Margaret Martha Butler

Brief Life History of Margaret Martha

When Margaret Martha Butler was born on 18 March 1865, in Cobden, Union, Illinois, United States, her father, Rankin Steele Butler, was 42 and her mother, Martha Jane Lisenby, was 24. She married John Leroy Brenenstall on 7 July 1887, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 August 1949, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

John Leroy Brenenstall
1861–1942
Margaret Martha Butler
1865–1949
Marriage: 7 July 1887
Lester Rathbone Brenenstall
1888–1952
Chester Ransom Brennenstall
1888–1963
John William Brenenstall
1889–1966
Hazel Myette Brenenstall
1892–1985
Charles Albert Brenenstall
1895–1950
Bernard Leroy Brenenstall
1897–1973
Margaret Gertrude Brenenstall
1901–1971

Sources (10)

  • Maggie M Brennenstall in household of Jno S Brennenstall, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Maggie Butter, "Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Margaret Martha Butler Brenenstall in entry for Bernard Leroy Brenenstall, "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1867

Nebraska is the 37th state.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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