Carrie Pitman

Female29 July 1887–about 1940

Brief Life History of Carrie

When Carrie Pitman was born on 29 July 1887, in De Leon, Comanche, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Emerson Pittman, was 27 and her mother, Martha Ann "Mattie" Bullard, was 23. She married Andrew Monroe Dunlap on 10 March 1909, in Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States for about 5 years and Election Precinct 1 Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States in 1940. She died about 1940, in Texas, United States, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Monroe Dunlap
1881–1972
Carrie Pitman
1887–1940
Marriage: 10 March 1909
Andrew Vivon Dunlap
1910–1982
Benjamin Dunlap
1913–1920
Wilburn T Dunlap
1914–2005
Freda Dunlap
1915–
Dortha C. Dunlap
1917–1986
Robert L Dunlap
1919–1997
Hildred Christine Dunlap
1922–2012
Omega Ruth Dunlap
1923–1999

Sources (14)

  • Corrie Pitman in entry for Corrie Dunlap, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • Carylene Rupe in household of A V Dunlap, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Carrie Pitman in entry for Benjm Dunlap, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 March 1909Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
  • Children (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 3

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

    Age 7

    Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 15

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly southwestern): nickname from Middle English pit, pit(t)e, put(te) ‘hollow, pit’ + man, signifying one who lived or worked at such a location. See Pitt .

    Americanized form of German Pitmann: variant of Pittmann (see Pittman ).

    Dutch: variant of Putman 2.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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