Alice Emily Butler
30 May 1892–
Western Cape, South Africa
The Life of Alice Emily
When Alice Emily Butler was born on 30 May 1892, in Western Cape, South Africa, her father, James Butler, was 37 and her mother, Annie Letitia Collett, was 35. She married Alan Biggs on 11 May 1918.
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Family Time Line
Alan Biggs
1888–
Alice Emily Butler
1892–
Marriage: 11 May 1918
Spouse and Children
Alan Biggs
1888–Male
1892–Female
MARRIAGE
11 May 1918
11 May 1918
Parents and Siblings
James Butler
1854–1923Male
Annie Letitia Collett
1856–1951Female
siblings
(7)
1884–1977Female
1886–1965Male
1889–1952Female
Alice Emily Butler
1892–Female
1894–1978Female
+2 More Children
World Events (3)
1897
Age 5
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
1899
Age 7
British troops gather on the Transvaal border and ignore an ultimatum to disperse. The second Anglo-Boer War begins.
1902
Age 10
Treaty of Vereeniging ends the second Anglo-Boer War. The Transvaal and Orange Free State are made self-governing colonies of the British Empire.
Name Meaning
1 English and Irish: 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.2 Anglicized form of French Boutilier .3 Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): occupational name for a bottle maker, from Yiddish butl ‘bottle’ + the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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