Eleazer Butt (1865 - 1946)

Born 1865 in Freshwater, Carbonear, Newfoundland Colony

Husband of Zillah Jane Butt — married 9 Jul 1893 in Freshwater, Newfoundland Colony

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1946 at about age 81 in Freshwater, Dominion of Newfoundland

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Biography

Birth

Eleazar Butt, b. 17 Aug 1865, son of John and Mary Ann. Was baptised (Methodist) in Freshwater, Newfoundland, 5 Jan 1866^[1]

Marriage

Name Eleazer Butt
Event Date 09 Jul 1893
Event Place Freshwater, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Age 25
Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Spouse's Name Zillah Butt
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1872^[2]

Methodist. Bachelor and spinster. He was of Freshwater, she was of Flat Rock. w. John Butt, Drusilla Hiscock.

Residence 1935

Census of Clown's Cove, Carbonear and Bay de Verdi. In household:
Eleazar Butt Head M 70 Newfoundland
Marcella J Butt Wife F 60 Newfoundland
Maxwell Butt Son M 20 Newfoundland
George Butt Son M 18 Newfoundland
Evangeline Butt Daughter F 25 Newfoundland
Mabel Butt Daughter F 23 Newfoundland^[3]

Residence 1845

Census of Clowns Cove, Carbonear and Bay de Verdi as "Eleazor Butt", age 80 of Carbonear, in household of his son Maxwell Butt, and Maxwell's family. Eleazer's son, George Butt was also in the same household^[4]. Note that on the census, both Maxwell (age 31) and Eleazer (80) are listed as 'Father', and George (age 28) as 'son'

Death

Name Eleazer Butt
Event Date 25 Mar 1946
Event Place Freshwater, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Age 81
Birth Year (Estimated) 1865^[5]

Note

One source claims William Frazer and Eleazer were brothers^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site, Carbonear District Methodist Baptisms 1847 until 1891. Donna Kirby Milley, Don Tate, 2004. Accessed 2016.
2. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-DT75 : 10 June 2015), Eleazer Butt and Zillah Butt, 1893.
3. ↑ "Newfoundland Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-4Z32 : 19 July 2016), Eleazar Butt, Clown's Cove, Carbonear and Bay de Verdi, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Carbonear and Bay de Verdi District, p. 287, household ID 100, reference ID , Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,826.
4. ↑ "Newfoundland Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-VQ87 : 30 June 2016), Eleazor Butt in household of Maxwell W Butt, Clowns Cove, Carbonear and Bay de Verdi, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Carbonear and Bay de Verdi District, p. 260, household ID 17, line 22, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,167,052.
5. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-DHK4 : 10 June 2015), Eleazer Butt, 1946.
6. ↑ Genealogy page, "Thistle's From Mulley's Cove II: Register Report of Solomon Thistle". Gary H Thistle, 2010. Accessed 2016.