Butler-Gore Family Documents

Documents related to Jeremy Edward Butler's parents: Edward William Butler (1900–1965) and Gwenyth Gore Butler (1911–2000).

• E. C. Butler (1845–1929)
  
  • Life Story (click for more details—a 71-page PDF file)
    When Edward Clarence Butler was born on October 24, 1845, in Bartlett, New Hampshire, his father, Henry, was 38 and his mother, Alice, was 33. He married Mary Francis Hayes and they had two children together. He then married Mary Hagen and they had one son together. He died on October 1, 1929, in Cooperstown, North Dakota, at the age of 83, and was buried there.
  • Dealing with a teacher who "went crazy over school matters" (24 July 1891)
  • Bringing a "whopper" of a hog to market (14 Jul 1893)
  • "Royal entertainer" (13 Apr 1899)
• Will Hall Butler (1873–1955)
  
  • Life Story (click for more details—a 63-page PDF file)
    When Will Hall Butler was born on May 22, 1873, in Norway, Maine, his father, E.C., was 27 and his mother, Mary, was 26. He married Idella May Wilson on June 4, 1897, in Cooperstown, North Dakota. They had two children during their marriage. He died on January 3, 1955, in Stephen, Minnesota, at the age of 81, and was buried there.
  • Wedding to Idella Wilson (4 Jun 1897)