Virginia Carter

Brief Life History of Virginia

When Virginia Carter was born on 29 September 1910, in Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States, her father, John McCoy Carter, was 38 and her mother, Martha Jane Hayes, was 25. She married Jewett Elmer Filler on 2 May 1930, in Marshall, Alabama, United States. She lived in Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 2 Haleyville, Winston, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 25 June 1995, in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Roselawn Gardens Of Memory, Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States.

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Jewett Elmer Filler
1903–1988
Virginia Carter
1910–1995
Marriage: 2 May 1930

Sources (10)

  • Virginia Filler, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Virginia Carter, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Virginia C Filler, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed

The first minimum wage law took effect in 1919 and specified women and children under 17 years of age should be paid 22 cents per hour.

1934 · Kohler Strike

Employees at Kohler Company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, attempted to organize a union, but the company would not work with them. The employees organized a strike on July 27, 1934. Events escalated and two people were killed and 47 were injured.

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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