When Morris Butterfield was born on 26 September 1904, in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Zachariah Butterfield, was 40 and his mother, Isabella Jane Dansie, was 35. He married Rosamond Holt on 18 September 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 9, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 8, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 5 October 1990, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Riverton City Cemetery, Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Italy, Austria, and Germany renew the Triple Alliance. The alliance lasts for three more years.
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
English: habitational name from Butterfield (Yorkshire) or from any of several other minor places with the same name. The name is derived from Old English butere ‘butter’ + feld ‘field’ or ‘open country’.
History: Benjamin Butterfield came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. John Butterfield (1801–69) was born in Berne, NY, and founded an express company that merged with other companies to form the American Express Company (1850).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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