Alexander Edward Carr

Brief Life History of Alexander Edward

When Alexander Edward Carr was born on 30 September 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Alexander Carr, was 23 and his mother, Frances Gallard, was 24. He married Caroline Agnes Edward on 20 June 1900, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 40 years. He died on 23 February 1949, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Edward Carr
1874–1949
Caroline Agnes Edward
1876–1945
Marriage: 20 June 1900
Frances LaRue Carr
1901–1991
Margaret Carr
1903–1970
Mary Carr
1908–1955
John Edward Carr
1912–1998
Charles William Carr
1914–1916
Helen Carr
1916–1916

Sources (73)

  • Alexander Edward Carr, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Alexander Edward Carr, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Alexander Edward Carr, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

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.

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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