Life History

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Notes

• Social Security records repot that Reid Butler Jr was born 14 March 1930.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Reid A. Butler
  Born 14 Mar 1930
  Died 4 Apr 1999
  Last Residence La Place, St John The Baptist, Louisiana 70068
  SSN 438-34-4850 issued Louisiana (Before 1951)
  
  A compilation of Public Records also reports the 1930 birth date.
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
  Reid A Butler
  Birth 14 Mar 1930
  Address: Athania Pky, Metairie, LA, 70001 (1986)
  22 Glenwood Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70123-4611 (1993)
  
  The date of birth reported by these public records is confirmed by Reid's son Reid III, in his genealogy and in personal correspondence with me.
  
  "Thanks Orville, as far as the info on my dad's birthday (Reid A Butler Jr) it is 14 March, 1930."
  --  Reid Butler III, email message to Orville Boyd Jenkins,  25 August 2011
  
  Reid Alymer Butler Jr
  Born 1930 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
  Death Laplace, St John The Baptist, Louisiana
  Parents:  Reid Alymer Butler, Willa Birdwell
  Spouse:  Marcella Agatha Hamilton
  --  Butler, by Reid Butler III, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/RequestTreeAccess.aspx?tid=26105522&pid=1779498596
  
  Reid also explained that his mother's name given in the genealogy above is actually her confirmation name.  Her given middle name is Rose.
  
  "My mother Marcella Rose Hamilton was born 16 April 1933. ... You notice the change in middle names for Marcella (Agatha is her confirmation name."
  --  Reid Butler III, email message to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 25 August 2011
  
  1940 Federal Census, New Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 24 April, New Orleans, District 36-455, page 1B, Hse #525, Rents $8
  Butler, Reid Sr  Head M W 43 Grade H-4 b Tennessee Same Place in 1935 No Occup Rptd
  Butler, Willa Wife F W 33 Grade C-2 b Louisiana Same Place in 1935
  Butler, Reid Jr Son M W 10 Grade 2 b Louisiana Same Place in 1935
  
  U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
  Reid A, Jr Butler
  Address 1105 Athania Pkwy, Metairie, Louisiana 70001-2825
  Phone Number 504-835-0444
  Residence Years 1997 1998
  
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  My Son Reid Adrew (not Andrew) Butler Born June 23, 1989
  
  My Self Reid Alymer Butler III Born Jan. 8, 1953
  
  My Father Reid A. Butler Jr Born March 14, 1933 [1930] Death 1999
  
  Grand father Reid A Butler Sr Born July 3, 1897 Death 1960
  
  Great Grand father Bernard Benjamin Butler Born 1860 Approx. Death 1900-1910?
  
  2x Great Grand father William G (or H, two different indexes have it two different ways.  Have looked at 1900 census in Bolivar Co, MS and can't make up my mind
  either)  Born 1834 approx. Death ?
  --  Butler Family Pedigrees/DNA testing, From an email sent by Reid A. Butler III, April 19, 2011, http://www.worldfamilies.net/forum/index.php?topic=9438.msg122606#msg122606
  
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  An obituary index reports that Reid's obituary was published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune on 5 April 1999, the day after his death.  I have not found the text of the obit.
  
  BUTLER, Reid Almer Jr; New Orleans LA; Times-Picayune; 1999-4-5
  
  Reid A Butler, Jr
  Birth unknown
  Death Apr., 1999
  Note: Age 69, Name on Plot, Date of Burial 4/6/1999, Ref: Cemetery Records
  Burial Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, , Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Plot: 56 Myrtle Hazel North
  Created by Graves May 07, 2012
  --  Find a Grave Memorial #89703021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89703021/reid-a-butler

Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, New Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  • 24 April, New Orleans, District 36-455, page 1B, Hse #525, Rents $8
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 3. Social Security Death Index
• 4. Reid A Butler III
• 5. 1940 United States Federal Census
  • 24 April, New Orleans, District 36-455, page 1B, Hse #525, Rents $8
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Butler Family Pedigrees/DNA testing
  • Location: http://www.worldfamilies.net/forum/index.php?topic=9438.msg122606#msg122606;
• 8. Ancestry Trees
  • Butler, by Reid Butler III, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/RequestTreeAccess.aspx?tid=26105522&pid=1779498596
• 9. U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
• 10. Facebook