Charles Butler

Charles Butler, son of Peter and Josephine F. (Goyette) Butler born in St. Athanase March 18, 1813.
Miller by trade - in Canada and Vermont.
The last four years of his life were spent in retirement in Keene, and he died there August 4, 1896.
Married Flavia Boudry (Boudreau), and had a family of twelve children:
Joseph, Charles, Ely (?) (who died young), Lucy (also deceased), Frederick, Ely (?) T., David, Flavia, Mary, Henry, Julia, Louis A.

Charles Bouthillier's Family
Compiled by Bruce De Larm
Date Last Updated: 12/06/2007

Flavia Beaudry March 25, 1815 - ? Jean Baptiste Beaudry + Marie Euphrosine Baille dit Printemps)
Charles Bouthillier about 1812 - ? (Pierre Bouthiller + Josette Goget)

As the anscestors of this family resided in Canada it is impossible to ob tain on this side of the boundary line any accurate information relative to its early history. It made its way to New Hampshire by way of Vermont, and the subscriber, who is still on the sunny side of fifty, has acquired success in his various enterprises.

(I) Peter Butler, presumably the emigrant, who was born in , in 1792, settled in St. Athanase. Province of Quebec. The maiden name of his wife was Josephine F. Goyette.

(II) Charles Butler, sou of Peter and Josephine F. Goyette) Butler, was born in St. Athanase March 18, 1813. He was a miller by trade and followed that calling at various places in Canada and Vermont. While residing in Highgate, Vermont, he assisted in operating the first steam grist mill to be established in that section. The last four years of his life were spent in retirement in Keene, and he died there August 4, 1896. He married Flavia Boudry, and had a family of twelve children : Joseph,, Charles, Ely (?) (who died young), Lucy (also deceased), Frederick, Ely (?) T., David, Flavia, Mary. Henry, Julia and Louis A.

(III) Louis A. Butler, youngest son and child of Charles and Flavia (Boudry) Butler, was born in Henryville, Province of Quebec, February 23, 1861. He began his education in Highgate, and sub sequently attended schools in Bedford and Pike River, Province of Quebec. In 1879 he went to Keene, and finding employment at the Hale Chair Manufactory in South Kccne, he remained with that concern for about three and one-half years. For the succeeding five years he worked at steam-fitting with D. D. Kepple, and he was for an equal length of time connected with the John Shaw Shoe Company, which is now the Lancaster Shoe Company. He next became proprietor of a billiard parlor in Keene, which he relinquished four years later in order to engage in the hotel business at Stoddard, New Hampshire, and upon his return to Keene he became manager of a local club. Resuming the hotel business in Albany, New York, he remained in that city for a year, at the expiration of which time he again returned to his home in Keene and is now residing there in retirement. Mr. Butler is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks. He was married April 26, 1880. to Miss Louise Angelinc Banyea, daughter of Louis and Adelaide (Bouricz) Banyea. His children are: Martile F„ Corrine A., Benjamin H. C, Margaret L, Helen V., Oliver B., James S., Joseph L. and Pauline E. Butler.

Flavia and Charles were married on October 13, 1834 in St. Athanase de Bleury, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Their children were baptized in the St. George de Noyan parish in the town of Henryville, Québec, Canada:

Charles Élei Bouthillier October 8, 1837 - October 21, 1837
Lucille Elisabeth Bouthillier - (2/24/1839-?)
Charles Frederick Bouthillier - (7/21/1841-?)
Elie Bouthillier - (1/14/1844-?)
Flavia Bouthillier - (2/25/1849-?)
Marie Bouthillier - (6/6/1851-?)
Joseph Bouthillier - (8/7/1853-?)
Henri Bouthillier - (8/24/1856-9/2/1856)
Marie Julie Bouthillier - (10/25/1857-?)
Louis Albert Bouthillier - 2/14/1861-?)

How Bouthillier became Butler