Alvin Bert Carter

Brief Life History of Alvin Bert

When Alvin Bert Carter was born on 12 October 1887, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, Thomas Alvin Carter, was 25 and his mother, Alice Roberta Tipton, was 18. He married Mary Edith Worthington in 1910, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Seaside, Walton, Florida, United States in 1976. He died on 21 July 1983, in Clatsop, Oregon, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Alvin Bert Carter
1887–1983
Mary Edith Worthington
1885–1944
Marriage: 1910
Alvin Bertrum Carter jr.
1909–1909
Frederic Worthington Carter
1916–2014
Shirley Julia Carter
1921–2020

Sources (27)

  • Alvin B Carter, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Alvin Bert Carter, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Alvin B Carter, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

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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Story Highlight

Waluga Post Office near lake Oswego Oregon.

Alvin B Carter was postmaster for a short while when they lived on the farm on the far side of the lake. Grandpa said He named the post office not for an Indian word, but for the sound that the geese …

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