Harriet Butler

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Butler was born in 1796, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Butler, was 35 and her mother, Rebecca Smith, was 29. She married Stephen Herrick Bradley on 3 February 1842, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in Oak Bluffs, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died on 24 April 1884, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 88.

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Stephen Herrick Bradley
1805–1888
Harriet Butler
1796–1884
Marriage: 3 February 1842

Sources (8)

  • Harriet Bradley in household of Stephen Bradley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Harriet Butler, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Harriet Butler, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

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World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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