Maurice Raymond Carter

Brief Life History of Maurice Raymond

When Maurice Raymond Carter was born on 7 January 1920, in Mapleton, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Maurice Ervin Carter, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Lillian Patten, was 28. He married Laura B Wilcox on 4 November 1939, in Maine, United States. He died on 7 July 1978, in Mapleton, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 58.

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Maurice Raymond Carter
1920–1978
Laura B Wilcox
1921–2009
Marriage: 4 November 1939

Sources (5)

  • Maurice R Carter in household of Maurice E Carter, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Maurice R Carter, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
  • Maurice Raymond Carter, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1928 · Camden Public Library is Opened

The citizens of Camden, Maine had voted (in 1896) to establish a free public library in the town. The land for the library to be built on was donated by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in 1916. After years of fundraising and construction, the cornerstone was finally laid on August 17, 1927. The library opened on June 11, 1928. The library remains open to this day, and is now considered a National Historic Landmark.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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