Brief Life History of John Davis
When John Davis Butler was born on 13 December 1893, in Winston, Alabama, United States, his father, Robert Wesley Butler, was 20 and his mother, Emily Joella Pruitt, was 22. He married Bessie L Howell on 23 September 1919, in Winston, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Double Springs, Winston, Alabama, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 25 December 1973, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 80.
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- John D Buttler, "United States 1950 Census"
- J D Butler, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- John Davis Butler, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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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