Brief Life History of John Edward
When John Edward Butterfield was born on 23 September 1880, in Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Almon Butterfield, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Farmer, was 31. He married Gladys Eliza Hanson on 18 August 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 8, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 6 February 1968, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Herriman Cemetery, Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John E Butterfield, "United States 1950 Census"
- John E. Butterfield, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Edward Butterfield, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
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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Annotated Bibliography - Howell--Trussler Family
This projected started as a research aid in my own family line--Andrew Jenson and the Herriman James Crane family. There were enough intersections with both that I decided to finish researching the fa …
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