James Fry Carter was born in Portsmouth about 1856, the son of Benjamin Carter and his wife, Sarah Strickland. He was baptised at St Thomas on the 11th of May 1856. [1]His father was a shipwright for the Royal Navy and James was duly apprenticed to the same trade. [2] [3]
He married Alice Coles, daughter of William Coles and his wife, Ann Cripps, in 1877[4] who bore him six children over thirteen years. The Census shows little about them except that they moved fairly frequently,[5] [6] [7] finally settling at 11 Montgomerie Rd [8] a narrow little house which has survived both the bombing in WW2 and the creation of a dual carriageway within the city. His daughters, Sis and Lil, lived on in the house until the end of their lives. A painting hung in the front parlour of a ship frozen in the ice of the Antarctic, a souvenir, so it was said, of James' voyage, but I have been unable to confirm the story. [9]
James died on the 16th of January 1913 at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital, Landport, aged 58. [10]His estate worth £125 was probated to his widow, Alice on the 17th of February.[11]
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Benjamin | Carter | Head | Married | Male | 35 | Shipwright | Portsmouth, Hants |
Sarah | Carter | Wife | Married | Female | 37 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Elizabeth | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 13 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Sarah | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 11 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
Emma | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 9 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
Benjamin | Carter | Son | - | Male | 7 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
James | Carter | Son | - | Male | 5 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Benjamin | Carter | Head | Widower | Male | 45 | Shipwright | Portsmouth, Hants |
Emma | Carter | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 19 | Dressmaker | Portsmouth, Hants |
James | Carter | Son | Unmarried | Male | 15 | Shipwright apprentice | Portsmouth, Hants |
Henry | Carter | Son | Unmarried | Male | 8 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
George | Carter | Son | Unmarried | Male | 6 | Scholar | Bromley, Middlesex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
James | Carter | Head | Married | Male | 25 | Shipwright | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Wife | Married | Female | 23 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
James | Carter | Son | - | Male | 2 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 11mo | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
James F | Carter | Head | Married | Male | 36 | Shipwright HM Dockyard | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Wife | Married | Female | 34 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
James b | Carter | Son | - | Male | 12 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 10 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
Lily M | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 6 | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hants |
William | Carter | Son | - | Male | 2 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
George | Carter | Son | - | Male | 3mo | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
James | Carter | Head | Married | Male | 45 | Shipwright | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Wife | Married | Female | 42 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice Ellen | Carter | Daughter | Single | Female | 20 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Lillian | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 15 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
William | Carter | Son | - | Male | 12 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Archibald | Carter | Son | - | Male | 8 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
James | Carter | Head | Married 9 children 4 alive | Male | 55 | Shipwright Govt Dockyard | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Wife | Married | Female | 52 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Alice | Carter | Daughter | Single | Female | 28 | - | Portsmouth, Hants |
Lilian | Carter | Daughter | - | Female | 25 | Dressmaker on own acount | Portsmouth, Hants |
William | Carter | Son | - | Male | 22 | Shipwright Govt Dockyard | Portsmouth, Hants |
Archibald | Carter | Son | - | Male | 18 | Boat Builder's Apprentice | Portsmouth, Hants |
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