Brief Life History of Ida V.
When Ida V. Butterfield was born on 30 June 1879, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alaband V. Butterfield, was 42 and her mother, Lavina Adelaide Goff, was 36. She married John Van Buren about 1907, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Oswayo Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Oswayo, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 July 1956, in Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Chrystal Cemetery, Chrystal, Oswayo Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ida V Butterfield in household of Richard Butterfield, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ida Butterfield Van Buren, "Find a Grave Index"
- Ida Butterfield in entry for Richard Van Buren and Mildred Knox, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Butterfield (Yorkshire) or from any of several other minor places with the same name. The name is derived from Old English butere ‘butter’ + feld ‘field’ or ‘open country’.
History: Benjamin Butterfield came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. John Butterfield (1801–69) was born in Berne, NY, and founded an express company that merged with other companies to form the American Express Company (1850).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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