Brief Life History of John Fielding
When John Fielding Butterworth was born on 18 December 1852, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Butterworth, was 26 and his mother, Betty Fielding, was 23. He married Elizabeth Amer on 16 September 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 60 years and South Galson, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1926. He died on 1 September 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Balworth, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Fielding Butterworth, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: from Butterworth in Lancashire (near Rochdale). Named with Old English butere ‘butter’ + worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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