Brief Life History of Thomas William
When Thomas William Carpenter was born on 22 December 1895, in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States, his father, Lewis Zebina Carpenter, was 41 and his mother, Florence Belle Humphreys, was 26. He married Zoe Mae Safford on 23 December 1925, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in United States in 1949 and Union, Union, Oregon, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 20 February 1980, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Island City Cemetery, Island City, Union, Oregon, United States.
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- Thomas W Carpenter, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thomas William Carpenter, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
- Thomas William Carpenter, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1910
Historical Boundaries 1910: Pierce, Washington, United States
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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