Jennie Myrtle Beers

Brief Life History of Jennie Myrtle

When Jennie Myrtle Beers was born on 22 May 1868, in Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin Fairchild Beers, was 23 and her mother, Hannah Marie Bacon, was 23. She married Walter C. Butler on 24 December 1891, in Corning, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Delmar Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Corning, Steuben, New York, United States in 1930. She died on 17 May 1935, in Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Restvale Cemetery, Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter C. Butler
1853–1941
Jennie Myrtle Beers
1868–1935
Marriage: 24 December 1891
Lawrence Walter Butler
1892–1970
Ruth Hortense Butler
1895–1996
Clara L Butler
1897–1910
Ellen Jane Butler
1899–1983
Hollis Ross Butler
1902–1986
Benjamin Fairchild Butler
1907–1935

Sources (14)

  • Jennie Butler, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jennie Myrtle Beers Butler, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jennie Russ in entry for Walter E Carr, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English and Irish (mainly northern Ireland): variant of Beer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dutch: variant of Beerens (see Berens ) or Van Beers without the preposition van ‘from’.

German: variant of Baer .

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

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