Brief Life History of Oberlin Mathias
When Oberlin Mathias Carter was born on 11 July 1856, in Patriot, Perry Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, his father, Robert Thompson Carter, was 25 and his mother, Lucinda Miriam Williams, was 21. He married Marguerite Wescott on 29 October 1890, in Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States. He lived in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Florida, United States in 1935. He died on 18 July 1944, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Patriot Cemetery, Perry Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Oberlin Carter, "United States Census, 1930"
- Oberlin M. Carter, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Oberlin M. Carter, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985"
Spouse and Children
1856–1944 Male
1860–1897 Female
Parents and Siblings
1830–1887 Male
1835–1931 Female
Siblings (4)
1856–1944 Male
1857–1887 Female
1861–1932 Male
1863–1945 Male
World Events (8)
1857 · Oldest tobacco shop in the Country
Age 1
1863
Age 7
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 25
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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