When Genevieve Ruth Butler was born on 20 February 1896, in McKean, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew Lee Butler, was 24 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Wise, was 22. She married William Arthur Thomas Jr. on 17 November 1916, in Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Lawrence Park Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940.
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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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