Joseph Carter 1872-1959
Mary Maria Carter (née Mary Maria Maplethorpe) 1878-1964
Outside their cottage at Marton, Lincolnshire
Photograph courtesy the family of GH
For quite some time I have been aware of incorrect data added to my GEDCOM for the family of Joseph CARTER 1872-1959 (the second husband of my great grandmother Mary Maria CARTER (née MAPLETHORPE) 1878-1964). For the last couple of years I have not found the time to manage these pages and so this issue was never fixed. Yesterday evening I decided to correct the issue with Joseph CARTER. At the back of my mind I seemed to remember he was born near Spurn Point in what was the East Riding of Yorkshire. My memory also flagged up the north-east of Lincolnshire, though it took me the best part of a couple of hours to remember the area I had in mind goes by the name Isle of Axholme.
Well after several hours and many online searches I had failed to make any progress, until eventually, yet another online search provided the data I was seeking. Unbelievably this was my own web site.
The story is this: some time in the past I had transcribed an England and Wales Census 1901 entry for Joseph CARTER and added it to my website. Since I decline to pay for Census information to which the tax payer has already contributed, I seem to remember my sister had at some point provided me with a few pages of 1901 Census data that she had purchased. This included the data regarding Joseph CARTER which I will republish here:
FHJ Ref: 036
Census: England and Wales Census 1901
Place: Upton. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Household: Joseph Carter
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME(S) | REL | STATUS | SEX | AGE | OCCUPATION | WHERE BORN | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter | Joseph | Head | Married | Male | 59 | Farmer, Employer | Glentham, Lincolnshire | |
| Carter | Martha | Wife | Married | Female | 57 | Patrington, Yorkshire | ||
| Carter | Henry | Son | Single | Male | 31 | Farmer's Son, Worker | Sunk Island, Yorkshire | |
| Carter | Joseph | Son | Single | Male | 28 | Farmer's Son, Worker | Sunk Island, Yorkshire | |
| Carter | Martha | Daughter | Single | Female | 28 | Mother's Help | Sunk Island, Yorkshire | |
| Carter | Sarah J | Daughter | Single | Female | 21 | Mother's Help | Sunk Island, Yorkshire | |
| Carter | Arthur | Son | Married | Male | 18 | Farmer's Son, Worker | Sunk Island, Yorkshire | |
| Carter | Elizabeth | Daughter | Single | Female | 21 | Mother's Help | Glentham, Lincolnshire |
To view this table full width please click here.
So having established the correct family, his birth place at Sunk Island and the name of his father, a few searches soon revealed a marriage for his father. Joseph CARTER married Martha KIRKWOOD, on the 14th May 1868 at Patrington, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The names, dates and places are what I would expect so I am confident enough to add this family to my GEDCOM.
This is the link to the family of Joseph CARTER and Martha CARTER (née KIRKWOOD).
Read about Sunk Island.
Having just read your piece about your ancestor Mary Maria who married a Joseph Carter,I found it very interesting as Joseph's mother Martha nee Kirkwood was an ancestor of mine,she was a sister of my Great Grandfather George Kirkwood and married Joseph Carter sir in May1868 at Sunk Island,E Yorkshire.