Eli Nathan Raymond Carr

Brief Life History of Eli Nathan Raymond

When Eli Nathan Raymond Carr was born on 4 August 1845, in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, United States, his father, John Carr, was 37 and his mother, Catherine Casebeer, was 37. He married Elizabeth Ann Magdelene Haroff on 5 April 1870, in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Lake Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 7 Yellow Pine, Washington, Alabama, United States in 1910. He died on 28 January 1918, in Fruitdale, Washington, Alabama, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Fruitdale Cemetery, Fruitdale, Washington, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eli Nathan Raymond Carr
1845–1918
Elizabeth Ann Magdelene Haroff
1846–1925
Marriage: 5 April 1870
Olive Pearl Carr
1871–1952
Iona Maud Carr
1874–1961
Elna True Carr
1878–1940
Elizabeth Adelia Carr
1880–1959

Sources (37)

  • Lallthor Carr, "United States Census, 1900"
  • E. R. Carr, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Eli Nathan Raymond Carr, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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