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<\/a><\/p>\nInterestingly, Edward H Butler, his son, shows his father born in County Wexford:<\/p>\n
The death certificate for Edward Butler gives his parents as Michael Butler and Margaret Croke. Windgap Parish Registers for County Kilkenny, Ireland show that this couple baptized a son, Mathias Butler on 1 November 1824:<\/p>\n Here is a map of Poulrone:<\/p>\n Here the Townland is spelled Pollrone. Here is a current map showing Pollrone:<\/p>\n Here is a record of Michael Butler from 1832:<\/p>\n Michael apparently died around this time (1832) as his wife Margaret shows as the occupier in the note to the right. This list was important at the time as it showed who was able to vote. The Ned Duggan listed as a sponsor for Mathias above could be the Edward Duggan shown as listed in “Poulroan” above.<\/p>\n One guess would be that Edward Butler went to live with cousins in Wexford (the family of Henry Butler) after his father died. Perhaps that is why he knew that family well.<\/p>\n Here are the sons I have of Michael Butler:<\/p>\n Here are the children I have for James Butler:<\/p>\n This is most likely our Edward Butler from Poulrone, County Kilkenny. A birth date is given and an immigration date is given. This may be his passenger record:<\/p>\n However, in 1843, Edward would have been 2-1\/2 months shy of 18. I suppose that age 21 is not a far stretch. In 1910, Edward states that he immigrated in the year 1850:<\/p>\n This part of the petition for Naturalization has Edward living in Boston since 1843:<\/p>\n Here is an Edward Butler with an assumed spouse Bridget in 1850 in Boston. Ward 8:<\/p>\n However, is this the same couple in 1855? This is from the Boston Census Ward 7:<\/p>\n This Edward Butler cannot be our Edward as the Census was taken on 1 May 1855, the day that Edward was marrying Mary Crowley in St. John, New Brunswick:<\/p>\n Looking back to one of my Blogs, I see that I had made a connection between Edward Butler and Hugh Gray. Hugh Gray was living next to Edward and Bridget Butler in the 1850 Census:<\/p>\n In this Blog<\/a>, I have the following character witnesses for Edward Butler on Edward’s naturalization record:<\/p>\n This is from the second page of Edward’s Naturalization Petition.<\/p>\n The above information is a bit confusing, but from the records, I assume the following:<\/p>\n Questions:<\/p>\n Edward moved to Cincinatti with his family. Here is the 1860 Census:<\/p>\n Based on the age of Ellen, the family must have moved from St. John in 1859 or 1860. Edward’s Ireland connectiion in Cincinnati is George Butler. Descendants of George Butler match descendants of Edward Butler by DNA. Here is George and family in 1860 in Cincinnati:<\/p>\n This Census suggests that this family was living in Ireland as late as 1850. George’s daughter, Mary A. ends up moving to St. John. Here is her death certificate:<\/p>\n It is unclear to me why Mary moved to St. John or what connection was there. Obviously, her relative Edward Butler was no longer living there. Were there other relatives there? The Murphy descendants are one of the families that match the Edward Butler descendants.<\/p>\n This appears to be George Butler’s baptismal record from 1826:<\/p>\n His baptismal name was Adam or George. His parents were Henry Buitler and Anne Russel. Here is Ferns in County Wexford:<\/p>\n My guess is that Ferns is about 25 miles from Poulrone in County Kilkenny. Here is a marriage record for a George Butler and Mary Whitty in Mountaingate, County Wexford:<\/p>\n George’s first wife died and he married secondly Margaret Sinnott on November 11, 1866 at All Saints Roman Catholic Church in the Fulton area of Cincinnati. This couple had children also that match Edward’s descendants by DNA.<\/p>\n Edward moves to the Chicago area where his two sons are born. Following that, Edward and his two sons move to the Boston area. While in the Boston area, he had two connections with Irish Butler relatives.<\/p>\n The first connection was with another Edward Butler (Edward’s namesake?). Researcher Peter Butler found the newpaper notice:<\/p>\n This notice was from a Boston Newpaper in 1891. Here is the State record:<\/p>\n Here is my version of the family of Henry Butler and Ann Russell – made with the help of Peter Butler:<\/p>\n “Adam” Edward Butler was the brother of George Butler who lived in Cincinnati. Also note the connection to 220 California Street where our Edward Butler lived at the time and the connection to St. John, New Brunswick.<\/p>\n Here is the 1893 Street Directory for Newton (California Street):<\/p>\n Here is the summary I have for Mary Butler:<\/p>\n Notice that I have the children as Melia rather than Mellie. Mary was the daughter of James who was the brother of our Edward Butler. I don’t have a birth record for James, but I have that Mary was born in Windgap Parish, County Kilkenny. Here is half of Mary’s baptismal record:<\/p>\n This shows that James apparently was still on the family farm in 1858. I did some further research into Griffith’s Valuation for the Townland of Pollrone:<\/p>\n Interestingly, I see the names Butler, Croake and Millea (Mellie?)<\/p>\n Possibly all the people in Reference #2 could be related: Duggan, Butler, Croake and possibly Millea. However, Mary’s husband was from County Meath according to their marriage record:<\/p>\n Here is Edward living in the Mellie household in 1910:<\/p>\n Edward is listed as William’s father-in-law. This is not quite correct as Mary’s father was James Butler based on this marriage record:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMichael Butler and Margaret Croke\/Croak<\/h2>\n
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Edward Butler’s Irish Connection in Cincinnati, Ohio<\/h2>\n
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Edward Butler (1839-1891)<\/h3>\n
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