Thomas James Butler

Male8 March 1862–1948

Brief Life History of Thomas James

When Thomas James Butler was born on 8 March 1862, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Johnson Tenbroeck Butler, was 31 and his mother, Amanda Caroline Clement, was 27. He married Effie Maud James on 22 September 1898, in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Lincoln, Ontario, Canada in 1911.

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Thomas James Butler
1862–1948
Effie Maud James
1877–1938
Marriage: 22 September 1898
Gertrude Caroline Butler
1900–1984
James Harry Butler
1905–1975
Mary Maud Butler
1907–1908
Jessie May Butler
1909–1991
Florence Butler
1912–

Sources (13)

  • Thomas J Buttler, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Thomas James Butler, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Thomas James Butler, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 September 1898Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
  • Children (5)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1869

    Age 7

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    1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

    Age 18

    School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

    1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act

    Age 24

    In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.

    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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