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James Fry Carter (abt. 1855 - 1913)

James Fry Carter
Born about in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1877 (to 16 Jan 1913) in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 58 in Royal Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Englandmap
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Biography

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]


Sources

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 FHL Film Number 1596260 Reference ID p7 no 56 (St Thomas, Portsmouth 11 May 1856 James Fry Carter son of Benjamin and Sarah Carter. Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
  2. 1861 Census of England
    St Thomas Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
    First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
    BenjaminCarterHeadMarriedMale35 ShipwrightPortsmouth, Hants
    SarahCarterWifeMarriedFemale37-Portsmouth, Hants
    ElizabethCarterDaughter-Female13-Portsmouth, Hants
    SarahCarterDaughter-Female11ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    EmmaCarterDaughter-Female9ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    BenjaminCarterSon-Male7ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    JamesCarterSon-Male5ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
  3. 1871 Census of England
    Broad Street, Portsmouth Town, Hampshire, England
    First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
    BenjaminCarterHeadWidowerMale45 ShipwrightPortsmouth, Hants
    EmmaCarterDaughterUnmarriedFemale19DressmakerPortsmouth, Hants
    JamesCarterSonUnmarriedMale15Shipwright apprenticePortsmouth, Hants
    HenryCarterSonUnmarriedMale8ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    GeorgeCarterSonUnmarriedMale6ScholarBromley, Middlesex
  4. England and Wales marriage index (Registered Portsea Island 1877 James Fry Carter married Alice Coles)
  5. 1881 Census of England
    5 Westbourne Terrace, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
    First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
    JamesCarterHeadMarriedMale25 ShipwrightPortsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterWifeMarriedFemale23-Portsmouth, Hants
    JamesCarterSon-Male2-Portsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterDaughter-Female11mo-Portsmouth, Hants
  6. 1891 Census of England
    15 Waterloo St, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
    First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
    James FCarterHeadMarriedMale36 Shipwright HM DockyardPortsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterWifeMarriedFemale34-Portsmouth, Hants
    James bCarterSon-Male12ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterDaughter-Female10ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    Lily MCarterDaughter-Female6ScholarPortsmouth, Hants
    WilliamCarterSon-Male2-Portsmouth, Hants
    GeorgeCarterSon-Male3mo-Portsmouth, Hants
  7. 1901 Census of England
    8 Montgomerie Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
    First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
    JamesCarterHeadMarriedMale45 ShipwrightPortsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterWifeMarriedFemale42-Portsmouth, Hants
    Alice EllenCarterDaughterSingleFemale20-Portsmouth, Hants
    LillianCarterDaughter-Female15-Portsmouth, Hants
    WilliamCarterSon-Male12-Portsmouth, Hants
    ArchibaldCarterSon-Male8-Portsmouth, Hants
  8. 1911 Census of England
    11 Montgomerie Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 6 rooms
    First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
    JamesCarterHeadMarried 9 children 4 aliveMale55 Shipwright Govt DockyardPortsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterWifeMarriedFemale52-Portsmouth, Hants
    AliceCarterDaughterSingleFemale28-Portsmouth, Hants
    LilianCarterDaughter-Female25Dressmaker on own acountPortsmouth, Hants
    WilliamCarterSon-Male22Shipwright Govt DockyardPortsmouth, Hants
    ArchibaldCarterSon-Male18Boat Builder's ApprenticePortsmouth, Hants
  9. Memory of C Mackinnon
  10. England and Wales death index (Registered Portsmouth 1913 1st qu James F Carter aged 56)
  11. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1995 (17 February 1913 James Fry Carter of 11 Montgomerie Rd, Southsea died at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital, Landport on 16 January 1913. Estate £125. Administration granted to Alice Carter, widow)




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