Parley Elliott Butterworth

Brief Life History of Parley Elliott

When Parley Elliott Butterworth was born on 1 November 1885, in Utah, United States, his father, Elliott Butterworth, was 32 and his mother, Fanny Emma Lee, was 22. He married Sarah Ann Christophersen on 26 October 1923, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 9, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 14 July 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Parley Elliott Butterworth
1885–1930
Sarah Ann Christophersen
1900–1958
Marriage: 26 October 1923
Janice R. Butterworth
1926–2009
Bruce Elliott Butterworth
1928–2009

Sources (16)

  • Parley E Butterworth, "United States, Census, 1910"
  • Parley Elliott Butterworth, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Parley Elliott Butterworth, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1890 · Gold is Discovered

In 1890, Robert Miller Womack discovers a rich gold deposit along Cripple Creek, near the western slope of Pikes Peak. This would become the richest gold strike in the Rocky Mountin area.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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