I am posting this message directly to the e-mail list rather than the
message board to see what happens with it. To see if it posts.
I posted this message several days ago on the Carpenter Message Board and it
never came back to me on the e-mail list. Also some messages that were
posted by others after my original posting have not come to me on the list.
So this is a test of sorts to see if I get it back this time.
My Carpenter line comes from Adam Carpenter b.c. 1772 of
Cumberland/Moore Co, North Carolina, who moved to Edgefield District, South
Carolina, c. 1802-1804. Time and place would suggest that his parents were
Owen and Caterin _?_. Definite proof/documentation is lacking. There is a
gap in the proof between Adam and Owen. Owen does appear on some published
militia lists for that area. I saw them at the NC library & Archives in
Raleigh several years ago. Lots of stories, not much proof.
My paternal grandmother was a Carpenter from the Trenton area of Edgefield.
Her family moved to Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, c. 1902-05. She was
the oldest of 8-10 children. George Edward Carpenter was one of her younger
brothers. Does anyone on the board/list have access to Louisiana death
records, say 1940-50's to say 2000 or so. Sorry I can't be more specific as
to a date. Indexed obituaries in N. O. area newspapers??? I would very much
like to find out whatever happened to one of my great uncles, George Edward
Carpenter b. December 28, 1900 Edgefield County, South Carolina. About
1902-1907 his family moved to Augusta, Georgia, where they lived at 1492
Walton Way among other places. He was listed as living in Augusta in 1937
when his mother died. The place might be in error as I did not find him
listed in the Augusta City Directory. Have no idea where he might have been
stationed in the service.
The family story is that he was retired military, army staff sergeant(?)
lived in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area and refinished/sanded wood floors
in his retirement. He is supposed to have married an officer's
(Major?)widow. Not sure if they had any children. There are several parishes
in the N.O. area. I have not been able to identify him on the SSDI or as
being buried in a military cemetery or on ancestry which I use at a library.
His birth date would suggest that he would have been slightly young for WWI
and sort of old for very active service in WWII. Any assistance appreciated.
Vivian Toole Cates Alto, Texas 1-936-858-3801