John James Boutilier

Male 1813 - 1883  (70 years)


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  • Name John James Boutilier 
    Born 15 Jan 1813  Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 19 Apr 1813  St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer 
    _UID 6F8FC01A4E5C1D4FB8C67D3AD07887B9AB51 
    Died 16 Oct 1883  Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 17 Oct 1883  St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1251  Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 

    Father Henry Joseph Boutilier,   b. 29 Aug 1789, St. Margaret's Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1879, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Ann Peach,   b. Abt 1793, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1877, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1812  St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • married by license. (St. Geo parish records)
    Family ID F237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Wadden,   b. 1 Feb 1821, South Head, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1862, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 11 Sep 1838  St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • married by banns
    Children 
     1. William Charles Boutilier,   b. 4 Aug 1840, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1935, Wadden's Cove, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     2. Mary Ann Boutilier,   b. 24 Mar 1842, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1928, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Ellen Elizabeth Boutilier,   b. 1844, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1927, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. John Benjamin Boutilier,   b. 15 Mar 1847, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1921, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Sarah Ann Boutilier,   b. 1849, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1899, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     6. George Henry Boutilier,   b. Abt 1852, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1903, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years)
     7. James Forman Boutilier,   b. 18 Apr 1855, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1947, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     8. Levi Thomas Boutilier,   b. Abt 15 May 1858, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1937, Marysville, Snohomish, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     9. Matilda Boutilier,   b. 1861, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F58  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret Dingwall,   b. Abt 1837, [Coxheath, Nova Scotia or Scotland] Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1875, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Married 2 Aug 1864  Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Anne Boutilier,   b. 11 Oct 1865, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1941, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Elizabeth Boutilier,   b. Abt 1867, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1900, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years)
     3. John Boutilier,   b. 3 May 1868, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1927, Sydney Forks, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Simon Boutilier,   b. Abt 1870, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Eliza Ann Boutilier,   b. 11 Sep 1872, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1951, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Alexander Joseph Boutilier,   b. 12 Sep 1874, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1953, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Catherine Ann Doyle,   b. Abt 1851, Whycocomagh, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1901, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1878  Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Daniel Boutilier,   b. 13 Aug 1877, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1881, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Margaret Paulina Boutilier,   b. 11 Feb 1879, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F59  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Baptized at the age of 3 months and 4 days according to baptism record (St. George Sydney)


      "This Indenture made this nineteenth day of December...one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Between Benjamin Wadden of Cow Bay in the County of Cape Breton and Province of Nova Scotia Yeoman of the one part and James Boutalier of Cow Bay aforesaid Son in Law of the said Benjamin Wadden of the other part...in consideration of a certain Bond...bearing even date herewith made by the said James Boutalier to the said Benjamin Wadden in the penal sum of one hundred pounds...conditioned for the support and maintenance of the said Benjamin Wadden and Mary Wadden his wife during their natural lives...and also in consideration of the sum of ten shillings to the said Benjamin Wadden...confirm unto the said James Boutalier...all that lot of Land situate...near Cow Bay aforesaid being one half of a Lot of Land granted to the said Benjamin Wadden under the Great Seal of the Island of Cape Breton...the twenty ninth day of August...one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the said half...on the north shore of Mira Bay...until it meets the Waters of False Bay Lake...to the shore of Mira Bay aforesaid...containing one Hundred acres...reserving..one acre of land in the possession...of Benjamin Wadden Junior...."Signed Benjamin Wadden his mark; witnesses Edm. M. Dodd, A.F. Haliburton. Cape Breton County, NS deeds M p 111

      1861 Census of Canada Dist 1 Abstract no 4
      John J Butlier6 males 5 females 11 total 1 female under 1 yr

      1871 Census Balls Bridge div 2 p 3-4 family 10
      John J. Boutalier, 60 farmer no read no write
      Margaret Boutalier, 29 no read no write
      George Boutalier, 18 [George Henry Boutilier]
      James Boutalier, 14 [James Forman Boutilier]
      Levi Boutalier 12
      Matilda Boutalier, 10
      Mary Ann Boutalier, 5
      John Boutalier, 3
      Simon Boutalier, 1
      Schedule 3: no real estate 1 house 1 barn 2 wagons
      Schedule 4: tenant 100 acres 10 improved 10 pasture 40 bushels oats 1 acre (70 bushels) potatoes 15 acres (9 tons) hay
      Schedule 5: 1 horse 2 milk cows 1 cattle 1 cattle killed/sold 120 lbs butter
      Schedule 7: 10 cords firewood

      Household Record 1881 Canadian Census
      James BOUTILIER M Male French 68 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
      Catherine BOUTILIER M Female French 30 Nova Scotia Church of England
      Mary A. BOUTILIER Female French 16 Nova Scotia Church of England (child of Margaret Dingle)
      John BOUTILIER Male French 17 Nova Scotia Church of England (should probably read "12")
      Elizabeth BOUTILIER Female French 14 Nova Scotia Church of England
      Simon BOUTILIER Male French 10 Nova Scotia Church of England
      Eliza BOUTILIER Female French 8 Nova Scotia Church of England [Eliza Ann born 1872)
      Alexander BOUTILIER Male French 6 Nova Scotia Church of England
      Margaet W. BOUTILIER Female French 1 Nova Scotia Church of England (child of Catherine Ann Doyle)
      Source Information:
      Census Place Ball's Creek, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
      Family History Library Film 1375802
      NA Film Number C-13166
      District 6
      Sub-district E
      Division 1
      Page Number 51
      Household Number 205


      James Boutilier and Catherine Ann Doyle married on 27 February 1878 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

      Registration: Year: 1878 book: 1804 page: 136 number: 32