Butler County Surnames
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| Surname |
Researcher |
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Other Information |
| ACKERMAN, FAIRCHILD | Norma Gilbertson | David b. 1822 & wife Lucy Fairchild to Butler Co 1866 from Dodge Co, WI | |
| ACKERSON & INGALLS | Blunt | New Hartford, late 1800's | |
| ALLEN & PFALTZGRAPH | Sandy Miller | sandy_viera@hotmail.com | Glenn Allen, d. 2006, & wife Marilyn Pfaltzgraff |
| APPLEBY, EVERETT, MINERT, ROSE | Mike Appleby | COappleby1@msn.com | Garrett
Henry MINERT (1833-1915) m Rachel Frances GAPEN in 1856 in WI; |
| ASHWORTH | Herbert Ray Ashworth | ashworthh@helenachemical.com | Dayton Twp, arrived from England ca. 1868. Interested in all Ashworths to the present |
| BAKKER, JANSEN | Barbara | bakkertree@yahoo.com | |
| BALES/BAYLES | Bernice Bayles Hazlett | Butler County | |
| BECKER | Wm. Becker | August W. 1847-1927 Children: Wm., Lola, Eliza, Bertha, Harman and Thedera | |
| BEHR | Gail Meyer Kilgore | Butler Co. | |
| BENAGE | Dana Smith | msdjsmith95@msn.com | Descendants of George W. Benage, died 1909 in Butler Co. Originally from PA via OH and WI. |
| BENNETT | Bill Hewitt | bill-hewitt@sbcglobal.net | Family arrived in Butler Co in 1893 from Kansas. Charles Nelson BENNETT, b. 1849, IL, d. 28 Apr 1925; wife Mary Elizabeth HEWITT BENNETT, b. 1849, IN , d. ?? 1940; children: Delbert E. BENNETT, b. 1874 IL, m. Mary Belle ARCHER, d. ?? 1907; Roy N. BENNETT, b. 1890, IL, d. 1893; Anna B. BENNETT, b.1878, IL, d. 27 Jul 1944; Fred Hewitt BENNETT, b. 1875, IL, d. 1954 Jackson County, SD. All but Fred buried Oak Hill Cemetery. |
| BINGER, DRALLE, KESSLER, MAHNKE, BRANDENBURG, HUBELER, BARTH & KOEBRICH | Penny Brisson | Surnames branching from Frederick Binger, brother of John B. Binger. Area of Green. | |
| BRADFORD, MILES & PRESCOTT | Jason Gambill | No Information given | |
| BUNN | Alice Quayle Gershman | Peter b. 1818 NJ d. 1896 Shell Rock, want to find parents | |
| BURRESS, HART | Norma Gilbertson | njgilber@rconnect.com | Hannah Hart, Mrs. Levi Burress, to Dayton Twp 1851 from IND, IL, KY |
| CARD, HERSEY, ACKERSON, HALL, CODNER, & WHITLOCK | Dawn Card | Family began near Parkersburg, spread throughout the years through the whole county | |
| CARPENTER & CALDWELL | Joan Ewing | In Butler Co. IA 1851 - 1854 | |
| CHAPMAN & STREETER | Carolyn Kemp | Butler Co. | |
| COLBY | Eugene F. Gray | gray@msu.edu NEED NEW EMAIL ADDRESS |
Butler Co. 1880's. Philander died 1895, wife Rachel 1890. Son William died 1918 in Aredale. |
| CONWAY | Dan Kiley | * * * * |
Michael & Mary Jordan Conway WI>IA>MN son John>IA |
| CROCKER | Elaine Hazleton Bolton | ehb839@earthlink.net | My grandmother was Mabel Anna Crocker Albertson Hazleton, born 21 March 1876 in Greene, Iowa to Ella Gonyon CROCKER and Crofton C. CROCKER. Crofton died March 1881 in Greene, buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Am told he was the first City Marshal and a Street Commissioner. Would like to learn more about the CROCKER family. |
| DEARMOUN | Karen Taylor | William J., married Laura Richard/Richmond abt. 1874 | |
| DONNELLY, BARFUSE & BRONNEMAN | . | Butler Co. | |
| DOYLE, SMITH, HAGERTY | M. Moore | teeseemo@yahoo.com | from Ireland to Canada to Butler Co in 1865; see Doyle Descendants (offsite). |
| DRENTH | M.J. Vineyard | Sam Drenth b. 1895, Netherlands; Clarksville, Shellrock area | |
| DuBOIS, BLAIR, JAMES & LEWIS | Donald G DuBois | Farmed Bristow about 1880. Left for Vancouver, WA | |
| EBERSOLD & FORNEY | Virginia Forney Majewski | ginnym51@msn.com | Descendants
of Christian Forney and Philip Ebersold |
| ENGELKENS or BOELKES | Rene' Antonisse | hantonisse@yahoo.com | Jenny Boelkes m. Harm Engelkens, dau. Dena b. 1902 > Butler Co. son John, dau. Annie |
| EPHROM, HARRIS | Ed Ephrom, Jr. | Ephrom arrived abt 1890, August died in 1934. Harris bef 1890 to (unknown) | |
| FERGUSON | David Maxwell | Butler Co. | |
| FETTERHOFF, TURNER | Carol Hatfield-White | Fetterhoff family name is connected to the United Brethern Church, Albert R. was a circuit riding evangelist. | |
| FLYNN | John Henry Fylnn 1930 Census in Shell Rock | ||
| FORNEY, BETTINGER, McKINNEY, DEARMOUN & RICHMOND | Karen Taylor | Family names in Butler Co.in 1860-1870 and 1880 | |
| FRANKEN | Gordon Faber | 1881 to Present | |
| FRY/FREY | Carolyn Trocine | Family of Dirk & Tillie | |
| FULLER | Benjamin Kinsey | jkinsey17@comcast.net | Orin Fuller in Butler Co in 1895 and 1910 censuses; family may have come from Elkhart Co, IN |
| GALLAGHER | Judy Bos-Parsons | Mary Elizabeth Gallagher, b. West VA, lived in/near Greene, IA | |
| GOHEEN | Norma Gilbertson | William and family to Dayton Twp in 1852, from IND, VA | |
| HARDMAN, MERRICK | Stephen Merrick Hardman | shardman@wideopenwest.com | Montgomery, OH. Margaret Hardman was the first known birth in Coldwater township in 1854 |
| HASSELL | Joseph Ford | 1880 Census, living in Bennezette. William, Margaret and 5 children. Gideon, Janie and 5 children. | |
| HESSE, PATTERSON, WAMSLEY, & HILL | Jim Rowe | Butler Co. | |
| HULL, HAVEN, & KEMP | Donald G DuBois | Farmed at Bristow around 1880. Buried Oak Hill Cem | |
| INGALES, PARTHEMORE, ACKERSON and CARD | |||
| JACOBS | Sandra Tennyson | b. Germany 1845, 1880/Jefferson twp 1900/Fremont twp | |
| JUNKER, WESSELS, BRUNS, FOKKEN, HEERTS, KOHKMAN & UHLENHOPP | Brenda | 1800's to the present | |
| LAHMON | Mary White | Lahmon's: Jacob & Elizabeth, James, William, Emma, Hannah, Margaret (Allen) and Sylvester | |
| LLOYD and BYRAMS | Myron Lloyd | Owen Lloyd married Jane Byrns. Farmed near Shellrock. | |
| LOW | Donald Low | Asa, wife Amelia and son Isaac are listed in 1870 Butler Co. Census. | |
| McCAULIFF, BIGGS, BAILEY, BEEBE, HAZLETT | Cathy Rossing | John McCAULIFF and Susan BIGGS McCAULIFF moved from Green County, WI to Butler Co. sometime in the 1870s. Four children: Eva, Cyndia, Dr. Guy Thomas,and Pearl James McCAULIFF. | |
| McCLINTOCK | Wanda McClintock | gwmcclintock2011@msn.com | Andrew and Jane to Butler Co. abt. 1850, buried in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock. Son Joseph moved to Sac County. Seeking info on others who stayed in Butler County. |
| McELHANEY, GUSHARD, JACOBSEN & ROBENHAGEN | Brenda "McElhaney" Verno | Primarily in the Clarksville area mid-1800's to present day | |
| MILLER | Henry William Miller and Catherine Snider Miller | ||
| MILLER / MULLER | Sandy Miller | sandy_viera@hotmail.com | Herman Miller and wife Henrietta Karsjens, Parkersburg |
| NIECE. NEICE, NEECE | Darlene Ninko | Nathaniel G. Niece b. 1819 Ohio m. 1836 Ziprah Lewis. Father's name Seymour. Brother MDL Niece a school teacher. Sister Sarah m. Ancel Durand. Looking for other sibs and mother. | |
| OLMSTEAD | Ronald E. Olmstead | reolmstead@cox.net | New Hartford area from 1853 to the present. |
| PARKER & BAKER | Sue Parker Wilson | James D. Parker & Ensign Baker lived in Parkersberg til late 1890's | |
| PARRIOTT and HOWARD | Crystal P. Burton | Butler Co. | |
| PHIPPS | Janet Hastie | Died Nov 16, 1923 Bristow, | |
| PIDDINGTON, CROUSE, WILLEY & BYE | Vicki Knox Larson | No information | |
| REINKING | Judy Bos-Parsons | Harvey W. Reinking, b. 1909, Ida Grove, IA, lived in/near Greene, IA, died Colorado Springs, CO | |
| ROWRAY | Jack | cjrow@southslope.net | |
| ROYER | Dana Smith | msdjsmith95@msn.com | Descendants of William W. Royer and Mary Stewart, originally from PA via Green County, WI circa 1870 |
| RUDE (AANDERUDE) | Sara Lyon | Michael & Paul. Are there any descendants? | |
| SANTEE, BECKER & LEE | Cindy Santee | Butler Co. Surnames | |
| SCOTT | Connie Norheim | Connie_norheim@hotmail.com | Tracy & Louisa A. Scott moved from DeKalb Co, IL to Butler Co about 1857-1859 with children Joel I, Caroline M, and Edwin. Louisa died May 11, 1876 in Butler Co. Son Samuel Levi Scott & wife Ellen had son Fredrick Arthur in 1859 in Butler Co. Esp. interested in Louisa's maiden name. |
| SHAW | Mary K. Jones | Resided in Greene 1900-1910 | |
| SHAW & MORRISON | Meli Calkins | Olive Deborah Morrison Shaw, died 1863 Butler Co. Father: Lansing Morrison; Husband: Robert Whitford Shaw | |
| SHADBOLT,WALSH, COON, WEILAND, LEERHOFF, GOLDENSTEIN | Deborah | Allison, Butler Center, Clarksville and surrounding area | |
| STAFFORD | Mary Lou Rogers | Pennsylvania, Ohio, Dumont, (Butler co.) Iowa | |
| STRAIGHT | Herbert George Straight | ||
| TAYLOR, PATCHIN, CASE, HALL, FILKINS and METZGER | Lois Eckley | In Shell Rock and Beaver, primarily from 1865-1890 | |
| TWOHIG | Patricia Forsey | TWIGG in 1895 Census, I need records of marriages and births | |
| VALENTINE, TAYLOR | Greta Thompson | bluebear@new.rr.com | Orin/Orrin Valentine (1854-1936), son of Peter and Matilda (Smith) Valentine, m. Rosa (1858-1934), daughter of Charles and Pauline (Seekatz) Taylor. Five daughters, two died in infancy; May married Edward Frank Kistner; Emma married F. Ralph; Myrtle May, born 1892, died in 1921. Family lived in Clarksville mid-1890s, otherwise in Bremer and Black Hawk Counties. |
| VALENTINE, TAYLOR (2) | Greta Thompson | bluebear@new.rr.com | Lucian/Lucien Valentine (1863-1927), brother of Orrin (see above) m. (1) Celia Gleason (1858-1887), daughter Lola; (2) Anna M. Smith, ended in divorce and (3) Rose H. Taylor (1862), daughter of James R. and Hester (Cook) Taylor. Especially interested in info re Anna Smith.. |
| VAN HORN | Mary Lou Rogers | Groningen Province, Netherlands > Iowa Sheffield, Franklin Co. > Parkersburg, Greene, Butler Co. | |
| WELTNER | Tom Davenport | My gr-grandfather was the pastor in Vilmar for many years. Any info would be great. |
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| WHALEY | Shari | Died at Aplington, 10-29-1911 | |
| WIGLE or WYGLE | Cheryl Hillard | Moved to Butler Co. in 1856 from Union Co. OH | |
| WYGLE, MATHER | Forrest Lindsey | Elizabeth Grace Wygle, dau of Robt I. & Louella Mather. | |
| YAGER | Marjorie Yager Wendt | Information to share on this family | |
| YOST | Lisa (Holtquist) De La Cruz | Sweetpee31@aol.com | Jacob Yost, III immigrated to Iowa from Pennsylvania in June of 1853. He was married to Julia Crosby at that time. She died in Linn County, Iowa in 1853. In 1855 he married Sarah Ann Sparks in Tama County; she died in 1856 in Tama County, He then married Evaline Bethany Scott on Feb. 28th, 1857 in Madison Twp, Butler County, Iowa. He remained in Butler County till he died on Jun-24-1891. |
| YOUNG | Darrell Young | 1870 Eliza Young; Children, Benjamin Franklin & Horace Seaman. Aplington & Bristow area. | |
| YOUNKER, FABEL, WEMPLE, KEMMERER | CR Troemel | Troerew@comcast.net | George, Jeremiah, Caroline and William F. Younker born 1820's to 1830's in Pennsylvania to Jonathan Younker and wife Elizabeth Fabel. Came from Susquehanna Co, PA to Butler Co, IA about 1854. Caroline married Kemmerer and William married a Wemple daughter. |
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