a Civil War colonel and from Thomas Cromwell, who were responsible for a lot more deaths than that.
I thought Buttevant was an Irish place name, so I was expecting them to trace the Buttivants back to Ireland.
I assume this is Albert Buttivant on the 1911 census, age a bit out:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/23...nSearchResults
Poplar Workhouse: Albert Buttivant, Inmate, 64, Married, General Labourer, born London Poplar.
1901 census:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/78...nSearchResults
42 Blackthorn St, Bromley, London
Albert Buttivant Head M 50 Corn Porter London City
Ann Do Wife M 51 Do Poplar
1891 census:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/65...nSearchResults
87 Ernest Street, Mile End Old Town
Albert Buttivant Head M 40 China Packer London St Georges
Ann Do Wife M 41 Washerwoman Do Poplar
Ann E Do Daur S 19 Domestic Servant Do Stepney
Mary Ann Do Daur 12 Scholar Do Do
1881 census:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/75...nSearchResults
Mile End Old Town Workhouse
Buttivant Albert Husband Mar 31 Cigar Maker Minories City
Buttivant Ann Wife " 30 Wife of the above Stepney Midlx
1871 census:
1871 census
11 Heath St, Mile End Old Town
Hannah Buttervant Head W 45 Laundress Middlesex Stepney
Albert Do Son Unm 19 Cigar Packer Do Whitechapel
Joseph Do Son 11 Do Aldgate
Walter Do Son 9 Do Whitechapel
Emily Do Daur 14 Do Do
Louisa Do Daur 6 Do Stepney
and 1861:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/87...nSearchResults
3 Royal Mint, Aldgate
Charles Buttevant Head Mar 56 Cargo Cl Norfolk Norwich
Hannah S Do Wife Mar 36 Middlesex St Martins in the Fields
Hannah M Do Daur 13 Do Westminster
Albert Do Son 9 Do Whitechapel
Emily Do Daur 4 Do Do
Joseph Do Son 1 Do Do