George Carr

Brief Life History of George

When George Carr was born on 13 January 1853, in Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States, his father, Lawrence Parker Carr Jr., was 58 and his mother, Margaret Suttle, was 41. He married Frances "Fannie" J Swindle on 1 January 1880, in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Beat 4, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Beat 2, Winston, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. He died on 4 January 1921, in Winston, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Good Hope Cemetery, Fearns Springs, Winston, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Carr
1853–1921
Frances "Fannie" J Swindle
1860–1930
Marriage: 1 January 1880
Robert Lafayette Carr
1883–1939
Infant Carr
Margaret Parlee Carr
1884–1885
R Minnie Carr Eaves
1885–1985
Ida Lucinda Carr
1886–1956
Lee Ellen Carr Sellars
1889–1911
Matthew Carr
1890–1914
Carr
1891–1891
James Thomas Carr
1892–1971
Andrew George Carr
1894–1897
Laura Carr
1897–1966
Leona Carr
1899–1899
Lawrence Parker Carr
1900–1964

Sources (7)

  • George Carr, "United States Census, 1860"
  • George Carr, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • George Carr, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.

Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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