Meet our Relatives - Taylor Branch

This whole branch started when Roy was looking through all the photos again and recognized the name of Carpenter.
It matched the Coney entry on Taylor RnD page.

Carpenter was married before based on writing in a letter by Anna Ballard "...until he was divorced/they married."

"There's quite a bit on Laphamviille (now Rockport I think) in the Westering Laphams. .."
Here's a letter from Pansy (Mrs. Oscar Lapham) to Donna (writer of the Westering Laphams) that alludes to George Gilbert"
...Yes his mother did marry a fellow by the name of Carpenter. I knew her son Ted...

Ted or James may be incorrect first name based on this census which matches Lizzie's parrents
MICHIGAN MARRIAGES
Name: John Carpenter
Age (Expanded): 42 years [John]
Birth Year: 1858 [APR 8, 1857] Birthplace: New York
[Occupation: Sawyer]
[No time marries: no]
Spouse's Name: Lizzie M. Lapham
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 48 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1852 [1851], Spouse's Birthplace: Ontario
[Housekeeper]
Event Date 26 Jan 1900 Event Place: Gladstone, Delta, Michigan [letter states they were married 1880]
[Residence: Gladstone, MI]
Father's Name: Edwin {Eduiu?] W. Carpenter [Vermont]
Mother's Maidan Name: Mary Daniels [New York]
Spouse's Father's Name: W. S. Taylor
Spouse's Mother's Name: Isabel [Isabella] Slimmins [Slimmons/Sleaman]
[Married by J. Spencer Jewell, Pres. Minister Gladstone]
[Witnesses: Miss N? L. Jewell and Miss M.C. Jewell Gladstone Note: No family]
GS Film number: 2342515 , Digital Folder Number: 4208648 , Image Number: 631 , Reference ID: v 1 p 550 rn 1174
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N383-ZG3 : accessed 26 July 2015), John Carpenter and Lizzie M. Lapham, 26 Jan 1900; citing Gladstone, Delta, Michigan, v 1 p 550 rn 1174, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,515. Image of record

OTHER EDWARDS
In this Census they list it as James when it looks more like John. This is what lead to incorrect name of James.

Hold this a possible reference to John's father. Mother (Angline Carpenter) does not match.

An Almira Carpenter Obit- No relation. Husband possibly from Wisconsin

This is the only other record at familysearch of a John born in NY 1857
Edwin Carpenter Father M 39 Loiza Carpenter Wife F 37
Our Edward did not show up in Oregon papers using search - Edward Carpenter. A few Edwins, yet no way to ID.

There is another Lizzie Carpenter married to a John in 1910
age 44 statue: Married Race: Indian Wife b. 1866 Michigan

Found lots of
Edwin W Carpenter findagrave

1. Ted Carpenter
This whole branch started when Roy was looking through all the photos again and recognized the name of Carpenter.
It matched the Coney entry on Taylor RnD page.

Residence of Ted Carpenter, possibly the same Ted, son of Elizabeth TAYLOR (Caroline and jane's sister) and John Carpenter, her 2nd husband. Notice dog in foreground, washboard hanging on the wall, steps to the right, halfway down the plank walkway. Roy had contacted the Historical Soc in this area. They had no match. We do now!
Roy mixed up Elizabeth 2 and 3


This led to looking into the following entry.

US Census 1910
Note: John Carpenter's son, Edwin "Eddie" and possibly his wife or sister, Mary E Carpenter. This Census must be wrong, as proven by this death certificate.

MARY E. CARPENTER-Find Relationship
Name Mary E Carpenter Event Type Census Event Year 1920 Event Place Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Source
1920 census shows two children. If our Ted, find marriage date.

Wallace W Carpenter Head M 74 New York
Ellen M Carpenter Wife F 72 Ohio
Mary E Carpenter Daughter F 49 Michigan Source

No. 2 Different parent in same local
Homer V Carpenter Head M 43 Indiana Edith R Carpenter Wife F 36 Oregon Nancy Jane Carpenter Daughter F 10 Oregon Martha A Carpenter Daughter F 5 Oregon Ransom Carpenter Son M 1 Oregon Mary Ellen Carpenter Daughter F 7 Oregon Source
71 Mary Carpenters in Oregon in early 1900.

Smaller image of the Census-Ted Carpenter 1940

Clatskanie, Clatskanie, oregon
Map of where Ted lived

Home in 1940 Main Street Clatskanie, Columbia, Oregon source

Found a record that seems to match. There is a Carrie Pratt, which may have married a sibling of George. Right now focus is on immediate family.
George L Pratt, "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902" Name: George L Pratt Birth Date: 25 Jul 1895 Birthplace: Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan Gender: Male Race (Original): Father's Name: George B Pratt Father's Birthplace: Michigan Father's Age (Expanded): Mother's Name: Carrie L Pratt Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Age (Expanded): Christening Date: Christening Place: Informant's Name (Original): Death Date: Age (Expanded): GS Film number: 2322563 Digital Folder Number: 4207245 Image Number: 815 Frame Number: Reference ID: item 2 p 236 rn 398 Source , ^[5]

Ray Luther Miller, "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998" Name: Ray Luther Miller Event Type: Death Event Date: 22 Jul 1987 Event Place: Clackamas, Oregon Age: Birth Date: 25 Jul 1908 Spouse's Name: Norabe Miller
source , ^[5]

Not finding anything on Tim or Edwin

Edwin Wayne Carpenter
Birth: Feb. 20, 1886 Death: Jun. 28, 1940 Portland Multnomah County Oregon, USA
Son of James & Lizzie M Carpenter; Husband of Emily Josephine Reynolds [Why does above marriage record image show John?]

River View Cemetery Portland Multnomah County Oregon, USA Plot: Sec 12, Blk 31, Lot 9, Grave 1 Grave image

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