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.