Brief Life History of Esther Ann
When Esther Ann Stoddard I was born on 2 February 1874, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard, was 29 and her mother, Mary DeForest Burlock, was 22. She married Frank Seiler Butterworth SR on 31 May 1899, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1940. She died on 7 February 1951, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 77.
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Sources (8)
- Esther Butterworth in household of Frank Butterworth, "United States Census, 1910"
- Esther Ann Stoddard Butterworth, "Find A Grave Index"
- Esther Stoddard Butterworth in entry for Frank Seiler Butterworth Jr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1893
Consolidated
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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