Walter Abraham Carr

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Hugh Donald Latimer October 12, 1910 to May 10, 1986, Photographer

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Born: 21 April 1884
Died: 21 June 1974
Parents: Darius Carr and Metura Bound
Marriage: 11 September 1907
Occupation: Farmer at County Road 30 and Old Wooler Road

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Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com

Father*: Darius Carr2 b. 1856, d. 9 Nov 1896
Mother*: Metura Bound2 b. 1862, d. 3 Apr 1941
Birth*: 21 April 1884; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Apr 21 1884 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1884 & location Cramahe per marriage reg'n. Date 1884 per Memorial.2,3,6,5
Marriage*: 11 September 1907; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015540-1907: Groom: Walter Carr; Age: 23; Res. Brighton Twp.; Born: Cramahe Twp.; Stats: bachelor; Occ.: farmer, Rel., Meth.; Parents: Darius Carr & Matura Bound; Bride: Ethel M. Phillips; Age: 19; Res. Brighton Twp.; Born: Percy Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Robert H. Phillips & Harriett Hicks; Wit.: Harry & Mattie Herrington, Brighton Twp.; Date: Sep 11 1907; PlacE: Brighton Twp.; Performed by: Darius Crouter; Reg'd.: Sep 17 1907; Principal=Ethel Maude Phillips7
Death*: 21 June 1974; Oshawa, Ontario; "Carr - Walter Abram. At Oshawa on Friday, Jun 21st, 1974, Walter Carr (formerly of 43 Meade St., Brighton). Beloved husband of Ethyl Maude Phillips. Dear father of Bryle (Mrs. Joseph Leith), Lindsay (Lyle), Trenton, Percy, Peterborough, Delbert, Codrington and Donald, Bowmanville. Brother of Gordon Carr, Castleton. Also survived by seventeen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. Resting at the R. W. Machey Funeral Home, Brighton, from Saturday at 7 p.m. for funeral service on Monday at 2 pm. Interment McPhail's Cemetery." (Tweedsmuir Histories, Reel 1, I-248)4
Burial*: 23 June 1974; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) CARR; Father; Walter Abraham; Carr; 1884 - 1974; Mother; Ethel Maude Phillips; 1887 - 1980 (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp.)
per Death Notice.4,5
Census*: April 1901; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1901 Census: see Joseph Carr (step-father)3
Residence: 26 April 1905; Cramahe Twp., Morganston, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Harry Herrington & Mattie Phillips.2
Residence*: 11 September 1907; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per marriage reg'n.2
Residence: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Walter Carr appears in The Latimer Photos which were take by Hugh Latimer during the late 1920s and early 1930s at his father's General Store at Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)8
Note*: September 1967; Legion Hall, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Brighton Couple Mark Diamond Anniversary; Brighton - Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carr celebrated 60 years of married life Sunday in the Legion Hall surrounded by their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. More than 200 relatives and friends called during the afternoon to pay their respects. .... (There is a huge list of the people who attended which I won't attempt to transcribe here) ... under the newpaper article there is a had written note ... "Mr. and Mrs. Carr lived in the red brick house at the corner of Highway 30 and the Old Wooler Road for many years."" (from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Reel 2, Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007)4
Residence: 1972; Medex Nursing Home, Oshawa, Ontario; "Brighton - Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carr, residents at the Medex Nursing Centre, Oshawa, for the past year celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary quietly with their family this weekend. They lived in Brighton and area ll their lives before they decided to give up housekeeping and take up residence in Oshawa, last October. Mrs. Carr is the former Ethel Phillips, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips, Codrington. She and Walter Carr were united in marriage at her parents home on September 8, 1907 by Rev. D. Crouter assited by Rev. Coumbs. They have five children - Lyal, Trenton, Mrs. (Beryl) Joseph Leith, Lindsay, percy, Peterborough, Donald, Bowmanville and Delbert, Codrington." (from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, Reel 2, Toronto Metro Reference Library, Nov 2007)4
Family: Ethel Maude Phillips b. 21 Nov 1887, d. 17 Mar 1980
Marriage*: 11 September 1907; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015540-1907: Groom: Walter Carr; Age: 23; Res. Brighton Twp.; Born: Cramahe Twp.; Stats: bachelor; Occ.: farmer, Rel., Meth.; Parents: Darius Carr & Matura Bound; Bride: Ethel M. Phillips; Age: 19; Res. Brighton Twp.; Born: Percy Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Robert H. Phillips & Harriett Hicks; Wit.: Harry & Mattie Herrington, Brighton Twp.; Date: Sep 11 1907; PlacE: Brighton Twp.; Performed by: Darius Crouter; Reg'd.: Sep 17 1907; Principal=Ethel Maude Phillips7
Lyal Claude Carr+4 b. 16 Mar 1909, d. 1983
Delbert Therell Carr+4 b. 28 Oct 1914, d. 1999
Donald Eugean Carr4 b. 9 Apr 1916, d. 12 Dec 1981
Bryle Norma Carr4 b. 15 May 1919
Citations
Walter Abraham Carr per Memorial. Walter Abram Carr per Death Reg'n. Walter A. per 1901 Census.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
[S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S52] Unknown location, Tweedsmuir Histories; unknown film.
[S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
[S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, 015540 - 1907 (MS932 Reel 129).
[S87] Unknown subject unknown record type; unknown repository.

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