Facts and Events
JAMES BUTT was a Farmer. He was born on 24 Sep 1824 at Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset, England. He is twins with Elam. He was baptized on 17 Oct 1824 at Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset, England.
He emigrated from England to Canada with his family in 1841 when he seventeen. His mother died soon after, and two years later his father remarried to a girl younger then he was. The girl (Ann Winn) "had no people around her and she was only 18. Her mother was hired to keep house for two old toughs who worked in the bush for the Elliott's. The mother died and Grandfather (Joseph Butt) took pity on the girl and married her. Father (Hannah Butt's father Elam Butt) and Uncle James never could acknowledge her and they never cared for her or any of the second family." S3
He died in Dec 1913 at Prince Albert (Port Perry), Huron County, Ontario, Canada, at age 89.
The letter from niece Hannah Butt Taylor contains much information on James.
References
- ↑ Derek Topping. Butt GED Topping. (GED File, Downloaded in 2001).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Donna Johnson. Butt GED Johnson. (GED File, Downloaded December 25, 2002).
- ↑ Hannah Butt Taylor. Hannah Butt Taylor Letter. (Letter, March 9, 1941)
1941.
- ↑ Twin of Elam
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