Son of John Edward Butler and Catherine Sarah Bridges.

Married Jane Rowan MacDuff, July 6, 1874, Endowment House, Salt Lake Territory, Utah.

Children born to William and Jane:
Malcolm Lorenzo, John MacDuff, William Bridges, Catherine Bridges, Thomas Edward, Hannah Isabelle, Mary Ellen, Dorothea Sarah, Walter Robert, Ralph MacDuff and adopted son Joseph Thum.

William and Jane were the parents of ten children and one adopted boy, Joseph. Daughter "Belle" was a nurse and "a patient who was dying asked Belle to take her baby to raise. Belle gave the woman her promise, and the Butler's took in little Joseph Thum as one more family member." (Quoted from Jean Sorensen, August 1981)
Joseph Thum Butler was born May 21, 1904, Salt Lake City, Utah and died January 10, 2003, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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1900 Utah, Salt Lake City, SL (2 June) ED 54,Sheet B1, Line 86, Dwelling 13, Family 27
Residence: 212 1/2 State Street/Renting House/Boarders

Butler, William L 50 yr Butcher, Im 1872, NA
b Mar 1850 Eng.
Jane R 45 yr Md 26 yr/10 Child, 10 Living/Im 1864/b May 1855 Eng.
Malcom 25 yr b Mar 1875 UT
John M 22 yr b Mar 1878 UT
William B 21 yr Barber/md 6/12/b Mar 1879 UT
Catherine B 19 yr Attending School/ b Jul 1881 UT
Thomas B 17 yr Attending School/ b Nov 1883 UT
Anna B 15 yr Attending School/ b Aug 1884 UT
Mary E 14 yr Attending School/ b Jan 1886 UT
Dorothea S 12 yr Attending School/ b Sep 1887 UT
Robertson W 10 yr Attending School/ b Jul 1889 UT
Ralph 8 yr b Oct 1891 UT
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Obituary ~ Deseret News, Thursday, May 19, 1932, Second Section, Page 4, Col. 2

"William Lorenzo Butler, 81, stonecutter, died Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. of infirmities incident to age.
Mr. Butler was born March 9, 1851, in Derbyshire, England, the son of John and Catherine Bridges Butler, and emigrated to Salt Lake in 1876, where he had resided since.
As a stonecutter, Mr. Butler labored for 16 years on the L.D.S. temple, tabernacle and other Church buildings. His wife, Mrs. Jane Rowan McDuff Butler died several years ago.

Mr. Butler is survived by nine sons and daughters, John M., Thomas E., Ralph M., Joseph T. and Catherine B. Butler, Mrs. L.V. Guynn, Mrs. T.L. Parker and Mrs. J.E. Openshaw, all of Salt Lake; William B. Butler, Oakland, Cal. He also is survived by nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren."

Place of Death: 237 So. Third East, Salt Lake City, SL, UT.
Cause of Death: Angina Pectoris, Myocarditis
Buried: 22 May 1932