Letters of Charles Butler, 1933
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“Letters of Charles Butler, 1933”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/10098
- Description
- Charles Butler, 1864-1949, wrote letters to family members, mostly his children, between 1932 until his death in 1949. During these years travelling with his wife, visiting family members in Kroonstad, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Vryburg and also went on holiday trips. Their permanent address was 34 Dundas Street, Cradock, where they lived until the death of his wife, Mary Emma Butler, 1862-1947, who died in 1947. He then moved and stayed with his daughter Grace and her family in Kroonstad, 47 Reitz Street. During this time Charles and Grace visited relatives in Vryburg, Cape Province. Towards the end of 1948 when Charles's health deteriorated they stayed with family in Uitenhage to be close to the doctors and hospital. Charles Butler was buried in Cradock with his wife.
- Subject
- Butler, Charles, 1864-1949 -- Correspondence
- Butler, Marion Grace, 1899-1979 -- Correspondence
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/34822
- Date Issued
- 1933
- Provenance
- Butler Family Photograph Collection
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
- MS 20 064.2
- useGuidelines
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
- Item sets
- Butler Family Collection
“Letters of Charles Butler, 1933”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/10098
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