Brief Life History of Mary Matilda
When Mary Matilda Carter was born about 1837, in Carter, Tennessee, United States, her father, Landon Duffield Carter, was 22 and her mother, Emily P. Black, was 21.
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Parents and Siblings
1816–1870 Male
1818–1850 Female
Siblings (5)
1837– Female
1839– Female
1841– Male
1843– Female
1847– Female
World Events (3)
1846
Age 9
1846
Age 9
1863
Age 26
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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