Edith Wilson Butler

Brief Life History of Edith Wilson

When Edith Wilson Butler was born on 2 October 1888, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, her father, Charles Maurice Butler, was 25 and her mother, Edith Crawford Appleby, was 24. She married Harry Fairweather Kydd on 15 July 1908, in New Hanover, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 13 December 1986, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 98, and was buried in Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Harry Fairweather Kydd
1880–1941
Edith Wilson Butler
1888–1986
Marriage: 15 July 1908
Charles Fairweather Kydd
1909–1971

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  • Edith Kydd in household of Harry Kydd, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Edith Butler, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Edith Wilson Butler, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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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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