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William James Butler was born at Leamington, Warwickshire, England, on 18 March 1858, the son of Jane Matilda Long and her husband, James Butler, a master linen draper. His brother Joseph was born at Leamington on 1 March 1862. William sailed to New Zealand on the Atrato in 1874 with an older brother, Osmond. They cut firewood for a living at Kakahu in South Canterbury, where they were joined by Joseph. The three found work in a Southland sawmill in the early 1880s. There followed an unsuccessful stint prospecting for gold in Westland, after which William and Joseph worked for a time bridge building.
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