[1][2][3] She was born in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand on 30 April 1883, to Edward Butler, Grey County engineer, and his wife Mary Delaney.

[4] She attended St Mary's College, Wellington and then at Wellington Technical School[5] Butler's works were feature at the National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand in 1940[5] and the largest collection of her work is held by Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand.

[7][8] Margaret Butler died in Wellington of cancer on 4 December 1947.

Prime minister, Peter Fraser and the Catholic archbishop of Wellington, Thomas O'Shea were attendees at her funeral.

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