Brief Life History of John
When John Carter was born on 26 January 1846, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Carter, was 38 and his mother, Ellen Jackson, was 28. He married Almeda Jannette McArthur in 1860, in Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Goosnargh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 26 April 1918, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- John Carter in household of Charles Jackson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Oregon, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1855-1970
- John Carter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1855
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER A. Marie Dinnesen Neilson BIRTH 13 Feb 1829 Denmark DEATH 2 Jan 1855 (aged 25) BURIAL Mount Pleasant City Cemetery Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 42004366 · View Source
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
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.
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John Carter by Elva Smith
John Carter John Carter was born in Preston, Lancaster, England on the 26th of January 1846. It was here at Preston that John heard the gospel and was baptized at the James Craig Conference on the …
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