ANCESTRY: jroberts12_1
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18560557/person/1692444500/factsSource Information
1900 United States Federal Census
1910 United States Federal Census
1920 United States Federal Census
1930 United States Federal Census
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960
Washington, Find A Grave Index, 1821-2012
CENSUS: 1940 US Census
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Paul B Kovacs
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1914
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New Jersey
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey
Map of Home in 1940: View map
Street: Rutherford Avenue
House Number: 313
Inferred Residence in 1935: Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 7B
Occupation: Wining Serveyer
Industry: Iron Meaing
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1315
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph B Kovacs 65
Lydia E Kovacs 59
Joseph B Kovacs 29
Paul B Kovacs 26
Margaret B Kovacs 20
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2384; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 19-8.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.MILITARY:
He enlisted on 24 May 1943 and was discharged due to death on 10 Mar 1945. Serial Number 115282
He was a Lieutenant JG (junior grade) USNR attached to the 8th US Naval Construction Battalion.DEATH:
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Paul B Kovacs
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: New Jersey
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Service number: 115282
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: United States. Army. Quartermaster General’s Office. Rosters of World War II Dead (all services). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army.HEADSTONE: Request by wife dated 15 Oct. 1948.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Paul B Kovacs
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1913
Death Date: 10 Mar 1945
Cemetery: N Hardy Stone
Cemetery Location:
Franklin, New Jersey
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Applications for Headstones for U.S. military veterans, 1925-1941; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data:
Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925 - 06/30/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 - 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.SSDI:
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Paul Kovacs
SSN: 135-14-8078
BORN: 13 Sep 1913
Died: Mar 1945
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 135-14-8078; Issue State: New Jersey; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
11377. Wallace Irving Carpenter
He was in the Merchant Marine in 1937.
11378. Stanley Albert Sherwood Jr.
Died of a Heart Attack.
This descendant line submitted by:
Kevin Carpenter, Katy, TX 77449; USA in Feb 2008
kevinc@uptimedata.comTO: All Person-Search Personnel
SUBJ: Military chronology for Pierre Risso Carpenter
VERSION: 21Feb2008
FROM: P. Kevin Carpenter, 713-852-7832, kevinc@uptimedata.comBelow is a chronology of salient points in the military career of my father, Pierre Risso Carpenter (DOB: 3 Nov 1921). I have bracketed some mysteries. Many thanks in advance to all who can shed some light. Any information, records, references, hints, or even questions would be appreciated.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Father: Walter Wright Carpenter
Mother: Helene Antoinette Lucrese Risso, originally of Nice, France3Nov1921 born in Richmond, VA.
The family moved often. 3 siblings, all younger, were born in Los Angeles and Jackson, MS. Eventually the family settled in Houston.
1930 - after abandonment by father Walter, mother Helene returned to Nice via Guadalajara and Le Havre with her 4 children.
1932 - A reference from Time Magazine of 19Sep:
"In Nice, France, Mrs. Helen Risso Carpenter, 35, U. S. citizen, tried to drug herself to death when her money gave out. She lived with her four children at Ville- franche."
This episode evidently precipitated the family's returned to Houston via Le Havre and NYC.01Aug1941 - PRC traveled to Canada and enlisted in the RCAF. A reference summarizes his military service:
"CARPENTER, F/O Pierre Risso (J96008) - Mention in Despatches - Overseas - Award effective 10 January 1947 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 70/47 dated 7 February 1947. American in the RCAF; born 10 November 1921; home in Houston, Texas; enlisted Windsor, 1 August 1941. Trained at No.2 ITS (graduated 20 December 1941), No.19 EFTS (graduated 14 March 1942) and No.2 SFTS (graduated 3 July 1942 as a Sergeant Pilot). To Eastern Air Command, 17 July 1942; to No.128 Squadron, 18 July 1942; promoted Flight Sergeant, 7 January 1943; posted overseas 13 January 1943; promoted Warrant Officer, 2nd Class, 3 July 1943; commissioned 3 January 1945. Missing in action, 25 November 1943 during a "Rhubarb" to Bergen-op-Zoom with No.412 Squadron (Prisoner of War). Repatriated July 1945; released 18 September 1945"[was J96008 his service number?]
20Dec1941 - graduated No. 2 ITS at Regina, Saskatchewan, having served with M Flight (All American Flight)
14 March 1942 - graduated No.19 EFTS at Virden, Manitoba
03Jul1942 - graduated No.2 SFTS at Ottawa, Ontario13Jan1943 - posted to England. No.412 Squadron was based at Biggin Hill, south of London
At some point in this 9-month period he conceived a boy by a local woman, probably born after he was shot down. She sent a letter and a picture to mother Helene. These artifacts do not survive. Family legend has it that the woman was from Bournemouth, on the southernmost coast.
[My half-brother would be 63-64 now. If I can find him, or his descendants, I will go to England and see their faces. This is the central mystery.]
5 September 1943 - shot down in Spitfire AB 284:
"With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "DB*L". With No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF when it was shot down by flak during a Rhubarb near Goes-Thoeln on 5 September 1943. F/S P.R. Carpenter POW."[What is a Rhubarb?
Had he been posted away from Biggin Hill? 411 Squadron was based at Kenley, west of Biggin Hill. Goes is in France along the Spanish border, which suggests rhubarb originated from southernmost England.]
Note the MIA and promotions are post-imprisonment.]
Family legend has it that he was imprisoned in Stalag Luft 3, and that he escaped several times.
27Jan1945 - forced march to Stalag VIIA at Moosburg, Germany
29Apr1945 - liberated by Patton's army. Most POWs were eventually transported back via the "Combat Personnel Replacement Depots on the French Channel coast".
[Family legend mentions a picture of liberated POWs, including my father, in Life Magazine. It would be interesting to find details of his repatriation processing.]
06Jun1945 - married to my mother in Houston [Note that he was not officially repatriated until July, but the speed of liberation, repatriation, and marriage must have been a jolt!]
SSAPP:
Name: Alfred Thompson
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1867
Birth Place: Glen Cove, New York
Father: Spencer Thompson
Mother: Mary E Carpenter
SSN: 052121307
Notes: Apr 1938: Name listed as ALFRED THOMPSON
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census
Name: Ray O Carpenter
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Clarence, Calhoun, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Michigan
Estimated Birth Year: 1902
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Enumeration District Number: 41
Family Number: 33
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Line Number: 42
NARA Publication: T626, roll 979
Film Number: 2340714
Digital Folder Number: 4607715
Image Number: 00219
Household Gender Age
Ray O Carpenter M 28
Spouse Loise E Carpenter F 26
Child Bettie M Carpenter F 3
Child Dorothy Carpenter F 1
8637. Charles Donald Carpenter
Ancestry Sources
1910 United States Federal Census
1920 United States Federal Census
1930 United States Federal Census
1940 United States Federal Census
Ancestry Family Trees
Maine Death Index, 1960-1997
Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012
CENSUS: 1910 US Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1920 US Census - with parentsMARRIAGE: 1927
Name: Charles D Carpenter
Event Type: Marriage
Residence Place: Detroit, Mi
Event Date: 12 Jul 1927
Event Place: Maine, United States
Spouse's Name: Arla M Price
Spouse's Residence Place: Houlton, Me
Certificate Number:
Citing this Record:
"Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJN-3D1 : 27 November 2014), Charles D Carpenter and Arla M Price, 12 Jul 1927; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.CENSUS: 1930 US Census
CENSUS: 1940 US Census
Name: Charles Carpenter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Houlton Town, Aroostook, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1901
Last Place of Residence: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine
District: 2-48
Family Number: 77
Sheet Number and Letter: 4B
Line Number: 73
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1472
Digital Folder Number: 005462016
Image Number: 00173
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Charles Carpenter Head M 39 Maine
Arla Carpenter Wife F 38 Canada
Betty Carpenter Daughter F 12 Maine
Dona Carpenter Daughter F 10 Maine
Louise Carpenter Daughter F 7 Maine
Robert Carpenter Son M 5 Maine
Carl Carpenter Son M 3 Maine
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMS-K24 : 17 May 2014), Charles Carpenter, Houlton Town, Aroostook, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-48, sheet 4B, family 77, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1472.GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95412348
Charles Donald Carpenter
Birth: 1901
Houlton
Aroostook County
Maine, USA
Death: Sep. 27, 1980
Houlton
Aroostook County
Maine, USA
Son of Alonzo and Sarah Hayes Carpenter
Family links:
Spouse:
Arla Marie Price Carpenter (1901 - 1964)*
Children:
Donna Carpenter Wood (1929 - 2016)*
Lois Carpenter Hannigan (1932 - 2011)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Evergreen Cemetery
Houlton
Aroostook County
Maine, USACreated by: Duke Thatcher
Record added: Aug 15, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 95412348SSDI:
Age: 79
Given Name: Charles
Middle Name:
Surname: Carpenter
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 07 Apr 1901
State: Maine
Last Place of Residence: Washington, Maine
Previous Residence Postal Code: 04424
Event Date: Sep 1980
Citing this Record:
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM66-VMS : 20 May 2014), Charles Carpenter, Sep 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Parents
William Bradford Price 1861–1939
Loretta Hanson 1875–1902GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95412485
Arla Marie Price Carpenter
Birth: 1901
New Brunswick, Canada
Death: Dec. 13, 1964
Houlton
Aroostook County
Maine, USA
Daughter of William and Loretta Hanson Price
Family links:
Spouse:
Charles Donald Carpenter (1901 - 1980)
Children:
Donna Carpenter Wood (1929 - 2016)*
Lois Carpenter Hannigan (1932 - 2011)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Evergreen Cemetery
Houlton
Aroostook County
Maine, USACreated by: Duke Thatcher
Record added: Aug 15, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 95412485
Spouse & Children
Arnie Dunlap –2009
Sheila Dunlap 1951–1957
Brian Dunlap 1952–2009
GRAVE: image
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95412802
Lois Carpenter Hannigan
Birth: Apr. 13, 1932
Maine, USA
Death: Jul. 18, 2011
Family links:
Parents:
Charles Donald Carpenter (1901 - 1980)
Arla Marie Price Carpenter (1901 - 1964)
Sibling:
Donna Carpenter Wood (1929 - 2016)*
Lois Carpenter Hannigan (1932 - 2011)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Evergreen Cemetery
Houlton
Aroostook County
Maine, USACreated by: Duke Thatcher
Record added: Aug 15, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 95412802
GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=160435478
Donna Carpenter Wood
Birth: Dec. 28, 1929
Death: Apr. 1, 2016
Bradley – Donna C. Wood, 86, went to be with the Lord on April 1, 2016. She was born December 28, 1929 in Houlton, the daughter of Charles and Arla (Price) Carpenter. She was a 1948 graduate of Houlton High School.
Donna was a loving wife and homemaker and enjoyed being active for the church. She comforted those in need. It was never a surprise to see a stranger in her home having a meal. Donna was an avid reader and always had a newspaper within her reach.
In addition to her parents, Donna was predeceased by sisters Betty Dunlop and Lois Hannigan; sisters-in- law Velma Yatroussis, Clara Hiltz, Mary Beaulieu; brothers-in- law Arnie Dunlop, Larry Wasson, Gib Hanson; her husband George M. Wood; and her first husband, Fred G. Hanson.
She is survived by five children, Rick Hanson and wife Janet, Dale Hanson and wife Noreen, Tom Hanson and wife Priscilla, Penny Figuried and husband Donat, Randy Hanson; two brothers, Robert Carpenter, and Carl Carpenter and wife Margaret; sister Charla Portus; sisters-in-law Phyllis Knapp, June Wasson, Joyce Buck and Linda Spaight; brother- in- law Ben Hanson; 20 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A special thanks goes to the staff at Westgate Manor for the loving care they gave Donna. The family thanks Marie Burpee, a dear friend, and the ladies of Glad Tidings Church for their visits and cards.
Interment will be later in the spring at Evergreen Cemetery, Bradley.
Those who wish to remember Donna in a special way may make gifts in her memory to the Westgate Healthcare Activity Fund, 750 Union St., Bangor, ME, 04401. (Brookings-Smith Funeral Home and Bangor daily News 4/4/2016)
Family links:
Parents:
Charles Donald Carpenter (1901 - 1980)
Arla Marie Price Carpenter (1901 - 1964)
Spouses:
Fred G. Hanson (1930 - 1998)
George Manning Wood (1928 - 2015)
Sibling:
Donna Carpenter Wood (1929 - 2016)
Lois Carpenter Hannigan (1932 - 2011)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Evergreen Cemetery
Bradley
Penobscot County
Maine, USACreated by: Bev Winship
Record added: Apr 03, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial# 160435478