When Elizabeth Carter was born on 28 March 1811, in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Carter, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Parker, was 24. She married Charles Thomas on 18 May 1833, in Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 28 September 1889, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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.
Possible Related NamesEliza Woodyett Robertson Biographical sketch of Eliza Woodyett (Carter-Thomas) Robertson From records prepared by her grandson, Wells Jex Robertson of Salt Lake City, Utah, and from information record …
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