michael butler and catherine mulvaney of ireland and resettled in nyc ny, had children: henry, mary, maggie and thersa who was born about 1880. theres butler had son, elias later called james born in 1911 in rosalee hall, on 81 st. a part of mount sinae hosp. elias was baptized in hosp. chapel as eli or ely, he was a resident here until he was transfered to orphanage in staten island, from there to st. agnes upstate. somewhere in there transfers he became james and them james thomas. there is more addled and changed names in this, but to hard to unknot.