Richard Butler, b. 1813 Longford, Ireland migrated to Boston, Massachusettes, United States in 1837. Travelling with him was his brother, William, b. 1819, and Alice Christie b. 1817 whom Richard married circa 1839, and James Christie b.1818.
Richard's parents were Richard Butler and Mary Prudence Huggins who may have lived at Sunfield House in Abbeyshrule.
Co. Longford, or Longfort in Irish, is part of the midlands region of Ireland. We have a gorgeous countryside with farmlands, lakes and bogs. We have a population of approximately 40,810. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
Location: Longford
Cavalry Barracks Longford (Lower Barracks)
Location: Longford
Knights & Conquests Heritage Centre
Location: Longford
Granard Longford
Maria Edgeworth Center - Edgeworthstown
Location: Longford
Ballymahon Rd, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, N39 E3C8
Greville Arms Hotel, Granard - Gen Michael Collins - Kitty Kiernan
Location: Longford
Greville Hotel, Granard, Co Longford
Four drowned in the Shannon
2 Dec 1882
Travelling Folk in the 1930s
<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>
1 Jan 1938
Cholera rages in Longford
<p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>
23 Jul 1832
County Longford in the 1830s
<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>
1 Jan 1837