Catherine Butler

Brief Life History of Catherine

Catherine Butler was born in 1828, in Ireland as the daughter of James Butler and Ellen. She married Timothy Coughlin on 2 February 1847, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 31 August 1902, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Timothy Coughlin
1822–
Catherine Butler
1828–1902
Marriage: 2 February 1847
Margaret T Coughlin
1849–1879
John Coughlin
1850–1851
Ellen Coughlin
1852–1872
Mary E Coughlin
1856–1882
Catharine Cecilia Coughlin
1857–1930
James Coughlin
1859–1860

Sources (33)

  • Cathe Coughlan in household of Timothy Coughlan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Catherine Butler Coughlin, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
  • Catherine, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839

The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President

Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860

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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