William Hopewell Budd1,2

#14513, (1862 - )
Pedigree

Life Events

BirthWilliam Hopewell Budd was born in 1862.1,3
 
Research Note In the 1881 census, there is a William Budd in barracks in Hougham Kent. 
(Other) 1901 CensusWilliam H Budd appeared on the 1901 Census of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, in the household of Elizabeth Anne Gritton and Caroline Sophia Louisa Gritton. He was their cousin [and Elizabeth's future husband], single, age 38, born in Manchester, and was a Typerstill [?] working on his own account at home.4 
MarriageWilliam Hopewell Budd married Elizabeth Anne Gritton on 4 Nov 1902 in St Andrews Fulham, London.
Information from the certificate: William Hopewell Budd, 40, bachelor, publisher, residence 18 Cromer Road Birmingham, father Frederick Edward Budd (deceased), Major R.M.L.I;
Elizabeth Anne Gritton, 45, spinster, 54 Fairholme Road, father Fermor Bonnycastle Gritton (deceased) Major R.M.L.I;
They were married after banns and the witnesses were Margt Ainsworth Gritton and H. Gritton.1,5 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Elizabeth died on 4 Dec 1905.6  
Note.William Hopewell Budd married Eva Bentley Verchild 23 Jan 1907 in Bristol and they emigrated to Australia then New Zealand. They had a daughter Jean in 1909 then Eva left him and moved further down the island. Eva died in 1939.

William married Amy Constance Raymond in 1914. Amy died in 1966. A son Hopewell Hayward Budd was born in 1915, and lived until 2010.7,8,9,10,11 
Voters' List William Hopewell Budd was found on several electoral rolls as follows:
1914, Eden District, Auckland, Isolation Hospital, Point Chevalier, male nurse
1919, Auckland, Manukau, corner Selwyn and Grey Street, Onehunga, insurance agent
1928, Canterbury, Timaru, 27 Preston Street, agent
1935, Manawatu-Wanganui, Pahiatua, 7 Trafalgar Street, D'virke, salesman
1935, Wellington, 127 Abel Smith Street, agent
1938, Wellington, 16 Hadfield Terrace, salesman
1946, Wellington, 44 Glen Road, retired
[Amy is with him in each of these listings].12 
ObituaryHis obituary was published on 10 Jun 1948 in the Auckland (New Zealand) Star.
On June 9th 1948 at Green Lane Hospital, William Hopewell, dearly loved husband of Amy Constance of 659 Remuera Road, and beloved father of Hopewell Hayward Budd, aged 86 years. A service will be held at Watney and Sibuns Chapel, Khyber Pass, Newmarket, at 2pm tomorrow, Friday. Private Cremation. No flowers by request.13
 
Last Edited5 Oct 2011

Citations

  1. E-mails from Helen Withey to J Kolthammer, chart dated 25 April 2003.
  2. FreeBMD. William Hopewell Budd, Elizabeth Anne Gritton, Dec Q 1902, Fulham RD.
  3. FreeBMD. William Hopewell Budd, Jun Q 1862, Chorlton RD.
  4. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/1933 folio 65.
  5. Marriages of St Andrew Fulham, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. William Hopewell Budd & Elizabeth Anne Gritton, 1902, #496.
  6. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. Elizabeth Anne Budd, 1905.
  7. E-mails from Maureen Tempero to J Kolthammer.
  8. New Zealand Government Indexes to Marriages, at least 80 years ago, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, William Hopewell Budd & Amy Constance Raymond, #1914/1296.
  9. New Zealand Government Indexes to Deaths, at least 50 years ago or greater than age 80, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, Amy Constance Budd, age 91, #1966/35904.
  10. New Zealand Government Indexes to Deaths, at least 50 years ago or greater than age 80, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, Eva Bentley Budd, age 49, #1939/24326.
  11. New Zealand Government Indexes to Deaths, at least 100 years ago, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, Jean Budd, mother Eva, father William, #1909/12769.
  12. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Images viewed at Ancestry.com.
  13. Obituary of William Hopewell Budd in Auckland Star, 10 June 1948. viewed in New Zealand newspaper extractions http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~funeralnotices/…