Person:Caroline Butt (2)

CAROLINE BUTT was born on 6 Jul 1887 at Ontario, Canada. Her family emigrated from Canada to the US in 1890, when she was three. Brother Charles listed 1890 as the year he entered the US.

The Van Stone family had a history of Huntington's chorea (see The Van Stone Family Curse). Caroline's mother Mary was diagnosed choreic in 1893, at age 35. Mary's illness likely had an extremely negative effect on youngest daughter Caroline. This lead to family scandal as described in The Importance of Being Ernest. Father Charles did not come off as a sympathetic figure throughout this.

Caroline's troubles were not yet over. She gave birth to a second illegitimate child, daughter Ruth. Ruth's father is unknown. She was adopted by Caroline's uncle Thomas Van Stone.^S6.

Thankfully, Caroline's life quieted down and she married CARL MURPHY in 1906. Carl and Caroline had no children.

CAROLINE died on 3 Jul 1935 at Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, at age 47.^S5 She died from Choleystitis Lethiasis (Gall Bladder infection). She was buried in Elm Lawn Cemetery

Census

Caroline Butt Census

Year	Source	Image
1894	1894 Michigan State Census	No Image
1900	1900 US Federal Population Census
1910	1910 US Federal Population Census: 3-Wd Bay 1-Pct, Bay County, Michigan
1920	1920 US Federal Population Census: Bay Ward 3, Bay County, Michigan

Siblings

Ruth Butt Adoption

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} In the matter of the estate of Ernest Butt , Late of the City of Windsor, In the County of Essex, Widower, Deceased: between Lemoyne Darlene S. (Supreme Court of Ontario, 20 April 1988)
   Page 45.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 1894 Michigan State Census: Charles Butt Household. (Online Database)
   1894.
3. ↑ 1910 US Federal Population Census: 3-Wd Bay 1-Pct, Bay County, Michigan
   1910.
4. ↑ 1920 US Federal Population Census: Bay Ward 3, Bay County, Michigan
   1920.
5.   Caroline Butt Murphy Death
   1935.
6.   Ruth Butt Adoption.
7. ↑ 1900 Charles Butt Sr Census
   1900.