Richard John CARTER
Abt 1870 - 1914 (~ 44 years)-
Name Richard John CARTER Birth Abt 1870 Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England 
Christening 12 Jun 1870 Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England [1, 2] Gender Male 
1901 Census1901 Tottenham, London, UK Death 30 Mar 1914 30 Woodlea Road, Stoke Newington, London, England [3] Person ID I2260 Our Family Tree Last Modified 25 May 2018
Father John CARTER Mother Sarah Ann LAUNDER Marriage 23 Nov 1867 Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England [2] - He was recorded as son of Richard.
Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah DABINETT, b. Abt 1863, Barrington, Somerset, England d. Abt 1891, Greenwich, Kent, England (Age ~ 28 years) Marriage 9 Feb 1891 St Matthews, West Kensington, London, England - He aged 24, a bachelor, a tramway conductor of 29 Trafalgar Grove, Greenwich, son of John, a gardener. She 28, a spinster, cannot read the address, daughter of Thomas, a boot maker.
Family ID F307 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 May 2016
Family 2 Louisa KEER, b. 1874, Blaxhall, Suffolk, England d. Abt 1909 (Age 35 years) Marriage 25 Jan 1894 Stepney St Peter, London, England [2] - He was 24, a widower, a car conductor (probably on a tram or bus), son of Richard Carter, a gardener. She was 19, a spinster, daughter of George Keer, a brewers servant. Both were living at 11 Leatherdale Street, presumably in Stepney. They were married by banns and both signed the register. Witnesses were George and Eliza Keer, almost certainly Louisa's brother and sister.
Children 1. Richard J. CARTER, b. Abt 1895, Mile End, London, England d. Yes, date unknown2. Arthur George CARTER, b. 3 Nov 1897, Clerkenwell, London, England d. Yes, date unknown3. Reginald CARTER, b. Abt 1899, Tottenham, London, England d. Yes, date unknown4. Robert Baden CARTER, b. 14 Apr 1900, Tottenham, London, England d. Yes, date unknown5. Elsie Louise CARTER, b. 11 Oct 1901, West Green, London, England d. 12 Oct 1972 (Age 71 years)6. Dorothy CARTER, b. Abt 1904, Stoke Newington, London, England d. Yes, date unknown7. Albert CARTER, b. Abt 1905, Stoke Newington, London, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F218 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 May 2016
Family 3 Elizabeth BROWN, b. Abt 1885, Walthamstow, Essex, England d. Between Jul and Sep 1922, Hackney, Middlesex, England Marriage Between 1 Oct and 31 Dec 1910 Hackney, Middlesex, England [2] - We would need to get a certicicate to confirm or contradict this guess.
Family ID F311 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 May 2016
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1870 - Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England 
Christening - 12 Jun 1870 - Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England 
Marriage - 9 Feb 1891 - St Matthews, West Kensington, London, England 
Marriage - 25 Jan 1894 - Stepney St Peter, London, England 
Death - 30 Mar 1914 - 30 Woodlea Road, Stoke Newington, London, England 
Marriage - Between 1 Oct and 31 Dec 1910 - Hackney, Middlesex, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - He was reported to be a widower when he married Louisa Keer. He married three times, Louisa being his second wife. In 1891 he was with his first wife Sarah, newly married and with no children. By 1901 he had married Louisa and the four children in the household were clearly hers. He was recorded as a widower when he remarried so Sarah had died. In 1911 he was living at Stoke Newington with a wife Elizabeth aged 26. We presume therefore that Louisa had died. In the 1911 Census he was said to have been married to Elizabeth for less than a year, so none of the children in the household could have been hers. He reported he had seven children still living and three more who had died. I think we have found the seven survivers but none of the three who died, some of whom may have been by his first wife.
The family believed that Richard and his wife, presumably Elizabeth, both died at the same time, perhaps of influenza and the two little girls, at least, were taken into the homes of members of the Keer Family. That story does not seem to be quite right, as Elizabeth certainly outlived him as she was mentioned in the probate settled a month or so later. I think she probably survived for several years. However, because none of the children in the household were hers, she might well have felt it was not up to her to take care of them.
I beleive that he was the John Carter at Grantchester in 1881, a scholar aged 11, son of John and Sarah. His father was a gardener and domestic steward. I think I have found a record of his baptism with the same parents named. He recorded this father as Richard, a gardener at the time of his marriage to Louisa. I have failed to find him in the 1871 census.
- He was reported to be a widower when he married Louisa Keer. He married three times, Louisa being his second wife. In 1891 he was with his first wife Sarah, newly married and with no children. By 1901 he had married Louisa and the four children in the household were clearly hers. He was recorded as a widower when he remarried so Sarah had died. In 1911 he was living at Stoke Newington with a wife Elizabeth aged 26. We presume therefore that Louisa had died. In the 1911 Census he was said to have been married to Elizabeth for less than a year, so none of the children in the household could have been hers. He reported he had seven children still living and three more who had died. I think we have found the seven survivers but none of the three who died, some of whom may have been by his first wife.
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