Elizabeth Emma Carpenter

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Emma

When Elizabeth Emma Carpenter was born on 13 June 1847, in Centreville, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, John Steele Carpenter, was 24 and her mother, Margarett McCullough, was 24. She married Sven Magnus Anderson on 24 July 1870, in Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 5 February 1916, in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Glendale City Cemetery, Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sven Magnus Anderson
1836–1909
Elizabeth Emma Carpenter
1847–1916
Marriage: 24 July 1870
Elizabeth Carpenter Anderson
1871–1964
Margarett Anderson
1872–1893
John Sven Anderson
1874–1963
Malinda Anderson
1875–1965
Josephine Anderson
1876–1960
Matilda Anderson
1878–1879
Magnus Anderson
1880–1966
William Anderson
1881–1887
Mary Anderson
1883–1968
Louisa Anderson
1885–1977
Ella Anderson
1886–1934
Lydia Anderson
1888–1982
Charles Carpenter Anderson
1892–1981

Sources (26)

  • Elizabeth Carpenter in household of Erastus Carpenter, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elizabeth Emma Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Elizabeth Carpenter in entry for Louisa Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1856

Nevada is the 36th state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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John Steel Carpenter 1822 -1852

HISTORY: John Steel CARPENTER and Margarett McCULLOUGH (Record submitted by:Thelma C. Millet, 311 E. 2nd Ave; Mesa, AZ) John Steel CARPENTER was born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware …

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