Mary Butcher

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Butcher was born on 4 October 1870, in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Butcher, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Ann Southwell, was 28. She married Daniel Fovargue on 13 April 1897, in Doddington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Doddington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 2 August 1937, in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, England, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Fovargue
1872–1970
Mary Butcher
1870–1937
Marriage: 13 April 1897
Maud Gertrude Butcher
1887–1958
George Fovargue
1898–1966
Daisy May Fovargue
1901–1905
Albert Fovargue
1906–1930

Sources (5)

  • Mary Butcher in household of John Butcher, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Mary Butcher in household of John Butcher, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Mary Butcher in household of John Butcher, "England and Wales Census, 1871"

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Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman French bocher, bouch(i)er, bowcher (Old French bochier, bouchier, a derivative of bouc ‘ram’).

Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Bučar (see Bucar ).

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

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