The Buttifants

Thomas Buttifant II and his wife Ann may have lived at 26 Princes Street and 1 Tombland Alley 1820s-1850s

1781 Thomas Buttifant I aged 22 of St Peter Hungate marries Sarah Waters, at St John Timberhill

1783 Thomas Christmas Buttifant born on 25th December to Thomas Buttifant and Sarah nee Waters

1784 January Thomas Christmas Buttifant baptized at St George Tombland

1802 Thomas Buttifant, hair dresser, 9, Tombland

1804 John Howes junior marries Elizabeth Venables, a widow, at St George Tombland. Thomas Buttifant is one of the witnesses.

1805 Thomas Buttifant I dies “on the Castle Meadow”, parish clerk and hairdresser, buried St George Tombland, aged 47

1819 Thomas Buttifant II marries Ann Holmes of St Julian (born 1794 Burnham, Norfolk) at St George Tombland

1820 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Buttifant II and Ann is born, baptized St George Tombland

1822 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Buttifant II and Ann dies, aged 2, buried at St George Tombland

1827 “a freehold dwelling house, lately occupied by Mr Buttifant, and his under-tenants, with a stable and yard adjoining, situate in St George of Tombland, Norwich, fronting Prince’s Street and lying next the Church Alley” for sale

1837 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Buttifant II and Ann born, baptised St George Tombland

1838 Thomas Christmas Buttifant II dies, turner of St George Tombland, aged 54

1839 Pigot’s Directory – Ann Buttifant, turner, St George Tombland Church Yard

1841 Anne Buttifant, 45, turner, is living in Church Alley, with daughter Betsy, 3 and a female servant

1845 Anne Buttifant is a fruiterer on Princes Street (White’s Gazette)

1851 Anne Buttifant is a tailoress, 58, with daughter Elizabeth aged 13, scholar, Church Yard, St George Tombland

1861 Anne Buttifant, head tailoress, 65, with daughter 22, upholsterer, Mouncears yard

1867 Anne Buttifant dies, aged 73

1871 Elizabeth Buttifant, 32, visitor, upholsterer, with the Lees family, St Stephens Back

1881 Elizabeth Buttifant, 42, visitor, upholsterer, with the Love family, Runton, Norfolk

1891 Elizabeth Buttifant, 53, upholstress, head of household, single, Sherbourne Place, Norwich

1901 Elizabeth Buttifant, 63, upholstress, Sherbourne Place

1908 Elizabeth Buttifant dies, aged 71, effects to Harriet Day and Sarah Ann Lees, spinsters