Bette, I find this German part of the Butcher family very interesting. I came from John, then Gabriel Butcher, a Quaker from England. To your knowledge is there any connection between the German Butchers and the English Butchers? It might have been just a name that was easy to acquire. Just curious? Thanks! Mary PS: You did a great job on your web page!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette Butcher Topp" <toppline@home.com> To: <BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:34 PM Subject: Re: [Butcher] Butcher Family > Well, how are you? It has been a long time, since have heard from you. How is your research > going for you? I get on the lists and then get tired of all the mail and drop off again. I > noticed that a bunch of the "old gang" dropped off the Hacker's Creek list after a while. I > got so sick of hearing them rave about ramps, that I thought I would scream. And really got > nothing worthwhile from it. I hear from Joy every now and then. I don't know who is all on > this Butcher list anymore. > > Have a great Easter. Are your folks around right now? Jim generally tells me when they leave > for the Islands and I haven't heard from him in some time, come to think of it. > > Bette > > -- > Bette Butcher Topp - > > Please use my new email toppline@home.com and be sure to > visit me at - http://www.members.home.com/toppline/homepage.htm > > My ahnentafel chart may be found at > http://www.members.home.com/toppline/antafl.htm > > > > ==== BUTCHER Mailing List ==== > Visit the BUTCHER GenConnect boards at > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/u/BUTCHER/queries > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >
Hi Mary, Some of my Butcher cousins and I have had this conversation many times. What we have found is that the surname "METZGER" is German for Butcher. To our knowledge there is no connection between the German and English Butchers. I have a two-fold interest in the surname Butcher as that is my husbands surname and also I have a Butcher that popped up in my Ingram line. Also I would like to say hi to Bette. Long time since I've heard from you also. Haven't found anything new on the our Butcher line in a long time. Great web page. Take care and have a great Easter. Diane M. Butcher ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Young <tom@conknet.com> To: <BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [Butcher] Butcher Family > Bette, > > I find this German part of the Butcher family very interesting. I came from > John, then Gabriel Butcher, > a Quaker from England. To your knowledge is there any connection between > the German Butchers and > the English Butchers? It might have been just a name that was easy to > acquire. Just curious? Thanks! > > Mary > > PS: You did a great job on your web page!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bette Butcher Topp" <toppline@home.com> > To: <BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Butcher] Butcher Family > > > > Well, how are you? It has been a long time, since have heard from you. How > is your research > > going for you? I get on the lists and then get tired of all the mail and > drop off again. I > > noticed that a bunch of the "old gang" dropped off the Hacker's Creek list > after a while. I > > got so sick of hearing them rave about ramps, that I thought I would > scream. And really got > > nothing worthwhile from it. I hear from Joy every now and then. I don't > know who is all on > > this Butcher list anymore. > > > > Have a great Easter. Are your folks around right now? Jim generally tells > me when they leave > > for the Islands and I haven't heard from him in some time, come to think > of it. > > > > Bette > > > > -- > > Bette Butcher Topp - > > > > Please use my new email toppline@home.com and be sure to > > visit me at - http://www.members.home.com/toppline/homepage.htm > > > > My ahnentafel chart may be found at > > http://www.members.home.com/toppline/antafl.htm > > > > > > > > ==== BUTCHER Mailing List ==== > > Visit the BUTCHER GenConnect boards at > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/u/BUTCHER/queries > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > ==== BUTCHER Mailing List ==== > Visit the BUTCHER GenConnect boards at > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/u/BUTCHER/queries > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >
No, there is no connection that I have been able to find that the John, Francis, Mary or Gabriel Butcher who came into NJ early and were English Quakers. Back when I started researching in 1976, I thought they had to be as the 'family story' was "descended from the early English settlers in to the Valley of Virginia." I kept telling them all that no way - with the first names that were given to the children of Paulser, that they had to be German. Two cousins broke the line for the rest of us and that was that. There is no connection between the German and English Butchers - remember the original name was Metzger which means "a butcher" in German. Bette Mary Young wrote: > Bette, > > I find this German part of the Butcher family very interesting. I came from > John, then Gabriel Butcher, > a Quaker from England. To your knowledge is there any connection between > the German Butchers and > the English Butchers? It might have been just a name that was easy to > acquire. Just curious? Thanks! > > Mary > > PS: You did a great job on your web page!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bette Butcher Topp" <toppline@home.com> > To: <BUTCHER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Butcher] Butcher Family > > > Well, how are you? It has been a long time, since have heard from you. How > is your research > > going for you? I get on the lists and then get tired of all the mail and > drop off again. I > > noticed that a bunch of the "old gang" dropped off the Hacker's Creek list > after a while. I > > got so sick of hearing them rave about ramps, that I thought I would > scream. And really got > > nothing worthwhile from it. I hear from Joy every now and then. I don't > know who is all on > > this Butcher list anymore. > > > > Have a great Easter. Are your folks around right now? Jim generally tells > me when they leave > > for the Islands and I haven't heard from him in some time, come to think > of it. > > > > Bette > > > > -- > > Bette Butcher Topp - > > > > Please use my new email toppline@home.com and be sure to > > visit me at - http://www.members.home.com/toppline/homepage.htm > > > > My ahnentafel chart may be found at > > http://www.members.home.com/toppline/antafl.htm > > > > > > > > ==== BUTCHER Mailing List ==== > > Visit the BUTCHER GenConnect boards at > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/u/BUTCHER/queries > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > ==== BUTCHER Mailing List ==== > Visit the BUTCHER GenConnect boards at > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/u/BUTCHER/queries > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! -- Bette Butcher Topp - Please use my new email toppline@home.com and be sure to visit me at - http://www.members.home.com/toppline/homepage.htm My ahnentafel chart may be found at http://www.members.home.com/toppline/antafl.htm