Harold Melvin Carpentier (1911 - 1969)

Born 4 Feb 1911 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois

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Died 18 Sep 1969 at age 58 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois

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Biography

Harold Melvin Carpentier was born in 1911 to George Franklin Carpenter (1876-1958) and Martha Mae Peplow Knaggs (1883-1960).

Harold married first Thelma Lee (1915-1999) and their children were:

1. Jacqueline L. Carpenter b. 1935 d. 27 Feb 1937 at age 2 after choking on a peanut (family recollection)
2. Shirley Carpentier (1936-1997) She and her mother Thelma dropped the "i" in Carpentier when they discovered that Harold had a second wife.

Harold was also married to a second wife at the same time - Mildred Leona Miller (1921-1992) and their children were:

1. Kenneth Melvin Carpentier (1943 - 2013)
2. George E. Carpentier (1944 - 2006)
3. Tilden Lynn Carpentier (1946 - 2009)
4. Charles W Carpentier (1948 - 2013)
5. Jack D. Carpentier (1957 - 2006)
6. Richard P. Carpentier (1959 - 2009)

Harold served in the USNR in WWII from 2 Apr 1944 to 24 Nov 1945.

He died in 1969 in Peoria, Illinois and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois.

Sources

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J25D-RZ7 : 20 May 2014), Harold Carpentier, Sep 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV21-GTGX : 13 December 2015), Harold Melvin Carpentier, 1969; Burial, Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 82114137, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQMH-RFH : 27 December 2014), Harold Carpenter in entry for Jacqueline L. Carpenter, 27 Feb 1937; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,786,727.