Gertrude Alice (Clarkson) Carrier (abt. 1887 - 1968)

Born about Aug 1887 in Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

Gertrude was born about Aug 1887, the daughter of Abner and Ingborg Clarkson.^[1]

Gertrude Alice Clarkson, 18, and Robert Carrier, a 19 year old delivery man, were married on 25 Dec 1905 at Greenacres, Spokane, Washington.^[2] Based on US Census and other records, they had at least the following children:

• Margaret Adelaide Carrier, b. 24 Jul 1906 Liberty Lake, Spokane, Washington^[3]
• Olive E. Carrier, b. ca. 1908
• Marion Carrier, b. ca. 1909; m. -- Erickson
• Robert Clarkson Carrier, b. 30 July 1914 Rathdrum, Kootenai, Idaho
• Dorothy Evelyn Carrier, b. ca. 1916

In 1920, Gertrude Carrier and her husband Robert B. Carrier lived in the home of his mother-in-law, Ingeborg Clarkson, in Greenacres Township Spokane, Washington. Four Carrier children lived with them. They were farmers.^[4]

In 1930 Gertrude Carrier (indexed as Carrion) lived in Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon, with three children. Gertrude is shown as married, but her husband is not present. ^[5]

Robert and Gertrude were divorced sometime between 1930 and 1940.

By 1940, Gertrude had remarried to Richard Sommer. They were living in Seaside, Clatsop, Oregon, with step-son Bob Carrier. Richard worked as a warehousman in feed grain and wholesale groceries.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Carrier-Clarkson Marriage Recrod, Spokane County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1880-Present, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov. Accessed on 10 Jan 2018 at Washington Digital Archives.
2. ↑ Carrier-Clarkson Marriage Certificate , Spokane County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1880-Present, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov. Accessed on 10 Jan 2018 at Washington Digital Archives.
3. ↑ Margaret Carrier Birth; Spokane County Auditor, Birth Returns, 1890-1907, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov. Accessed 10 Jan 2018 at Washington Digital Archives.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJS-2WW : accessed 10 January 2018), Robert Carrier in household of Ingeborg Clarkson, Greenacres, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing ED 134, sheet 79A, line 50, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1940; FHL microfilm 1,821,940.

   Ingeborg Clarkson, 56 b. Norway; Robert B Carrier, 33 b. Washington; Gertrude Carrier, 32 b. Nebraska; Margaret Carrier, 13 b. Washington; Marion Carrier, 11 b. Washington; Robert Carrier, 5 b. Idaho; Dorathy Carrier, 3 b. Washington. Ingeborg came to the United States in 1874.

5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9Z-42Y : accessed 11 January 2018), Gertrude Carrion, Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 8A, line 12, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1941; FHL microfilm 2,341,675.

   Gertrude Carrion, 42 b. Nebraska; Margaret A Carrion, a 23 year old public school teacher b. Washington; Robert B Carrion, a 15 year old bus boy at a hotel; Dorothy E Carrion, 13 b. Washington. Gertrude's father was born in Illinois and her mother in Norway.

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRJ-19N : accessed 11 January 2018), Gertrude Sommer in household of Richard Sommer, Seaside, Seaside Election Precinct 3, Clatsop, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-41, sheet 12A, line 19, family 308, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3356.

   Richard Sommer, 40 b. Germany; Gertrude Sommer, 52 b. Nebraska; step-son Bob Carrier (indexed as Caveier or Cavins, 25 b. Idaho.