Benjamin Butler

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Butler was born on 10 March 1860, in Oregon, United States, his father, Rufus Butler, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Wells, was 27. He married Rosetta Ann Walker on 17 December 1898, in Douglas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1920 and Scottsburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 21 July 1938, in Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Scottsburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States.

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Benjamin Butler
1860–1938
Rosetta Ann Walker
1869–1951
Marriage: 17 December 1898
Cordelia Sarah Butler
1904–1939

Sources (11)

  • Ben Butler in household of Rufus Butler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Benjamin Butler, "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935"
  • Benj Butler, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

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World Events (8)

1862 · The Homestead Act

The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.  

1863

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

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.

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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