Alva Butler

Brief Life History of Alva

When Alva Butler was born on 13 January 1845, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Butler, was 38 and his mother, Hannah Barker, was 28. He married Jane Elizabeth Labrum on 16 March 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Jackson Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 11 May 1909, in Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alva Butler
1845–1909
Jane Elizabeth Labrum
1846–1893
Marriage: 16 March 1867
Hannah Elizabeth Annie Butler
1868–1955
Alva John Butler
1869–1939
Prudence Georgia Butler
1871–1942
Jane Elizabeth Butler
1873–1939
George Washington Butler
1875–1972
William Wooton Butler
1877–1936
Mary Maranda Mabel Butler
1881–1976
Elva Labrum Butler
1883–1938
Samuel Thomas Butler
1885–1902

Sources (87)

  • Alva Butter in household of Samuel Butter, "United States Census, 1850" Indiana
  • Alva Butler, age 50, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937" to Emma Finch Cope, in 1895
  • U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Historic Boundaries 1846: Miami, Indiana, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: 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. As well as being widespread in England, this is also the surname of an important Irish family, descended from Theobald FitzWalter, who was appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. It is Gaelicized as de Buitléir.

English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English boteler ‘maker of bottles (usually of leather)’, a derivative of Middle English botel, Old French bo(u)teille ‘bottle’ and synonymous with Botelmaker.

Americanized form of French Bouthillier (see Bouteiller ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler was born December 18th 1806 in Steuben County, New York as recorded by himself in his family bible. Although some give Samuel the middle name “Phinehas” Samuel never uses this name in …

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