Helen Valida Butler was born June 6th 1893 in Hillsboro, New hampshire. She was the fifth child born in a family of ten children. Her father Louis Butler from Bedford, Quebec and mother Louise-Angélique Bernier from Highgate, Vermont, were married in 1884 in Keene, New Hampshire.
Helen married William Joseph Lynch in September 1917 in Westfield, Mass. They raised a family of five children (4 boys & 1 girl) in Keene, New Hampshire.
Helen Valida Butler died March the 8th 1943 and is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Keene.