Mary A Butcher

Brief Life History of Mary A

When Mary A Butcher was born in 1904, in Illinois, United States, her father, Alpheus Butcher, was 27 and her mother, Blanche M Darnold, was 24. She had at least 1 son with Berne Newlin Highsmith Sr.. She lived in Honey Creek Township, Crawford, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 17 April 1944, at the age of 40, and was buried in Good Hope Cemetery, Honey Creek Township, Crawford, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Berne Newlin Highsmith Sr.
1900–1976
Mary A Butcher
1904–1944
Bern Newlin Highsmith Jr
1923–1925

Sources (3)

  • Mary Highsmith in household of Bern Highsmith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary Butcher in entry for Bern Highsmith Jr., "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Mary A Butcher in household of Alf Butcher, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman French bocher, bouch(i)er, bowcher (Old French bochier, bouchier, a derivative of bouc ‘ram’).

Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Bučar (see Bucar ).

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

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