Butcher and Cartwright Document Collection © Julie Goucher, September 2021
Back in late May 2021, I spotted on a well known auction site a collection of documents related to a Butcher family. I cannot recall whether I won this on a traditional auction, or did a “buy now”. On a hunch, I would err towards the auction.
Having arrived, the material included some early research of, presumably a family member. There also was a selection of certificates, a grant of burial document, a photograph of a wedding party. The photograph is also enlarged with a numerical code of who attended the wedding. There is also a Proficiency in Radiotelegraphy granted by the Postmaster General, which includes a photograph of the individual concerned.
At this point, I have not undertaken any research of this family group, which is from the midlands of England, around Walsall, Staffordshire, as well as Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire.
Another surname linked to the family is that of Hughes and the earliest marriage took place in 1893. The marriages will be added to the Guild of One-Name Studies Marriage Index.
If any of these seems familiar then please leave a comment or use the contact me form above. The ultimate aim, once I have undertaken some research, expanding the family line, is to either return to the family, or deposit with the Society of Genealogists.
Julie Goucher ~ Anglers Rest 
I am not aware of any BUTCHERs from our family in the midlands, BUT, a great uncle of mine, named BUTCHER, and another family member, were at one time working in or near Wolverhampton, (before I was born, by a long way), and decided for their fortnight’s holiday, to walk to visit relatives in Barry, south wales. I am not sure how leisurely their walk was, but apparently they arrived in Barry, 2 weeks later, just in time to catch the train home to Wolverhampton. I will look through the photo album later to see if I can identify the first names. There were some posted envelopes with, but they only have wolverhampton postmarks but names/addresses in Barry, not the midlands, unfotunately.
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It’s amazing what people think of putting up for sale. Good that they did of course
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