HENRY BUTTER (1816-1880) PART 2

Henry Butter (1816-1880) Part 2

     Census records for Henry Butter and Family

     Henry first appears in the United State census in 1850 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  Page 31 (written), page 66 (stamped).  20 September 1850.  Dwelling number 417, Family number 418.

Henry Butter        Age 33  male    Occupation: Sadler     Place of Birth England

Susan   "                     16  female                                                          Alabama

William "                     6/12 male                                                           Louisiana

Asa Hamilton              14  male                                                             Louisiana

John Bass                   45  male                                                             Louisiana

(At this time it is not known who Asa Hamilton and John Bass are but possibly they are hired hands to help in Henry's tanning and saddle business or with farming.)

Note: Henry and Susan are living next door to her parents, William and Margaret O'Neal.  William is listed as a Tanner.  Two houses down and next to the O'Neals is another daughter (Susan's sister) Nancy Virginia and her husband Randell Eldred.

1860 Census Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Page 90.  9 July 1860.  Dwelling and Family number 622.

Henry Butter         Age 44     male           Merchant                               England

Susan E. "                    25     female                                                      Alabama

William   "                    11     male                                                         Louisiana

Ann        "                     7      female                                                      Louisiana

Sarah     "                      5     female                                                       Louisiana

Ellen      "                      3     female                                                       Louisiana

Henry    "                      2     male                                                          Louisiana

Henry O'Neal              17    male                                                          Louisiana

Note: Henry O'Neal is the younger brother of Susan E. O'Neal Butter

1870 Census Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Page 157 (written).  Spring Hill Ward.  8 July 1870. Dwelling number 1250; Family number 1378.

Butter, Henry              54     male              Farmer                                    England

           Susan              35     female            Keeping House                       Alabama

           Sarah              15     female             At home                                 Louisiana

           Ellen                12     female                "                                                "

           Henry              11     male                   "                                                "

           Susan              10     female                 "                                                "

           Warren             5      male                   "                                                "

           Eugene           2/12   male                    "                                                "            Born April

1880 Census Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Page 106, Enumeration District 40.  Spring Hill.  29 June 1880.

Dwelling number 1036; Family 1070.

                                                                                                 Born       Father        Mother

Butters, Henry           63     male            Farmer                      England     Scotland     England

             Elisa             46     female         Keeping house           Alabama   N. Carolina N. Carolina

             Henry           21     male                                             Louisiana   England       Alabama

             Virginia        20     female                                                 "               "                   "

             Sarah           18     female                                                 "               "                   "

             Eugene         12     male                                                   "                "                  "

             Charles          7     male                                                    "                "                  "

The 1880 census  for Henry and family was taken on 29 June 1880. Henry died later that year in November 1880.  There is no 1890 census so it is twenty years later, in 1900, that we see Susan and daughter Ellen Virginia.
1900 Census Rapides Parish, Louisiana..  Sheet number 20, Enumeration District 127. Spring Hill Ward 4. 18 June 1900.
                                                           Born
Butter, Susan E.    Head    Female    Feb. 1834     66 widow      Alabama    S. Carolina    Alabama
   "       Ellen V.     Daughter Female  Mar 1865     35 single        Louisiana    France          Alabama

     It is interesting to note that while Henry Butter was alive, his place of birth was always listed as England.  Only in the 1900 census did his daughter, Ellen Virginia, have France as her father's birthplace.  We should always keep in mind that it is not known who gave the family information to the census taker.  In 1900 it could have been Susan or Ellen.  There is one other document that states Henry's birthplace as France which will be discussed later.  There is speculation that Henry's father was in the British military or foreign service and stationed in France at the time of Henry's birth.  In his lifetime, Henry wanted it known that he was of English heritage. 

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