Gordon Howard Boutilier

Male 1889 - 1967  (77 years)


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  • Name Gordon Howard Boutilier 
    Born 25 Apr 1889  Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 24 Jun 1889  St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 5D3257C5A2C4884C9EAA4745B4EA806B4213 
    Died 19 Feb 1967  Salol, Roseau, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1846  Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2022 

    Father John Henry Boutilier,   b. 5 Jul 1849, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1929, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Ada Jane Fraser,   b. 30 Mar 1859, Barrachois, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1897, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1882  Barrachois, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Minister Rev. D. Smith performed the Boutilier-Fraser marriage 
    Witnesses Matilda Boutilier and Henry Battersby witnessed the Boutilier-Fraser marriage 
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia Erickson,   b. 19 Jul 1895, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1956, Roseau County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1912  Morrison County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F1046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones

    Gordon Howard Butler memorial at Spruce Cemetery, Roseau MN

  • Notes 
    • Gordon Boutilier changed his name to Butler and moved to Minnesota

      Border Crossings from Canada to US (Ancestry.com)
      Gordon Boutilier, farm laborer, age 18, entered US through Buffalo, NY on October 17, 1907, going to his uncle Murray Boutilier in Hammond Wisconsin. Contact was father John in Sydney, also Gordon's last permanent residence. Height 5', 144 lbs, fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

      1910 Census of US has "Gorden H. Butler" as a boarder in Wolverton, Wilkin County, Minnesota

      Gordon Butler registered for the draft in Valleytown, Phillips County, Montana on June 5, 1919. Occ. Farmer, married with 2 children; light blue eyes, light hair, medium height and build (Microfilm Roll 1,711,438)

      1920 Census of US
      School Dist 11 Phillips Co. Montana
      Gordon Butter 30 imm 1907 pa general farmer
      Julia Butler 25 native of Iowa
      Clinton H. Butler 7 native of Minnesota
      Knora? G. Butler (male) 5 born Minnesota
      Olida M. Butler ? born Montana
      (Julia's parents Anton and Elizabeth Erickson, both of Norwegian descent, are living nearby)
      T625_974 p 11B ED158 household 57

      SSDI GORDON BUTLER 25 Apr 1889 Feb 1967 56756 (Salol, Roseau, MN) (none specified) 472-18-6739 Minnesota

      BUTLER, GORDON HOWARD
      Minnesota Historical Society Death Certs Index
      Date of Birth 25 Apr 1889
      Place of Birth OUT OF STATE
      Mother Maiden Name UNKNOWN
      1967-MN-004217
      Date of Death 19 Feb 1967
      County of Death ROSEAU

      CLINTON H BUTLER 09 Dec 1912 30 Mar 1996 56756 (Salol, Roseau, MN) (none specified) 470-18-3077 Minnesota
      KENOVHA G BUTLER 10 Feb 1915 06 Oct 1997 (V) 56756 (Salol, Roseau, MN) (none specified) 476-09-2187 Minnesota
      MYRTLE C BUTLER 09 Apr 1919 19 Jun 2002 (V) 56673 (Roosevelt, Roseau, MN) (none specified) 472-76-3503 Minnesota

      BUTLER, KANOVAH GEORGE
      Date of Birth 10 Feb 1915
      Place of Birth MINNESOTA
      Mother Maiden Name ERICKSON
      certid# 1997-MN-027679
      Date of Death 06 Oct 1997
      County of Death ROSEAU

      From Minnesota Official Marriage System website
      Gordon Butler to Julia Erickson, Morrison County, cert # J-73