When Justine or Ella Carter or Charet was born on 7 October 1862, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Lawrance Carter, was 46 and her mother, Josephine Betsey St. Germaine, was 43. She married Frank Austin in 1894. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Pamelia, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1865 and Castorland, Lewis, New York, United States in 1900. She died on 6 August 1937, in Carthage, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 74.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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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