Origin and Meaning of the name Baybutt
The origin of the surname Baybutt is, apparently French. The original Baybutt's were French Huguenots who escaped religious persecution in France by moving to England. The names was spelt Baybutte, meaning "Mouth of the River".
The Baybutt family I am interested in were boatmen on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Lancashire, England.
We know absolutely nothing about the Baybutts, apart from the fact that they were boat people on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. My aim would be to find out as much as possible about them.
Adrian Philip Pearson adrianpp@hotmail.com
Fairhurst Baybutt, 1881
On 20th October 1863 Fairhurst Baybutt (father's name John) married Elizabeth Cheetham (father's name John) in Liverpool.The witnesses were William Smith & Catherine Spencer.
I believe this Elizabeth Cheetham was my gg grandmother Margaret Ruddock, ne้ Cheetham's sister.
Margaret died in about 1880 and her children and their Baybutt cousins are living with their grandmother on the Canal Bank at Lydiate on the 1881 census
Dwelling: Canal Bank
Census Place: Lydiate, Lancashire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341896 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3744 Folio 133
Page 8
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Elizabeth CHEETHAM M 75 F Lathom, Lancashire, England
Rel: Wife (Head)
Occ: Boatmans Wife
Elizabeth BAYBUTT 12 F Burscough, Lancashire, England
Rel: Grandaughter
Occ: Scholar
Catherine BAYBUTT 7 F Upholland, Lancashire, England
Rel: Grandaughter
Occ: Scholar
Peter RUDDOCK 6 M Upholland, Lancashire, England
Rel: Grandson
Occ: Scholar
Thos. RUDDOCK 3 M Upholland, Lancashire, England
Rel: Grandson
Margaret RUDDOCK 4 m F Lydiate, Lancashire, England
Rel: Grandaughter
Alos on the 1881 Census for Liverpool we find a Cheetham and a Baybutt on the same boat:
RG11/3597 Folio 27 - Page 52
Thomas Cheetham - M -72- Master Of Flat -Halsall- Lancs
Elizabeth Carrington M -38- Sutton, LAncs
Susannah Baybutt U -14- Burscough Lancs
Edward Carrington U -3- Wigan Lancs
A christening for Fairhurst Baybutt, with father John:
BAYBUT, Fairhurst
Sex: Male
Christening Date: 16 Oct 1831
Recorded in: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Father: John BAYBUT
Mother: Ellen
Source: FHL Number 1469029 Dates: 1819-1836
This would make him about 50 years old in 1881, yet the only Fairhurst Baybutt boatman I have been able to locate is 64 years old:
Dwelling: Boat "Lion"
Census Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341902 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3770 Folio 112
Page 5
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Fairhurst BAYBUTT M 64 M Burscough, Lancashire, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Boatman
John HALSALL U 23 M Maghull, Lancashire, England
Occ: Boatman Mate
Other Baybutt boatmen found in 1881:
Dwelling: Bugle Alley
Census Place: Lathom, Lancashire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341899 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3756 Folio 17 Page
10
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Thomas BAYBUTT M 56 M Rufford, Lancashire, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Boatman
Alice BAYBUTT M 63 F Mawdesley, Lancashire, England
Rel: Wife
Dwelling: 5 Pottery Yard
Census Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341901 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3767 Folio 24 Page
42
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Joseph BAYBUTT M 32 M Burscough, Lancashire, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Boatman
Catherine BAYBUTT M 33 F Wigan, Lancashire, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Boatman Wife
Dwelling: Bridgewater Canal Castlefield "Mary"
Census Place: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341952 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3990 Folio 42 Page
77
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Joseph BAYBUTT M 30 M Burscow, Lancashire, England
Rel: (Head)
Occ: Captain
William MELLEN M 26 M Latham, Lancashire, England
Occ: Mate
Fairhurst Baybutt, 1871
Going back ten years to the 1871 census I found Fairhurst and Elizabeth Baybutt:
Lathom / Burscough area.
Gobbins Lane, 3878 - 98
Fairhurst Baybutt H M 32 Boatman Manchester
Elizabeth W M 24 Lathom
Susannah D 3 Burscough
Elizabeth D 1 Burscough
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