Brief Life History of Lewis
When Lewis Carter was born on 5 May 1855, in Outwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Carter, was 31 and his mother, Susan Billings, was 34. He married Mary Ann Rands in 1875, in Outwell, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Upwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- Lewis Carter, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Louis Carter, "England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941"
- Lewis Carter, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, from Middle English carter(e) ‘carter’ (Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, Old French charetier, medieval Latin carettarius, carettator). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably derived from Celtic. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: shortened form of McCarter .
Americanized form of German Karter ‘carder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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