Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-08-20
THIRD ANNUAL REUNION
OF BUTTON FAMILY
Held at Lincoln Park with Fifty Pres
ent-Dr. Button Reelected President
and Secretary.

The third and most successful an
nual reunion of the Button FANNY
was held Thursday at Lincoln PARK
with about fifty present, more tnah
more than double the number present
year ago. Ideal weather conditlons
favored the gathering of the Button
descendants and the party was jolly
one whose entertainment for the day
was happily directed by DR.. l.. w. But
ton of Poquetanuck. originator OF the
reunions and president and secretary
Of the association.
The formal exercises of the reunion
began at IL a. m in the grove, wnen
DIR. Button called the meeting TO oruer,
and welcomed them with enthusiasm.
| In the election of officers he was re-
| elected president and secretary IL
| was voted to hold the next reunion on
August II, 1910, at Ocean beacn' anu
| If stormy to postpone 1t a week.
| When the business was concluded,
! the chairman went around the circle
| calling upon each one for a speech
| but no oratorical BUTTONS were found.
| until the name of Frank NJ Marble OF
Southbridge, Mass, was reacheu, ne
| being the only one to respond, and
| doing it in a way that pleased ana
| entertained them all, DIR. Button then
| presented paper full of interest upon
| the discoveries of Admiral Sir Thomas
Button, the navigator and explorer OF
Hudson bay and Hudson straits In 1917
to 1913, for which he received from
the king of England the title of ad-
| miral Sir Thomas was native of
Duffryn,. in Glenmorganshire. England,
and was the father of Matthias But
ton, who came over to Salem, Mass,
in Governor Endicott's coloney in 1923
and is the progenitor of the twelve
generations of Buttons in this country
Tg,,Nf s,..1 Il hos
handed down in America PSI years.
said DR.. Button, and has been spelt
Butten, Buten and Button, of which
the descendants are proud, tnever haV-
ing occasion to take from or add To
ii, but Rhode Island is the only state
in the union in his knowledge where
1.-THE original name OF Button is writ
ten Burton, which has been done by
the wives of some OF the Button FAM
lily. II Burton sounds any better &c
them than Button, he advised thai
they had better stick to it and deny
that they are In any way related Il
the Button stock DR. Buttons paper
was loudly applauded.
After the exercises dinner was en-
ioyed on the picnic plan, the doctor
took a picture of the group and man,
of them attended the rustic theater il
: the afternoon. A feature of the din
ner hour was the cutting of the water
melon, which was a monster and tn
+ largest that could be found in Nor
: witch.
!. Those who were present were tn
! following: Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Button
= Mrs. Ira Austin, North Stonington
Stonington; Mrs. Fanny Thompsol
: Adams Norwich: Mrs. George A
} Haskell. Jewett City; Mr.. and Mri
. Frank NJ. Marble. Southbridge, Mass.
Mrs. Sadie Fitch Mrs. Jessie
!, Thorpe, Miss Della Fitch, Springfield
\ Mass; Miss Abbie l.. Medbery, Moos
:, up; Mary II. Coburn, Westerly, r. J.
: Mrs. Mary J. Rathbun, Miss Grac
:, Rathbun, South Canterbury; Herbel
= Baker, South Canterbury; Mr.. an
Il Mrs H. Beecher Brown, Central wi
= lage; Horace Brown, Worcester; Mr.
= Susan HOWE, Norwich; Mr.. and Mr.
Ie A. Ray Button, Glasgo, Conn; Mr.. an
,s Mrs. Irving S. Button, Ashwillet
Is Conn. E. Avery Button, Preston Cit,
n Frederick H. Button. Springfield
m Mass; Mabel C. Button Springfield
NJ Mr.. and Mrs. George +. Button, Ea
4 Hartford; Mrs. Mary +. Wright, No
81 witch: John H. Button, Mrs. Edith
Button. Miss Frances Yale. Trac
Conn; Mrs. Mary E. Button, DR.. J..
Button, Mrs. Sadie e. Mcclure, Milt'
:, w. Mcclure, Poquetanue6; Alice
y. Conner, Langhorn, Pa; Nellie
HOWE Norwich; Mr.. and Mrs. Fral
n GI Button, Irving Maynard. Newt
Maynard Ledyard, Conn; Alonzo Blu
ton. Brooklyn, Conn.
he Five of those attending were ente
ee tanned by DIR. Button at his home
as Poquetanuck: Mr.. and Mrs. Mari
ne of Southbridge. Mrs. Thorpe, NJ
ct Fitch and Miss Fitch Of Sprihgfie
n Mass.