Michael (Butler) Crawford-Butler
Honor Code SignatorySigned 21 Jan 2018 | 14,025 contributions | 390 thank-yous | 3,191 connections
Signed 21 Jan 2018 | 14,025 contributions | 390 thank-yous | 3,191 connections
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anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
I am slowly working my way up the family tree. I have done direct line and their children up to my 5th great grandparents (apart from a few brick walls). As I am researching and writing profiles as I go I am only adding 1 or 2 people a week, so I have enough relatives to keep me goiing for about 300 years.
with
anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
I am slowly working my way up the family tree. I have done direct line and their children up to my 5th great grandparents (apart from a few brick walls). As I am researching and writing profiles as I go I am only adding 1 or 2 people a week, so I have enough relatives to keep me goiing for about 300 years.
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Michael J. Crawford-Butler formerly Butler
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
and Brother of
[private sister (1940s - unknown)], Marilyn Butler and [private sister (1950s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (1970s - unknown)], [private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
Profile managers:
Michael Crawford-Butler [send private message] and Alison Dye [send private message]
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Michael (Butler) Crawford-Butler lived in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand.
Michael (Butler) Crawford-Butler lived in Wellington, New Zealand.
Biography
Michael (Butler) Crawford-Butler participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2020 Clean-a-Thon.
Michael Butler was born at Howick in 1951. His parents are Desmond and Ailsa Butler. At the time of his birth they were residing in Minerva Tce, Howick. Ailsa's parents Frank and Lily Irvine had farmed the area. After World War II the farm was subdivided and each child received a piece of land as a gift. Ailsa received hers when she married. Howick in 1951 had a population of 2112. By 1970 that had increased to 10,850. [1]
In 1956 Michael started school at Howick District High School. In 1961 Pakuranga College was built and the District High School renamed Howick School. The next year Owairoa School was established as the third primary school in the rapidly growing town and Michael was a founding pupil of that school. In 1964 Michael started attending Pakuranga College. In 1970 he started study at Auckland University. During his second year at university Michael left the family home and started flatting. While university was a great success socially it was not so academically. In 1972 Michael gave up study.
In 1973 Michael left Auckland. After a year in Wellington he moved to Dunedin. In late 1974 he and Lynley Brown moved to Wellington living initially in Wallace St, Mt Cook. On 28 Jan 1975 Michael and Lynley married. In late 1975 they purchased a house in Mt Victoria in jointly with Alison Dye Michael's sister.
In 1977 Michael started training as a COBOL programmer at New Zealand Post Office. Since then Michael has worked as a programmer at NZ Dairy Board, Telecom, Westpac and ANZ recently celebrating 40 years of COBOL programming.
The marriage ended in 1980 but Michael remained in Mt Victoria until his second marriage also ended in 1991. After a winter in Brooklyn Michael moved to Island Bay where he lived until 2020 when he moved to Levin.
A big change in Michael's lifestyle came in 1991 when Kate persuaded Michael to get a dog. For the 26 years since dogs have been a major part of Michael's life. Michael has competed in dog agility throughout the length of the country. In 2011 Michael and Rapid, a border collie did a 2326km walk around South Island raising funds for NZ Cancer Society. A more modest walk of 1200km along the east coast of North Island with Idol and Toby was commenced in 2016. The finish was delayed 12 months when Michael broke his leg with a bit over half completed. This was finished in 2017.
Michael retired in 2020 and moved to Levin. In 2023 he married Sarah Crawford and both he and Sarah adopted the last name Crawford-Butler. Their home is in Titahi Bay, Porirua
Sources
- ↑ 'HOWICK', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand URL: (accessed 20 Apr 2019)
- New Zealand BDM Indexs
- First-hand information. Entered by Michael Butler.
- Paternal and Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Michael Butler and his sisterAlison Dye. Their MRCAs are their parents, Stanley Desmond Butler and Ailsa Lillian Irvine. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Immediate family, based on sharing 2630 cM across 60 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Michael's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michael:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michael:
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100.00%
100.00%
Michael (Butler) Crawford-Butler:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A154778 [compare], Ancestry member mbutler707
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~12.50%
Kevin Butler
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Craig Mackey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PB9379600 [compare], Ancestry member craigamackey
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Dennis Wright :
23andMe, GEDmatch M214425 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F25505 [compare], FTDNA kit #25505
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~0.78%
Raewyn (Nankivell) Cassar :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR4585409 [compare], Ancestry member ausfrench
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Christine (Noble) Yeoman :
AncestryDNA
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Michael:
- Meet our Members: Mike Butler Sep 28, 2020.
- Michael Butler does a lovely job on Biographies. Jun 27, 2019.
- Michael Butler is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 22, 2018.
Featured German connections: Michael is 22 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 28 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 27 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 24 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 22 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 25 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 30 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 19 degrees from Alexander Mack, 38 degrees from Carl Miele, 17 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 23 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 19 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
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Categories: Howick, Auckland | Wellington, New Zealand
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-Amie
Having scaled that brick wall you will find a chain of descent that goes back to medieval times and includes William the Conqueror and Charlemagne.
Mike
Hi Michael,
WikiTree's seventh annual 72-hour sourcing marathon is coming soon!! and The Kiwi Crew is participating. The previous Source-a-Thons have been great fun and very productive. Last year we did almost 57,000. I invite you to join us this year to beat that record! Participation is easy, simply add sources to unsourced profiles.
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Hi Michael,
I would like to invite you to join the KiwiCrew in the upcoming Connect-A-Thon. Participation is easy, simply create new profiles for unconnected people and with luck, they will connect with the World Tree.
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I haven't heard back from you regarding the Scotland Project check-in. I hope you are well and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Hi Michael,
I would like to invite you to join the KiwiCrew in the upcoming Connect-A-Thon. Participation is easy, simply create new profiles for unconnected people and with luck, they will connect with the World Tree.
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Happy WikiTreeing, Campbell
It's time for our annual Scotland Project check-in!
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Hi Michael
I would like to invite you to join the KiwiCrew in the upcoming Connect-A-Thon. Participation is easy, simply create new profiles for unconnected people, with luck they will connect with the World Tree.
Simply post an answer on this
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Happy WikiTreeing, Campbell
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Here I have to display my ignorance. I am working on my Dunn ancestors from Angus (Dundee, Logie-Pert and Friockheim) and Blacks from Fife but I have no idea which clan they are. I will keep working on them from time to time. The Irvines who I am also descended from have been well documented by other people.
Michael
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Profile manager: Arthur Courtney private message [send private message] Stickland-54 created 18 May 2015 | Last modified 30 Jan 2018 | Last tracked change: 30 Jan 2018 23:44: Arthur (Welsford) Courtney rejected a match of Stickland-54 and Stickland-104. [Thank Arthur for this]
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