Patrick Joseph Butler (1857 - 1941)

Born Mar 1857 in Newfoundland, Canada

Husband of Julia (Brady) Butler — married 1883 in Dundee, Scotland

Husband of Helen (Joyce) Butler — married about 1896 in New York, New York

Descendants

Died 1941 at about age 83 in Brooklyn, NY

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Biography

Patrick was born in 1854 in Newfoundland, Canada. His parents were Irish but their families had removed to England. . John Butler and Anastasia Burnett. ^[1]

John was from England according to Patrick’s death certificate, which listed Patrick’s mother, Anastasia Burnett, as born in Leatland. Leat is a section of St. Cleer’s in Cornwall.

Patrick was baptized March 6, 1854. ^[2]

As a young man he worked on whaling ships out of Saint John, Newfoundland. He then moved to Dundee, Scotland where he married Julia Brady, also Irish.

Marriage record:

• Name: Patrick Butler
• Gender: Male
• Residence: St. John's, Newfoundland
• Event Type: Marriage
• Marriage Date: Abt 1883
• Marriage Place: Dundee
• Church: St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
• Spouse : Julia Brady
• Cleric 1 Name: Rev. Father Godden
• Date 1 1883

Bride was the second daughter of Francis Brady of Dundee. Groom was Patrick Butler, seaman. Rev. Godden was the parish priest.^[3]

He and Julia had three children in Dundee. They emigrated to New York City about 1890 and lived on the lower east side of Manhattan on Cherry Street. Julia died in or before 1896.

Patrick then married Helen (Joyce) Butler, Aug 1896 in Manhattan New York. She was from from Ireland. ^[4] They had 8 children including Anastasia, Mary, Frederick and Mabel.

He had a tobacco shop, then he worked for the city. He and Helen had eight children. He was listed as living in Brooklyn in 1920.

Death certificate

• Patrick Joseph Butler
• Gender: Male
• Race: White
• Marital status: Widow
• Age: 84
• Birth Date: abt 1857
• Birth Place: Newfounllond
• Residence Street Address: 566 E35St
• Residence Place: New York
• Years in US: 60 Years
• Death Date: 13 Oct 1941
• Death Street Address: Glenwood Nasing Home
• Death Place: New York City, Brooklyn, New York, USA
• Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Arteris Sclerotic Heart Disease Senility
• Burial Date: 16 Oct 1941
• Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery
• Occupation: Street Cleaner Retered
• Father's Birth Place: England
• Mother's Birth Place: Leatland
• Father: John Butler
• Mother: Anastasia Butler
• Spouse: Helen Butler
• Child: John Leo Butler
• Informant: John Leo Butler
• Informant Gender: Male

Informant Relationship: Son

• Executor: Leo Butler
• Executor Relationship: Son

Certificate Number:19928 ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Newfoundland, Canada, Index of Birth, Marriage & Death Notices from Newspapers, 1810-1890
2. ↑ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899
3. ↑ Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807-; Newfoundlander 1827-1884
4. ↑ New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937 certificate Number12153
5. ↑ New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates; Borough: Brooklyn; Year: 1941

• Newfoundland, Canada, Index of Birth, Marriage & Death Notices from Newspapers, 1810-1890

• 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0977

• RESIDENCE LOCATION Brooklyn Assembly District 3, Kings, New York, USA

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007^{[citation needed]}

• first hand knowledge as told to the pm.