Menzo W. Butler

Brief Life History of Menzo W.

When Menzo W. Butler was born on 6 November 1827, in Middlefield, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Amos Butler, was 34 and his mother, Clarinda North, was 23. He married Sarah, Butler, Requa in Kendall, Orleans, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 3 April 1922, in Kendall, Orleans, New York, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Kendall, Orleans, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Menzo W. Butler
1827–1922
Sarah, Butler, Requa
1833–1903
Marriage:
Mary Requa
1865–

Sources (13)

  • Munzer Butler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Menzo Butler - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth:
  • Hunzo W Butler, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all. As well as being widespread in England, this is also the surname of an important Irish family, descended from Theobald FitzWalter, who was appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. It is Gaelicized as de Buitléir.

English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English boteler ‘maker of bottles (usually of leather)’, a derivative of Middle English botel, Old French bo(u)teille ‘bottle’ and synonymous with Botelmaker.

Americanized form of French Bouthillier (see Bouteiller ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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