Brief Life History of Caroline Elizabeth
When Caroline Elizabeth Butler was born on 29 December 1839, in Adams, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Lowe Butler I, was 31 and her mother, Caroline Farozine Skeen, was 27. She married George Washington Wilkins on 8 April 1857. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 3 February 1866, in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- CENSUS: IA, Pottawatomie Co., Caroline Bulter, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Caroline Elizabeth BUTLER - Church record: Marriage record or certificate: birth: 31 December 1840; Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
- Caroline E Butler, "Find A Grave Index"
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1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
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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Butler Family Crest
A version of the coat of arms was embroidered by my grandmother, Gwenyth Butler (1911-2001), and is reproduced above (on left). The original currently resides with Marilyn and Bruce Butler. She modele …
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