Before 10th February 1818 [his father] John La Forey Butler [aged 32] and [his mother] Henrietta Patrick were married.
On 10th February 1818 William John Butler was born to John La Forey Butler [aged 32] and Henrietta Patrick.
In 1832 William John Butler [aged 13] became a queen's scholar at Westminster School [Map].
In 1836 William John Butler [aged 17] entered Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. He won the Trinity essay in 1839, but, though a fair classical scholar, was unable to give sufficient time to the tripos, and took a pass degree in 1840. He was awarded M.A. in 1844.
In 1841 William John Butler [aged 22] was ordained by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner and presented to the Curacy of Dogmersfield, under Charles Dyson.
On 29th July 1843 William John Butler [aged 25] and Emma Barnett were married.
In 1848 [his father] John La Forey Butler [aged 62] died. She was buried beside her husband at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
In 1885 William John Butler [aged 66] was appointed Dean of Lincoln.
On 14th January 1894 William John Butler [aged 75] died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] on 18th January 1894. On 25th April 1896 a monument by Farmer & Brindley of red Verona marble with an alabaster effigy carved by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud [aged 35] was unveiled.
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On 21st January 1894 [his former wife] Emma Barnett died one week after the death of her husband William John Butler [deceased].
father: John La Forey Butler 
Grandfather: Captain Robert Patrick
mother: Henrietta Patrick