OCCUPATION: Housewife & Various Clerical Work @ Thilmary's.
!IN June 1943 she graduated from Kaukauna HS, Kaukauna, Outagamie, WI.
OCCUPATION: Dancer. Resided @ Crayton Hotel In Chicago, IL for many years.
Kenneth Gene (the son of Richard) submitted the descendancy line of Jotham
Carpenter (b. 1740/1750). Some birth dates have been given "abt" years for
privacy concerns.ABT. 1943 10th Grade (Military Record) DATE 1945 WW II Veteran.
DATE 26 MAR 1980 (Cremated) Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara,NY.Richard Gene Carpenter was employed as an iron worker working for Local
Union No. 9 in Niagara Falls, Niagara , NY. One of the many jobs
he had worked on, was the Robert Moses Power Project, working on the
Iron construction of the Power intake Conduits, which takes the water
from the Niagara River before it goes over Niagara Falls, bypasses thru
the intakes at the Niagara River, goes through the conduits to the
Reservoir and is used to make electricity for the Northeast US., before
it passes on to the Lower Niagara River
He remembers moving to Niagara Falls, Niagara , NY when he was
only 4 yrs old.
He served in the U.S. Navy in 1943/1945.(see below)
Dad was an avid sportsman as he hunted deer and turkey during the
hunting season. He also liked to fish on his small boat on the Niagara
River. He was a good father as he provided for his six kids and wife. He
took us kids to several beaches during the summer.
He died while sleeping at his home at 70th and Buffalo Avenue in Niagara
Falls, Niagara , NY. The house was located at the Niagara River.
....Ken Carpenter
Military Record 805-41-13- Notice of Separation form the US Naval Service
Richard Gene Carpenter was living at 8711 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls,
Niagara , NY when he was inducted into service on 3/6/1943. He
entered into active Naval Service on 3/13/1943. He had been working at
Hooker Electro Chemical Co. from 1942 to 3/1943 prior to Service in WWII.
He served on the following vessels or stations;
USNTS Sampson, NY
Arm. Gd. Sch. Little Creek, VA
AGC Brooklyn, NY
Arm. Gd. Sch. Norfolk, VA
AGC New Orleans, LA
SS Charles H. Cramp (Submarine)
SS Orbis SFSD (CSD) (Submarine)
Point System Notes:
American Area
European-African Mid-East
Victory Medal
He served in the Navy for 2yrs 6 months and 22 days and held positions of
SA, S 2/c, S 1/c- SV6 and was living at 9340 Read Avenue, Niagara Falls,
Niagara , NY when he was released under HONORABLE CONDITIONS on
11/3/1945.
Birth Certificate Reads "Master Richard Jean Carpenter" so at some time
he changed it to Gene. (Jean is French for John) Born at 10:30 AM.
Richard Gene Carpenter is:
1) 5th cousin 4 generations removed to Ulysses Simpson Grant (18th
President).
2) 7th cousin 2 generations removed to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd
President).
BIRTH: Township Of Sugar Creek, Venango, PA.
In 1942 she Worked For A Short Time For Carborundum WWII Effort.
DEATH: Manhatten Burough, NY City, NY.
!OCCUPATION: Worked With Security Occupations In NY City.
!RESIDENCE: Lived In NY City Most Of His Life.
!MARRIAGE: Divorced at least one of his wives.
OCCUPATION: Welder.
DEATH: Died in infancy.
36346. Howard Frank "Fritz" Carpenter
DEATH: "Fritz" as he was called was an Ironworker who died in a Plant Falling
Accident.
Jeff Carpenter of Binghamton, NY submitted this Carpenter line in
October 1998.