Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Butler was born in 1784, in Williamstown, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Canada West, British Colonial America, her father, Truelove Butler, was 38 and her mother, Mary McEachron, was 27.
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- Margaret Butler, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
Parents and Siblings
1747–1805 Male
1758– Female
Siblings (6)
1773–1842 Female
1776–1835 Female
1778– Female
1780–1834 Male
1781–1812 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (1)
1841
Age 57
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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