Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA
Notes
20623.
Silas E. Carpenter
Silas E. Carpenter Compact Disc #132 Pin #199445
CENSUS: 1870 US Census - with parents
Name: Silas Carpenter
Estimated Birth Year: 1862
Gender: Male
Age in 1870: 8y
Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: New York, United States
Collection: United States Census, 1870
CENSUS: 1880 US Census - with parents
Name: Silas E. Carpenter
Residence: Hornellsville, Steuben, New York
Birthdate: 1864
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Relationship to Head: Son
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: James S. Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Name: Charlotte Carpenter
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 16 years
Occupation: Laborer
NARA Film Number: T9-0933
Page: 367
Page Character: C
Entry Number: 3980
Film number: 1254933
Collection: United States Census, 1880
CENSUS: 1890 US Census - burned
CENSUS: 1892 NY State Census - See image: RIN 23055 Silas Carpenter 1892.jpg and RIN 23055 Silas Carpenter 1892b.jpg
New York State Census, 1892 for Silas Carpenter
Name: Silas Carpenter
Event:
Event Date: 1892
Event Place: Hornellsville City, Ward 03
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Birthplace: United States
Estimated Birth Year: 1862
Alien or Citizen: Citizen
Film Number: 0512430
Digital Folder Number: 004369935
Image Number: 00521
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - See image: RIN 23055 Silas Carpenter 1900.jpg
Name: Silas Carpenter
Titles:
Residence: Delmar Township, North District, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Birth Date: Apr 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Self
Spouse Name: Ella Carpenter
Spouse Titles:
Spouse Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father Name:
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother Name:
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Estimated Marriage Year: 1897
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0132
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Household ID: 181
Reference Number: 74
GSU Film Number: 1241489
Image Number: 00764
Collection: United States Census, 1900
Lottie Kizer
Lottie Kizer Compact Disc #132 Pin #199571
Ella J. Stoddard
CHILDREN: 3 with 2 living in 1900 US Census.
Ella J. Stoddard Compact Disc #132 Pin #199446
26775.
1 Carpenter
Unknown named infant.
26778.
Edison C. Carpenter
Edison C. Carpenter Compact Disc #132 Pin #199657
26779.
Grace Ellen Carpenter
Grace E. Carpenter Compact Disc #132 Pin #199658
20647.
Everett E. Carpenter
CENSUS: 1880 United States Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
E. E. CARPENTER Self M Male W 24 PA Farmer PA PA
Emma CARPENTER Wife M Female W 27 PA K. House NY NY
Lola CARPENTER Dau S Female W 3 PA At Home PA PA
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Source Information:
Census Place Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255197
NA Film Number T9-1197
Page Number 90A
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - See image: RIN 27203 Everett Carpenter 1900.jpg
Name: Everett E Carpenter
Home in 1900: Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania
[Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania]
Age: 44
Birth Date: May 1856
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Spouse's Name: Emma Carpenter
Marriage year: 1877
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 23
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Everett E Carpenter 44
Emma Carpenter 46
Ethel Carpenter 18
Helen Carpenter 15
Cornelious Carpenter 11
Emma Carpenter 8
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1489; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 127.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census - See image: RIN 27203 Everett Carpenter 1910.jpg
1910 United States Federal Census
about Everett E Carpenter
Name: Everett E Carpenter
Age in 1910: 53
Estimated Birth Year: 1857
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
[Self (Head)]
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's Name: Emma Carpenter
Home in 1910: Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Everett E Carpenter 53
Emma Carpenter 56
Charles C Carpenter 20
Emma Carpenter 18
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1422; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0138; Image: 446; FHL Number: 1375435.
26791.
Lola Carpenter
Died young.
26794.
Walter A. Carpenter
Cemetery records list also "Co B 316th Inf AEF".
Estella
Birth year may be in error.
20649.
Ed Carpenter
NAME: Edd. J. in the 1900 US Census.
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - See image: RIN 27211 Ed Carpenter 1900.jpg
Name: Edd J Carpenter
Titles:
Residence: Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Birth Date: May 1865
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Self
Spouse Name: Mary Carpenter
Spouse Titles:
Spouse Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father Name:
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother Name:
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 11
Estimated Marriage Year: 1889
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0127
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Household ID: 90
Reference Number: 30
GSU Film Number: 1241489
Image Number: 00620
Collection: United States Census, 1900
Harold Wilson
Unknown if the following are related.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/obitcemt/miduobitk.htm
GEORGE W. WILSON – George W. Wilson, 64, of Little Marsh RR 4 died Sunday, March 12, 1995, at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre. He was a member of the Steelworkers Union, Local 4493. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Schneck Wilson; three sons; three daughters; seven grandchildren. Friends called at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, Wellsboro, on Tuesday, March 14. Services were held there Wednesday, March 15, with the Rev. Eugene A. Charsky officiating. Burial was made at Middlebury Union Cemetery, Middlebury Township. Memorial donations may be made to the Robert Packer School of Nursing, Guthrie Square, Sayre, Pa. 18840.
HOWARD M. WILSON
Howard M. Wilson, of RD#1, Covington, died Monday, Nov. 2, at home. Born at Wellsboro Nov. 14, 1906, he was the son of Robert and Fanny Shelley Wilson. A member of the Covington United Methodist Church, he worked as an upholsterer in the area for many years. He was predeceased by a son, Earl M. Wilson, and two grandchildren. Surviving are his wife, the former Emma Ferris; three sons and daughters-in-law, Mark C. and Betty Wilson of Mansfield, Howard A. and Nancy (Watson) Wilson of Wyalusing, and Gary H. and Elaine (Campell) Wilson of Athens; two daughters and sons-in-law, Donna and Dyrel L. Kimball of Horseheads, NY, and Patricia and Raymond J. Kiminski of Blossburg; a sister, Flossie Wilson of Wellsboro; a brother and sister-in-law, Hilton E. and Bernice Ferris of Painted Post, NY; a sister-in-law, Wilma Ferris of Sayre; 20 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. Friends called at the Scureman Funeral Home, Mansfield, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Funeral services were conducted today, Nov. 4, at 11 am at the Covington United Methodist Church. The Rev. Carl E. Hill officiated. Burial was made in the Middlebury Union Cemetery in Keeneyville.
20650.
Philip Carpenter
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - See image: RIN 138813 Philip Carpenter 1900.jpg
Name: Philip Carpenter
Titles:
Residence: Chatham Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Birth Date: Sep 1866
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Self
Spouse Name: Carrie Carpenter
Spouse Titles:
Spouse Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father Name:
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother Name:
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 9
Estimated Marriage Year: 1891
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0127
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Household ID: 25
Reference Number: 79
GSU Film Number: 1241489
Image Number: 00615
Collection: United States Census, 1900
20653.
Truman Carpenter
CENSUS: 1860 US Census - with parents.
United States Census, 1860 for Luther Carpenter
Name: Truman Carpenter
Residence: , Tioga, Pennsylvania
Ward: The Town Of Charleston
Age: 5 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Page: 70
Family Number: 517
Film Number: 805187
DGS Number: 4293555
Image Number: 00100
NARA Number: M653
CENSUS: 1900 US Census - See image: RIN 44424 Truman Carpenter 1900.jpg
Name: Truman Carpenter
Titles:
Residence: Charleston Township (north part), Tioga, Pennsylvania
Birth Date: Jun 1855
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Self
Spouse Name: Ada Carpenter
Spouse Titles:
Spouse Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father Name:
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother Name:
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 18
Estimated Marriage Year: 1882
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0126
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Household ID: 49
Reference Number: 96
GSU Film Number: 1241489
Image Number: 00595
Collection: United States Census, 1900
20660.
James Dee Carpenter Jr.
He may have married a Elizabeth Brown later in his life. The info on the PRF has a marriage date of 10 Oct 1877 for their marriage.
20677.
Chancey Lee Carpenter
CENSUS:
!In the 1880 census - listed as Chany, born Feb 1878 Wisc., he is living with grand parents Albert Slaten.
In the 1900 census - listed as Chany (C.E.), Feb 1878 Wisc., he is living alone.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Banner, La Moure, North Dakota; Roll: T623 1229; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 85.
In the 1920 census - listed as Chancey L., age 41, born .in Wisconsin, he is living with his family in Adrian, La Moure County, North Dakota. Benjamin, Les W. nephew age 21 Born Minnesotta living with him.
C 615, Vol. 12, E.D. 141, Sheet 4, Line 69
By 1930, Chancey was working on a dairy farm in Houston, Harris, TX.
Census: 1880 (see above) pp. 247B, ED127, Hortonia, Outgamie County, Wisconsin
Census: 1890 record not available due to fire damage.
Census: 1900 pp. 2A, ED85, Banner, LaMoure County, North Dakota
Census: 1920 pp. 4B, ED41, Adrian, LaMoure County, North Dakota
Census: 1930 pp. 10B, ED125, Houston, Harris County, Texas
UPDATE: Roland Carpenter provided this update on 11/28/2001.
See picture in Misc Pic file under RIN 23038.
DEATH: Chancy Lee Carpenter Sr., 75, of 7436 McKinney Ave died in a Houston hospital 7:45 AM Monday. Resident of Houston 30 years. survivors: Widow Alma H. Carpenter, Houston; daughter Nina Falke, Houston, sons, Lawerence B. Casrpenter, Mirando city, Vernon A.Carpenter, Chancy Lee Carpenter Jr., both of Genoa; seven grandchildren. services 4PM Wednesday Boulevard Chapel, the Rev. C. E. Kasper. Burial , Forest Park Cemetery. Pallbearers; Claude W. Bass Jr., T. L. Hooper, Hayden Lee Miller, Carl e. Pryor, Benton Luedecke, E#dward J. Vogel, Boulevard Funewal Home.
obit provided by terry buford ,terrybuford@pdq.net.
Spouse: Alma Hattie Louise McComb
Birth: 15 Mar 1891
Death: 1 Apr 1977, Houston, Harris, Texas
Marr: 20 Mar 1897
Children: Nina (1908-1985)
Vernon A. (1911-2001)
Lawerence B. (1910-1973)
Chancy Lee (1912-1995)
Alice (1913-1945)
Alma "Elma" Hattie Louise McComb
NOTE: Compare her birth date with marriage date. 15 Mar 1891 with 20 Mar 1897 = Age 6 at marraige. Could she be the 2nd wife who married about 1907? See info below.
Age 28 in the 1920 census. Name looks like: "Elina H." on census record.
SEE: Misc Pic file under RIN 23043.
NAME: Alma is sometimes seen as "Elma." Listed as a Carpenter with step father in the 1900 census.
Event: Comment 2 1949 Mentioned in Ina (McComb) Reineking's will
Event: Comment 3 5 MAY 1950 Noted as Mrs. Carpenter in Ina (McComb) Reineking's probate
COMM: Listed as Elma Carpenter, not Alma McComb
Event: Comment 1 1920 Age 28 born Wisconsin, parents born Wisconsin
Census: 1900 pp. 3B, ED85, Saratoga, LaMoure County, North Dakota
Census: 1920 pp. 4B, ED41, Adrian, LaMoure County, North Dakota
Census: 1930 pp. 10B, ED125, Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
26816.
Vernon A. Carpenter
Birth: 11 Mar 1911
Death: 7 Apr 2001
Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery,Houston, TX
Occ: District Administrator, Humble Oil Co. (Exxon)
Educ: High School & Business School
Reli: Luthern
Spouse: Adelia D. Strack
Birth: 16 Feb 1913, Houston, TX
Father: T. C. Strack
Mother: Johanna Strack
Not in the Social Security Death Index.
Occupation: 1930 Office worker for roofing firm
Census: 1920 pp. 4B, ED41, Adrian, LaMoure County, North Dakota
Census: 1930 pp. 10B, ED125, Houston, Harris County, Texas
20680.
Louis Jonathan Carpenter
LOUIS was married 3 times. He was a Chef (cook) on the Great Lakes and
Northern Railroad. He was born on a farm outside Dickey.
He was born as "LUTHER" but later changed it to LOUIS.
1 - MATTIE CAMPBELL - His first wife whom he divorced.
(He said he married in 1914)
2 - FRANCIS ROSENKRANS (FISHER) - A widow who divorced him.
3 - HANNAH HALVORSON - NO KIDS - A widow who made him a widower.
DEATH:
name: Louis Jonathan Carpenter
event: Death
event date: 11 Jun 1979
event place: San Diego, California, United States
birth date: 22 Jan 1892
birthplace: North Dakota
gender: Male
father:
mother:
Collection: "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," Louis Jonathan Carpenter, 1979
Citing this Record
"California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPNR-V84 : accessed 08 Nov 2012), Louis Jonathan Carpenter, 1979; citing California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section, Sacramento, California.
BURIAL:
BURIED AT GREENWOOD CEM. (43 RD & MARKET). INFO IN MEMORIAL RECORD: OCCUPATION: CHEF SSN:470-01-6191 FATHER: ANDREW J. CARPENTER, WISC. RESIDED IN S.D.: SINCE 1960. MOTHER: CHARLOTTE M. PEBBLES, STEVENSVILLE, WI. ENTERED INTO REST: 11 JUNE 1979: SERVICE 15 JUNE AT 10:00AM AT GARDEN OF PEACE BLOCK 4, LOT 189. 1 BROTHER, 2 SONS, 12 G.CHILD & 4 G.G.CHILD.
CENSUS: 1900 Census of Grandview Twp., LaMoure County, ND. As "Luther" with parents.
CENSUS: 1910 Census of Grandview Twp., La Moure County, ND. As "Luther" a 18 year old Laborer residing with the Peter Rider Family. Date: 27 April 1920, SD #1, ED #122, Sheet 8a.
See image: RIN 0003 Carpenter Luther 1910 ND
CENSUS: 1920 Census of Gould Twp., Cass county, MN. As Louis as Head of family Age 27.
See image: RIN 0003 Carpenter Luther now Louis 1920
Mattie wife age 26 OH OH OH
Howard son age 4 ND ND OH
Glenn son age 3 ND ND OH
Andrew son age 1 MN ND OH
NOTE: brother Oran (Orin) Carpenter age 22 MN WI WI is next door.
SEE ALSO:
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Louis Carpenter [Louis Seaspenter]
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1893
Birthplace: North Dakota
Home in 1920: Gould, Cass, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mattie Carpenter
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home Owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Louis Carpenter 27
Mattie Carpenter 26
Howard Carpenter 4
Glenn Carpenter 3
Andrew Carpenter 1
Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Gould, Cass, Minnesota; Roll: T625_824; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 871.
CENSUS: 1930 Not found - He should be living with Frances Caroline and step children.
CENSUS: 1940 US Census - not found
MISC: Information from the "Dickey Reporter" supplied by Roland L. Carpenter in Nov. 1996:
12 April 1913 - Louis Carpenter was arrested and fined for ringing the fire
bell tuesday evening without reason or authority. He was tried before Justice
Taylor and fined three dollars.
9 October 1914 - Louie Carpenter is becoming very popular with the young ladies and mostly any time on Sunday or evenings you may see Louie driving or walking with a young lady. Louie says he just loves those moonlight strolls.
AFN: 1738-LJB
SSDI:
Social Security Death index data:
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools
LOUIS CARPENTER 22 Jan 1892 Jun 1979 92041 (California) 92112 (San Diego, San Diego, CA) 470-01-6191 Minnesota
SOURCE DATA:
Baptism record, Marriage certificates for last two marriages. Death certificate.
Federal Census Records 1900, 1910, 1920.
Mattie Campbell
INFO PER FIRST HUSBAND, LOUIS - 3 KIDS. DIVORCED ABOUT 1922?
2ND HUSBAND WAS MICHAEL VINCENT MAUS - HE DIED 15 AUG 1947.
3RD HUSBAND WAS RAYMOND H. HIBBELN.
!SSN: 519-60-9285 issued in ID.
SOURCE DATA:
Baptisim certificate and death certificate.
CENSUS: 1930 US Census - with new husband. See husband's notes.
She has Glenn and Andrew with her. No sign of Howard.
26821.
Glenn J. Carpenter
WHERE-A-BOUTS UNKNOWN. MISSING SINCE 1940.
BIRTH: 10 Nov 1916/1917. However ... The SSN DEATH INDEX has:
GLEN CARPENTER born: 11 Nov 1917 death: Jun 1980 49868 (Newberry, Luce, MI)
(none specified) SSN: 379-10-7339 Michigan.
I sent for the social security application and it has the following data:
Glen J.(just initial per handwritten note) Carpenter dated April 13, 1937.
He lists his birth as 11 Nov 1917 and birth location as Lapeer Lapeer County
Michigan. He lists his age as 19. Sex as Male and Color as white.
His father is listed as: Louis Carpenter. His mother as: Ella Meseraull.
(PLEASE NOTE THE MOTHER NAME DIFFERENCE!)
Residence Street & Number is listed as: George McPherson and Newberry,
Michigan. Business name of present employer: Frank Carrathess.
Business Address: Seney Michigan.
NAME: Glen or Glenn
Note: "Mother" may have been his wife ...
Example:
Elva MESERAULL
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1915
Death Date: 4 Jun 2002
Social Security Number: 365-44-0385
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Michigan
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 99324
Localities: College Place, Walla Walla, Washington
Further research indicates that Ella or Elva Meseraull was probably his wife. She was probably
born 27 Jun 1915 MI. Her father's name was Glenn. A Glenn A. Meseraull was listed in the
1910 Census for MI. Glenn is listed in Northville in Wayne county, MI.
It appears that they divorced and I have found no known offspring. Glen stayed mostly in MI and Ella or Elva apparently took her maiden name and moved to WA state.
CENSUS: 1920 Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1930 US Census - with step-father and mother. See: RIN 00372 Michael Maus 1930.jpg
26822.
Andrew Carpenter
SSN death index does not match death date. Closest match is for birth of 13
Nov 1918 & death of 21 Aug 1988 Mongomery, KY. BUT THIS IS NOT CLOSE TO OR.
CENSUS: 1920 Census - with parents
CENSUS: 1930 US Census - with step-father and mother. See: RIN 00372 Michael Maus 1930.jpg
CENSUS: 1940 US Census - not found yet
Frances Caroline Rosenkrans
FRANCES WAS MARRIED 3 TIMES - 1 TO CHARLES S. FISHER SR. - 5 KIDS
- 2 TO LOUIS J. CARPENTER - 2 KIDS - DIV 1943
- 3 TO JOHN A. BRATTEN - 0 KIDS
SHE AUTHORED THE BOOKLET CALLED "IN GRANDMA'S DAY" DOCUMENTING HER FAMILY HISTORY AND ENTRY INTO THE USA. SHE WAS BORN WHEN THE BOOK "THE ROSENKRANS FAMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA" WAS PUBLISHED.
She was buried next to her first husband at her request.
SSN: 474-03-9424.
SEE RIN 0024 for Wedding picture in 1917 and with first daughter in 1919.
AFN 1738-Q5Q
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools
FRANCES C BRAATEN 21 Feb 1900 31 Aug 1993 59101 (Billings, Yellowstone, MT) (none specified) 474-03-9424 Minnesota
SOURCE DATA:
Birth certificate, Marriage certificates marriages. Baptism certificate. Death certificate.
Federal Census Records 1900, and 1910. Not found in the 1920 Census.
CENSUS: 1940 US Census - see image: RIN 00024 Francis Rosenkrans Carpenter 1940.jpg
Name: Francis Carpenter
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Tract 9, Duluth, Duluth City, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1900
Residence in 1935: Fargo, Cass, North Dakota
Enumeration District Number: 88-30
Family Number: 455
Sheet Number and Letter: 22A
Line Number: 11
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 1972
Digital Folder Number: 005454902
Image Number: 00687
Collection: United States Census, 1940
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Francis Carpenter F 40 Tennessee
Daughter Marjori Fisher F 21 North Dakota
Daughter Mildred Fisher F 19 North Dakota
Son William Fisher M 17 North Dakota
Son Charles Fisher M 15 North Dakota
Daughter Francis Fisher F 13 North Dakota
Son Richard Carpenter M 8 North Dakota
Son Robert Carpenter M 5 Minnesota
Source Citation
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSVW-JSW : accessed 11 July 2012), Francis Carpenter, Tract 9, Duluth, Duluth City, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States.
SSDI:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Frances C. Braaten
SSN: 474-03-9424
Last Residence: 59101 Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States of America
Born: 21 Feb 1900
Died: 31 Aug 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 474-03-9424; Issue State: Minnesota; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [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.
DEATH:
Montana Death Index, 1907-2007
Name: Frances Braaten
Age: 93
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Death Date: 31 Aug 1993
Social Security Number: 474039424
Marital Status: Widowed
Index Number: 4920
Source: Montana State Genealogical Society
Source Information:
Montana State Genealogical Society and Ancestry.com. Montana Death Index, 1907-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Original data:
Montana State Genealogical Society, comp. Montana Death Index, 1860-2007. Montana State Genealogical Society, Lewis & Clark Library, 120 S Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59620. Copyright 2008.
State of Montana, comp. Montana State Death Registry Index, 1907-1953. Montana State Genealogical Society, Montana.
State of Montana, comp. Montana Death Index, 1954-2002. State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena, Montana.
STORY:
My grandmother, Frances Caroline Rosenkrans was born on 21 Feb 1900 in Henryville, Lawrence, TN. She died on 31 Aug 1993 in Billings, Yellowstone, MT.
Frances had seven children of which only five would survive childhood from her first marriage with Charles Samuel Fisher. They were married on 6 Sep 1917 in Dickinson, Stark, ND and on 14 Feb 1928 Charles was killed while loading frozen coal into a tender car that rode behind the locomotive steam railroad engine. Frances would marry again on 21 Mar 1930 in Fargo, Cass, ND to Louis Jonathan Carpenter, my grandfather. During the depression, times were tough, full time jobs were rare and money short.
Just before World War II, Frances Carpenter was a school teacher in Fargo, Cass, ND. Her second husband, Louis Carpenter, worked on the railroad as a cook. She had two children, Richard (my father) and Robert with Louis.
In 1940, Louis Carpenter brought back word that the Kaiser Shipyards were training and hiring workers to make ships. He had been in Portland and brought back papers for her to read to him the requirements to him. Louis had not been a good student and had dropped out early to work. His reading skills were skimpy at best.
The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located mostly on the U.S. west coast during World War II. They were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, who established the shipbuilding company around 1939 in order to help meet the construction goals set by the United States Maritime Commission for merchant shipping. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Shipyards
The Carpenters rode the train to Portland, Oregon in the summer of 1940 and stayed with relatives while Louis and Frances went to school learning how to be welders. Frances was one of the first female welders to complete the welders class. She and two other women had been told that if they passed the class, Henry Kaiser would hire them. Frances had a knack for straight welding without pockets and was valued for this. She had to endure many incidents of harassment from the men. Her husband Louis, was involved in several fights because he was pressured to make her quit. Both passed the class, but Frances was a much better welder than her husband.
Louis and Frances started at Ryan Point in Vancouver, Washington part of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation then run by the Kaiser Shipyards. Each day they rode the Portland City bus to a Kaiser Worker pickup point. There they rode the Kaiser bus to work. They carried their own lunch and provided their own clothing. Kaiser issued gloves, apron and a welders helmet to them which stayed at work. Because they lived away from the Company town, they saved money and paid rent to their relatives.
When the war started many men went into the military and women were encouraged to replace them at jobs normally held by women. As the number of ship workers fell the demand went up. Classes in welding and hot riveting were held twice a day then later three times a day and more than half of the students were female and many were from other minorities. Frances quickly became a lead welder.
Frances was asked to visit some of the schools to encourage and report back what was going on. Because of the demand, an emergency shipyard was thrown together in the St. Johns area of Portland, Oregon for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. This was a rough and tumble job site without the normal buildings for gear and supplies. Tents were put up and later buildings replaced tents. Frances was sent there as a lead welder and as a example for other women.
Different ships needed different quality welding. Liberty ships were not expected to be attacked and were made as fast as possible and with more hot rivets than welding. There was a great need for small aircraft carriers called the Casablanca-class escort carriers. These jeep (a nickname) carriers needed to be completed quickly and the quality and number of welds needed were much higher per each section. So Frances went back across the river with the best female welders to work on the jeep carriers.
On April 5, 1943, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Her first name was Eleanor) toured the facility and was introduced to Mrs. Frances Carpenter, a shipyard welder. They chatted for about ten minutes and Frances went back to work but not before a picture was taken. The picture made the local newspaper and it was seen by her relatives and clipped out for her.
Sadly, Frances’ marriage to Louis Carpenter did not survive. Either an injury or fight combined with alcohol caused Louis to leave the shipyard. And he left town. Frances continued to work as a welder until late 1944 when the emergency shipyards began to close. Some workers were transferred and some were let go. At this time Frances was plagued by repeated small injuries and her back was hurting her constantly. She decided to quit work.
About this time, Frances received a telegram from the War Department that her son Private Charles Stanley Fisher (from her first marriage) was missing in action during the German attack on American forces in the Ardennes during what would be called the Battle of the Bulge. It would not be until the end of January 1945 that she would be notified that he had been severely wounded and evacuated to a hospital near Paris. He would live. Another son from her first marriage, Billy Irwin Fisher fought in the Pacific and came home without any physical injuries. Two of her daughter’s husbands (from her first husband) also served in the military during the war.
By this time period Frances was plagued by repeated small injuries and her back was hurting her constantly. She moved back to North Dakota in 1945 where her divorce to Louis Carpenter was finalized. On 12 Apr 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt died and Frances wrote a note to Eleanor Roosevelt offering her condolences. She was one of some 35,000 women who wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt.
During a Lutheran Church dance in Dickenson, Stark, ND, she met an older widower farmer named John Alfred Braaten. On a date, on 8 May 1945 they heard that the war in Europe was over. They married in Dickinson on 21 June 1945.
John & Frances were listening on a radio powered by a battery charged by a windmill generator – no electricity on the farm – when they heard the announcement that Japan had surrendered on 14 Aug 1945.
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
Grandson of Frances Rosenkrans Fisher Carpenter Braaten
See image: RIN 0024 Frances Rosenkrans Fisher Carpenter WELDER.jpg
Hannah Christine Halvorson
HANNAH IS THE 3 RD WIFE OF LOUIS. NO KIDS
HANNAH MARRIED NICOLAUS ENGEN (DECEASED) ON 21 SEP 1910 - THEY HAD KIDS.
HERMAN S. ENGEN, SON (BIG BEAR, CA), GRACE B. GILBERTSON, DAUGHTER
(DECORAH IA), NORMA H. FLATLAND, DAUGHTER (CRESCO IA), H.J.(SON DECEASED) &
SHIRLEY ENGEN (GRAPEVIEW, WASH.)
FATHER - HANS A. HALVORSON FROM WI
MOTHER - GUNNILD BLEGEBERG FROM RIDGWAY IA
PER MEMORIAL RECORD: IN S.D. SINCE 1943. SSN: 567-26-4683 OCC:HOUSEWIFE
INTERRED: GARDEN OF PEACE LOT 189 SEC. 1 GRAVE 4.
SOURCE DATA:
Baptisim certificate. Death certificate.
20686.
Andrew James Carpenter Jr.
ANDREW JR MARRIED LILLIAN ALICE KLOTZ then INGA OLIVE NELSON.
SSN: 472-20-0365. I had birth year as 1898 but SSN refers birth year as 1899.
Social Security Death index data:
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools
ANDREW CARPENTER 28 Apr 1899 Mar 1980 56560 (Moorhead, Clay, MN) (none specified) 472-20-0365 Minnesota
World War I Veteran. He served 1918 to 1919.
NOTES from Roland:
Carpenter, Andrew James, Army number 46,395; not a registrant, under age; born, Grand Rapids, N. Dak., April 28, 1899, of American parents; occupation, farmer; enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on July 28, 1917; served in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Co. C 18th Infantry to DEC. 21, 1918; Prisoner of War Escort Company No 41 to discharge. Grades; Private, July 28 1917; Private 1st Class, DEC. 10 1917; Private, Jan. 8, 1918; overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to Jan. 30 1919; wounded slightly May 14, 1918; wounded severely, July 18, 1918. Engagements: Offensive; Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors;Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 21, 1919, as a Private, Surgeons Certificate of disability, 5%.
SEE: Misc Pictures: RIN 0029 Andrew James Carpenter ...
NOTES from Roland:
BIRTH: Some confusion on birth year. 1900 US census has Andrew as 2 yrs old.(1898) His Baptisim may 12, 1940, has him born in 1899.
CENSUS: 1920 Census of Grandview Twp., La Moure County, ND. Date: 14 Jan 1920. SD #2 ED #147. Sheet 1a.
Carpenter, Andrew Servant Age 21 enumerated with Austin W. Dingle family.
CENSUS: 1930 Census of Moorehead City, Clay county, MN. Date: 3 April 1930. SD #1b ED # 14-29. Sheet 2b.
Carpenter Andrew J. Head 30 MN WI WI
Inge O. wife 25 Norway Norway Norway
Floyd K. son 2 MN MN Norway
Donald J. son not readable MN MN Norway
Charles H. son 7 MN MN Norway - (NOTE: step son to Inge)
Loraine E. daughter 5 MN MN Norway - (NOTE: step daughter to Inge)
26825.
Baby Carpenter
CHILD NOT PROVEN.
Cass County, ND, City of Fargo - Volume B, Funeral Home Index Surnames "A - G"
Volume B Covers the years from Jan 31, 1921 thru Nov 30, 1957
SURNAME GIVEN NAME BORN DIED
------- ---------- ---- ----
CARPENTER Baby 1922 1922 1—15—46
Inga Olava (Olive) Nelson
BIRTH: 19 Sept. 1904 per her son Roland (11/96). 1906 per other record.
Social Security Death index data: THIS INFO does not fit with data given by Roland and must be for another person.
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools
Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools
OLIVE CARPENTER 10 Nov 1904 Oct 1980 60435 (Joliet, Will, IL) (none specified) 321-56-2882 Illinois
26829.
Donald James Carpenter
Donald James is listed as the second son of Andrew and Inga. At one point I had his birth year as 1921. His brother Roland says that year was wrong and Donald was born 1928 to 1930 on the day and month listed.