Henrietta "Etta" Carr

Brief Life History of Henrietta "Etta"

When Henrietta "Etta" Carr was born on 20 October 1892, in Pearces Mill Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, her father, Michael Everett Carr, was 47 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Gautier, was 24. She married Julius Edward Moore on 10 May 1913, in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Duke Township, Harnett, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died in October 1971, in Erwin, Harnett, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Harnett, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Julius Edward Moore
1893–1968
Henrietta "Etta" Carr
1892–1971
Marriage: 10 May 1913
Mary E Moore
1916–1998
Edna Earle Moore
1920–1997
Effie Mildred Moore
1923–1925
Stella Frances Moore
1924–1981
Edith Kathleen Moore
1932–1985

Sources (22)

  • Etta Moore in household of Julius Moore, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Etta Moore, "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979"
  • Henrietta C Moore, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

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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