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1847–1868

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Birth Date
1 January 1826
Death Date
10 February 1901
Gender
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William John Buttle

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  • The Buttle family sailed to America in 1866 on the ship Ellen Maria.

    He was rebaptized in Salt Lake City 4 December 1853, and the Salt Lake Record of Members confirms his birth date, as does the Fourteenth Quorum of Seventies, vol. 1, in Seventies Quorum, Records, CR 499, reel 40. His obituary also confirms his birth and death dates.

    The family traveled in Captain George Kendall's Second Division.

Cyrus H. Wheelock Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 27
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Ann Buttle (Age: 22)

Sources

  • "Aged Pioneer Passes Away," The Salt Lake Herald , 11 Feb. 1901, 5.
  • C. H. Wheelock Company report, 1853 September 19.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.