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Catherine Mary Butler

Catherine Mary Butler

Born
1846-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1899-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in New Zealand

Catherine was born in Clonmel in 1846, She was Roman Catholic and I believe her parents were William Buttler and Alice Burke ( as spelt and written on her marriage licence of 1873 in New Zealand). As a young child who worked, doing laundry and the story goes she was so young she had to stand on a chair to work. As she grew up she was (according to family stories) a Tipperary stone thrower.....she carried a stocking with a stone in the bottom to frighten off would-be attackers when walking in remote places. She migrated to New Zealand in 1873 and I think worked in Canterbury. She eventually moved to Dunedin, where she married and had 4 children. She died in 1899.

 

 

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Cork

County Cork, or Corcaigh in Irish, is the southernmost county in Ireland and also the largest county.  It is known as “The Rebel County”.  We are home to the Blarney Stone and known for our beaches and beautiful scenery.  We have a population of approximately 542,196.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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  • An Chrois pub / J'O'Connell's pub

    Location: Cork

    Caherdahy, Kilnamartyra, Cork

  • Marmullane Villa

    Location: Cork

    Marmullane House

  • Dromineen Castle

    Location: Cork

    Dromineen, Drommahane Mallow

  • Graigue School

    Location: Cork

Timeline events in this community

  • 1810s

    MARY SUSAN CONNELL

    1810-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Queen Victoria’s 1st visit to Cork Aug 1849

    <p>Queen Victoria’s 1st visit to Ireland, August 2-12, 1849.</p>

    1849-08-02 12:00:00

  • 1920s

    Kilmichael Ambush

    1920-11-28 12:00:00

  • 1610s

    West Cork mapped by John Speede 1610

    <p>Part of a map of Munster dated 1610 showing West Cork by John Speede</p>

    1610-01-01 12:00:00

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00

Clonmel (Cork)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Clonmel (Cork). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1910s

    Spanish Flu outbreak reaches Ireland

    <p>In 1918, the world faced an epidemic worse than the Black Death. The Spanish flu epidemic had spread across the world, and over the course of 20 months, claimed an estimated 18 million lives, most of whom were people under 40 years old. The epidemic is estimated to have killed 23,000 people in Ireland.</p>

    1918-05-01 12:00:00

Catherine Mary Butler