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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1425 people with the Butter surname? In that year Butter was ranked number 2228 for popularity in the UK. |
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Historical References
"BUTTAR, BUTTER, BUTTERS. These surnames are common to the shires of Fife and Perth and may be connected with the old name Buttergask, the name of a village in the parish of Ardoch. Butter was the name of an old family in Perthshire where they possessed the lands of Fascally, and the Butters of Gormock were a still older family in the same county. In 1331 we have record of the escheat of Adam Butir (ER., i, p. 356), and in 1360 William Butyr and Patrick Butirr are mentioned as collectors of contributions in Cowrie "super ylef" (ibid., n, p. 41). James Buttir, fisherman, received an ox-hide for making his currok (currach) in 1511 (Rent. Dunk., p. 117). Others of this name are mentioned in the Acts of Parliament and in Laing (Charters), and several individuals named Butter are mentioned in a charter of the lordship of Swinton of date 1656, and Butterlaw Loche, Butterlaw Syke, and Butterlaw Cairne are also named in the same charter (Stuinion, p. cxciv-cxcv). John Buttyr deponed to the right boundaries of the Monk Myre in 1546 (Cupar-Angus, n, p. 4). The name is also recorded in Dunrossness, Shetland, in 1602 but is now extinct there (Mill, Diary, p. Ixxxix, 187). It is also found in Orkney in the seventeenth century (Retours, Orkney and Shetland, 52, 58, etc.). The name is evidently of local origin (cf. under BUTTEBCASE), and it occurs frequently in the records of the Diocese and Presbytery of Dunkeld. The Butter road (an old drove road across the Ochils, from Old Gaelic bothar, a road for cattle) is in Kincardineshire. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Butter Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Butter Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Butter family tree.
Investigate Butter Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Butter family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Butter surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Butter Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 339 people with the Butter surname in the UK? Butter is now ranked number 3722 for popularity in the UK. |
Butter Genealogy Databases
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Miscellaneous Butter Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Butter family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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