Isabelle Butte

Female6 October 1893–7 October 1974

Brief Life History of Isabelle

When Isabelle Butte was born on 6 October 1893, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, John Butte, was 39 and her mother, Annie Briggs, was 33. She married Charles Edward Mowrey on 14 August 1918, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 7 October 1974, in Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edward Mowrey
1882–1921
Isabelle Butte
1893–1974
Marriage: 14 August 1918
Dorothy Maurine Mowrey
1919–2001
Norma Mowrey
1921–1999

Sources (31)

  • Isabella Morrow, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Isabelle B. Mowrey, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Isabell B Mowrey in entry for Charles E Mowrey, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 August 1918Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1896 · Utah becomes a state

    Age 3

    After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 23

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Butt . This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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