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<\/a><\/p>\nI have Henry Butler’s family on the left and Michael Butler’s family on the right. I don’t know the father of either, so this is speculation based on DNA matches between the two families. The DNA matches between the two sides seem to support the tree above. The main family under Henry is George Butler who moved to Cincinnati from Wexford, Ireland. The main family under Michael is Edward (Henry) Butler. He lived in Cincinnati for a while but moved around a bit.<\/p>\n
Circumstantial Connections Between the George Butler and Edward Henry Butler Families<\/h2>\nMary A Butler Born 1858 in Cincinnati<\/h3>\n
My wife’s ancestor Edward Henry Butler married Mary E Crowley in 1855 in St. John, New Brunswick. The family moved after that to Cincinnati. George Butler had a daughter Mary A Butler born in Cincinnati in 1858. She moved to St. John and married Thomas Joseph Murphy in 1878.<\/p>\n
Murphy descendants match my wife’s Edward Henry Butler side of the family<\/p>\n Peter found this announcement:<\/p>\n Peter’s research shows Edward as the 7th child of Henry Butler:<\/p>\n Above, the newspaper funeral notice mentioned that the funeral was at 220 California Street, Newton. Here is the Newton Directory for 1893:<\/p>\n I had rejected that my wife’s ancestor Edward could have been a clerk as I thought that he could not read or write. However, he must have picked up reading and writing as the 1910 census says that he could do both.<\/p>\n The Veteran’s Census has Edward H in Newtonville in 1890:<\/p>\n There must have been a connection between Edward H Butler and Edward Butler of Wexford, in order for Edward H to host Edward’s funeral.<\/p>\n Peter has been bringing the Cincinnati George Butler family forward:<\/p>\n Peter asked Neil and\u00a0 me to check for DNA matches to Grogan, Holman and Middendorf. I was able to find a Holman match:<\/p>\n He matched with my wife’s Aunt Lorraine at AncestryDNA. He also matched my wife’s Aunt Virginia. This couple had three boys. The Holman above must descend from one of these three. Here is the new branch on the right:<\/p>\n The match I will call Holman has shared matches with my wife’s two Aunts at Ancestry DNA. Here are the results:<\/p>\n The two in yellow are also matches to Neil’s nephew who tested at AncestryDNA. In the last column above EHB stands for Edward H Butler and GB stands for George Butler. These are the two lines that are connected by DNA.<\/p>\n It would make sense to do this same exercise with at least Patty and Michael.<\/p>\n I don’t think that gave me any more information. I looked at Michael’s shared matches and didn’t see anything helpful there either.<\/p>\n I did put a few close Butler DNA matches on the Butler DNA tree here:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nEdward Butler, Son of Henry Born 1839 Wexford<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nA New Holman Connection<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMore on the Holman\/Butler Match<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nOne Side Benefit<\/h3>\n