Brief Life History of Michael
Michael Butler was born in November 1829, in County Kilkenny, Ireland as the son of James Butler. He had at least 1 daughter with Mary Cahill. He lived in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York, United States in 1865 and Elbridge, Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, United States in 1870. He died on 29 March 1904, in Camillus, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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- Michael Butler, "United States Census, 1860"
- Michael Butler, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Michael Butler, "New York State Census, 1865"
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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.
1834
A part of Onondaga was annexed in 1834.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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