Ebenezer Butterick (1826 - 1903)

Born 29 May 1826 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Biography

Ebenezer Butterick (b. 29 May 1826, in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts^[1] – 31 March 1903) was an American tailor, inventor, manufacturer, and fashion business executive, born in Sterling, Massachusetts.

He is regarded as the inventor, together with his wife Ellen Augusta Pollard Butterick, of tissue paper dress patterns offered in multiple standard sizes, also known as graded sewing patterns, which the couple began selling in 1863. The product revolutionized home sewing.

He was the son of Francis and Ruhamah (Buss) Butterick, grandson of Jonathan and Hannah (Sawyer) Buttrick , great-grandson of Francis and Hannah (Gilson) Buttrick, great-great-grandson of John and Mary (Blood) Buttrick.

Sources

1. ↑ Tarpley, Frances Pratt, Compiler, Vital Records of Sterling, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Published by the Sterling Historical Commission 1976) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 16

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Butterick

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NZ-J3P : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Butterick, 1826.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9C-MM2 : 22 December 2020), Ebenezer Butterick in household of George F Reed, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDW-8YG : 24 January 2020), Ebenezer Butterick, 1850.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXCC-4WX : 27 October 2020), Ebenr. Butterick in entry for Mary Ellen Butterick, 1852.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4X-LJ7 : 11 March 2018), Ebenezer Butterick, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,964.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXCB-CNC : 27 October 2020), Ebeneser Butterick in entry for Howard Williams Butterick, 1861.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW69-3GX : 6 April 2020), Eben Buttuck in entry for Howard William Buttuck, 05 Jul 1863; citing Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, p 223, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,183.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8ND-RQZ : 3 January 2021), Eb Butterick in entry for Ellen Welch, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSF6-S8R : accessed 17 January 2021), Ebeneezer Butterick, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 19 New York City Ward 7, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 87, sheet 19B, family 384, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,046.

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WFD-8V5 : 3 June 2020), Ebenezer Butterick, 31 Mar 1903; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,324,057.

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W1M-KWS : 3 June 2020), Ebenezer Butterick in entry for Mary Ellen Butterick, 1941.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 January 2021), memorial page for Ebenezer Butterick (28 May 1826–31 Mar 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #44546888, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Hootaloot (contributor 46891221) .