Charles Edgar CARR

Notes:

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, Charles, 12, Francis, 9, and Ruth, 6, were living in Minneapolis with a large number of other young children in what must have been an orphanage at 3200 Stevens Avenue.

In the 1910 census, Charles E. Carr, age 18 and single, was a carpenter in the building trade. He is shown as a lodger living at 716 6th Avenue North in Minneapolis. His father is shown as having been born in England but with Irish as his father’s native language. Charles’s mother is shown as also having been born in England but with English as her native language.

In this same census, Charles E. is shown as living at home with his mother and sisters, age 17, no occupation.

Charles is recorded a third time in that 1910 census as the 18 year-old Charles E Carr living with his father Charles E Carr in Mason City, Iowa. The younger Charles is a house carpenter and came to the U.S. in 1891.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Minneapolis. At that time, he was married with one child and was living at 3721 23rd Avenue in Minneapolis. He was employed as a driver by the Troy Laundry Company of Minneapolis. He claimed to have already served in U. S. Navy for four years, attaining the rank of seaman. He claimed exemption from the draft because of need to support family. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census, C. E. Carr and family were living at 4945 30th Avenue South in Minneapolis in a house they owned but with a mortgage. The family consisted of C.E., 27, Mina, 24, C.E. Jr., 3 and 2/12, and Audrey, 1 and some months. Also living with the family was Mina’s widowed mother, Christina Michaelson, age 60. The senior C.E. came to this country in 1900 and was naturalized in 1917. Everyone was born in Minnesota except the senior C.E. who was born in Canada. The senior C.E.’s father was born in England, his mother in France. Mina’s parents were born in Norway. The senior C.E. was a moulder in a steel works.

In the 1930 census, Charles E. Carr lived with his new family in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was a commercial traveler for a biscuit company. The household consisted of Charles, 37, Ethel, 34, their daughter Ethel Marie, 10 months, and Ethel’s daughters from an earlier marriage: Winona Murry, 16, and Margaret Murry, 12.

In the 1940 census, Charles Carr, age 46, and his wife Ether, age 44, and daughter Ethel, age 11, live in a rented residence in Colton in San Bernardino County, California. This is the same house in which they all lived in 1935. Charles is a moulder in a foundry. He earned $800 in 1939.

He registered for the World War II draft in California. At that time he was living at 472 Harper Street, Downey, Los Angeles, California. He gave “Dr. Enge” of Bismark, North Dakota, as the person who would always know his address. He was employed by Los Angeles Steel Casting.

The PACF Family Tree has him dying in Downey, Los Angeles County, California, on 29 Dec 1960. An obit in the 1 Jan 1961 edition of the Los Angeles Times confirms this. This death is not in the California Death Index.

His obit notes that he had been a resident of California for 26 years and was, or had been, an employee of the Los Angeles County School System. His obit lists two other daughters, Winona and Margaret, who may be step-daughters.

From the symbol on his gravestone, it appears he was a Mason.

Birth:
Carburry according to his WWII draft registration.

Charles married Mina Regina MICHAELSON on 11 Dec 1915 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Mina (daughter of Ole S MICHAELSON and Christina OLSON) was born on 8 Jul 1895 in Minnesota; died on 12 Apr 1968 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 16 Apr 1968 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as Charles E Carr and Mina R Michaelson

1. Charles Edgar CARR was born on 1 Oct 1916 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 26 Oct 1973 in Orange County, California.
2. Audrey Kathleen CARR was born on 12 Aug 1918 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 7 Oct 1983 in San Diego County, California.
3. John Harper CARR was born on 17 Jan 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died in 2015.

Charles married Ethel on 27 Nov 1926 in Roberts County, South Dakota. Ethel was born about 1895 in Kentucky; was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ethel Marie CARR was born on 28 May 1929 in North Dakota; died about 2004 in California.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-005134

Notes:

According to Mike, a Charles Edgar Carr, b. 1854, was arrested with his cousin Harriet for larceny and receiving stolen goods in 1882. He was also arrested in 1878 for forgery and again in 1883 for larceny in a dwelling. He got a five year sentence for the 1883 offense. When he was released, he married Eliza, who was already pregnant with their first daughter, and left for Canada at the end of 1888.

At the time of his marriage to Eliza Ada Burridge, he was a 32 year-old bachelor clerk living at 90 Blueton Road.

In the 1900 census (June 1st), the Charles E. Carr family was living at 1917 Hillside Avenue in Minneapolis in a house that he rented. The family consisted of Charles E. Carr, 46 (born Mar 1854), a stenographer, Ada E., 28 (born Jan 1872), Sarah A., 11 (born Dec 1888), May Marie, 9 (born June 1890), Charles, 7 (born October 1892), Frances, 4 (born June 1895), and Ruth L., 1 (born November 1898). Charles and Ada were both born in England and had been married for 12 years. Ada had borne 5 children, all still living. Charles had come to this country in 1888; no similar information is shown for Ada or the children. Sarah is shown as having been born in England. May Marie and Charles were born in English Canada, and Frances and Ruth in Minnesota.

In the 1905 state census, he was living alone on Clark Avenue in White Bear in Ramsey County. He was a contractor and builder. His three youngest children, Charles, 12, Francis, 9, and Ruth, 6, were living in Minneapolis with a large number of other young children in what must have been an orphanage at 3200 Stevens Avenue.

In the 1910 census, he and his son are living in Mason City, Iowa, as lodgers in the home of a private family. The older Charles, age 55, is an architect in the building trade and is shown to be married for the 2nd time although no wife is identifiable in the household. The younger Charles, age 18, is a house carpenter. Both came to the U.S. in 1891.

He is probably the Charles Carr who died in West Minneapolis in 1922. That will be assumed in the information included here. That Charles Carr was born in England in 1852. He was a draftsman and the informant for his death certificate, Albert Moore, was apparently unsure whether Charles was married or divorced. Charles died of senility and arteriosclerosis. His body was donated to the anatomy department of the university although there was a “personal” burial on October 17th. This older Charles is not in the 1920 census. It is possible that Charles was a patient at an asylum.

Charles married Eliza Ada BURRIDGE on 1 Apr 1888 in London, England. Eliza (daughter of William Frederick BURRIDGE) was born on 22 Jan 1871 in England; died on 25 Mar 1941 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 28 Mar 1941 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-019332

Notes:

She is probably the Eliza Ann Burridge whose birth was registered in the July-Sep period of 1871 in the Pancras district of London, Middlesex.

At the time of her marriage to Charles Carr, she was a 20 year-old spinster living at 228 Millfield Road. (She was actually 17.)

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, she was Ada Carr, a nurse, age “over 21”, living with eight other people at 2735 Hennepin Avenue. She had been in the state for 9 years but had been at her present enumeration district for only a month. In that same census, her three youngest children, Charles, 12, Francis, 9, and Ruth, 6, were living in Minneapolis with a large number of other young children in what must have been an orphanage at 3200 Stevens Avenue. (It was the Stevens Avenue Home for Children and Aged Women.)

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, she is Mrs. Ada Carr, nurse, living at 904 E 18th Street.

In the 1910 census, Eliza A. Carr, now a 38 year-old widow (perhaps actually a divorcee), was living with all of her 5 children at 904 East 18th Street in Minneapolis in an apartment that she rented in a multi-family dwelling. Her occupation is shown as nurse, industry is illegible.

A notice in the want ad section of the Minneapolis Tribune’s 28 Apr 1910 edition says that she “will not be responsible for any debts that have been or may be contracted by Sarah, May or Charles Carr. Mrs. Ada Carr.”

In February of 1915, when Frances went missing for five days, Eliza lived at 3014 Chicago.

In the 1920 census, Bill is listed as the adopted son of 48 year-old Ada Marsh, a widow living with her two daughters, one granddaughter, Bill (age 4 and 8/12) and two female lodgers at 1619 Park Avenue. The two daughters are Frances Mincke, age 24, and Ruth Kirbach, age 21. Ada and Frances are shown as widows; Ruth is shown as married. Ruth is shown as having a daughter, less than a year old, also named Ada.

The older Ada was born in England; she and Frances emigrated in 1898 or 1899 and were naturalized in the first decade of the 1900s. Frances was born in Canada. Ruth was born in Minnesota. Little Ada's dad was born in Illinois as was Bill's father. Bill's mother is shown as born in Canada. Frances's occupation is shown as "practical nurse" in a "private home." I can't make out the older Ada's occupation. Ruth is not shown as having an occupation.

In the 1930 census, William C. Marsh, 14, is living at 1619 Park Avenue South with his grandmother, Eliza A. Marsh, 57, a widow, his aunt (Eliza’s daughter), Ruth L. Anderson, 31, his aunt’s husband, Arthur J. Anderson, 36, his cousin, Ada R. Korbach, 11, and 3 “roomers”: Cecil J. Betz, Bruno A. Hanson, and Edna Hander or Harder. Eliza is the head of the household. She pays $55/month rent and the household has a radio. Eliza and her parents were born in England. Eliza was first married at age 17. Ruth was born in Minnesota and was first married at age 18. Arthur was born in Minnesota, his parents in Sweden, and was first married at age 34. William’s father was born in Illinois and his mother in Canada. Ada’s father was also born in Illinois and her mother (presumably Ruth) was born in Minnesota. Eliza appears to have come to the U.S. in 1895, is a naturalized citizen of the U.S., and is a superintendent of some sort of registry. Ruth is a beauty operator in a beauty shop. Arthur is a dentist and appears to be a veteran of the World War.

In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, she is Ada E Marsh, widow of Geo, superintendent, Nurses Aid & Bureau, residing at 3539 Dupont Ave N.

In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, she is E Ada Marsh, widow of Geo, nurse for A G Anderson, and residing at 3539 Dupont Ave N.

In the 1937 city directory, she is E Ada Marsh, widow of Geo E, residing at 2114 Russell Ave N.

In the 1938 city directory, she is Eliza A Marsh, widow of Geo, residing at 2114 Russell Ave N.

In the 1939 city directory, she is Eliza A Marsh, wifow of Geo, residing at 4308 34th Ave S.

In the 1940 city directory, she is Ada E Marsh, widow of Geo, residing at 2642 Colfax Ave S.

In the 1940 census, as Liza Ada March, she is a 69 year-old widow, a nurse but no longer employed, living at 2642 Colfax Avenue in south Minneapolis. She had had four years of college.

She is not listed in the 1941 city directory.

She died at the home of her daughter Ruth who lived at 4308 34th Avenue S in Minneapolis and was the informant for Eliza’s death certificate. The death certificate said that Eliza’s usual residence was 2642 Colfax Avenue S. Eliza was a retired nurse and was the widow of George Ernest Marsh.

Birth:
This is the date on her death certificate. Other sources say January, 1872.

Died:
at 2:00 AM according to Cora

Notes:

Married:
Clapton Park All Saints parish

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Dec 1831, St. Nicolas, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

According to Mike, they lived in the Marylebone district in central London.

Charles B.’s occupation was pawn broker at the time of his son Charles’s 1888 marriage.

Charles married Sarah Susannah PHILPOT on 11 Jan 1853 in London, England. Sarah was born about 1831 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She had eight children.

Notes:

Married:
Limehouse St. Anne parish

Notes:

His profession was “traveler” at the time of his daughter Eliza Ada’s 1888 marriage to Charles Carr.

James married Ann MANDER on 16 Apr 1815 in Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Warwick St. Nicolas church