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William Carter[1, 2, 3]

Male 1844 - 1931  (86 years)


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  • Name William Carter 
    Born 26 Dec 1844  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1881  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Fish Dealer 
    Occupation 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Ice Dealer 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Anglican 
    Occupation 1901  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Ice Dealer 
    Occupation 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Income 
    Residence 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Free Methodist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-60470 
    Died 28 Oct 1931  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Cause: myocarditis (2 years) 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I60470  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Carter,   b. Abt 1813, of, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Ann Wilson,   b. Abt 1813, of, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella Best,   b. 19 Jan 1849, , Kent Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1928, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Annie Carter,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. John A. Carter,   b. Between 1867 and 1868, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Isabella M. Carter,   b. 22 May 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. William Joseph Carter,   b. 18 Jun 1873, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. George E. Carter,   b. 8 Jan 1874, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Ellen Veldora "Ella" Carter,   b. 12 Jun 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1936, Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     7. Agnes Louisa Carter,   b. 11 Apr 1880, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1948  (Age 68 years)
     8. Herbert Theodore Carter,   b. 8 Mar 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     9. Alice Maude Carter,   b. 22 May 1884, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1886, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     10. William Russel "Russel" Carter,   b. 27 Nov 1886, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Olive Best Carter,   b. 22 Aug 1889, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1918, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F25977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • CARTER, WILLIAM

      With the death of Mr. Carter, which occurred Wednesday night, October 29, 1931, at the Galt Hospital, another of Galt's oldest citizens and one of its best known figures has passed to the great beyond. Born in Puslinch Township on December 26, 1844, he was in his 87th year. Those were the days when everybody had to work hard and young Carter worked in his 12th year, hiring out with a farmer at the magnificent wage of $2. 00 a month and working from daylight to dark. During the winter, he was chopping in the woods - fine, healthy employment, which undoubtedly contributed much to his length of days, for he was still walking around, a bit bent of course, enjoying meeting his friends as late as last summer. Mr. Carter came to Galt in 1870, when the population of the town was only about 4, 300. The citizens in those days were chiefly meat eaters and Mr. Carter conceived the idea of developing a taste for fish amongst them and embarked in the fish business, which he carried on for some years. This led him into the ice business, which he carried on from small beginnings, until it reached large proportions, his first ice house being situated where the Free Methodist Church now stand. This was the first ice house erected in Galt. Later on, he built a larger ice house on the creek that crosses the East River Road, a short distance below the soap works. Twenty-one years ago, when in his 66th year, Mr. Carter met with an accident, which closed another chapter in his life and necessitated the giving up of his business. Since that time, he had taken life quietly, gardening being his chief occupation. Possessing a strongly religious temperament he, for a number of years, worked faithfully as a local preacher in connection with the Free Methodist Church. He was a fine type of man and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. His wife passed away three years ago. Surviving are two sons, Alfred of Boston; Herbert of Galt; three daughters, Mrs. Alfred Carter of Galt; Mrs. W. J. Baird of Birmingham, Michigan; Mrs. H. Messett of Galt; eighteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral took place on Saturday at 2 from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred Carter, 388 Dundas St., Galt to Mount View Cemetery.

      -Information from the death certificate: Son of John Carter and Ann Wilson. Informant - ? Marriott of the Hespeler Rd., his son-in-law.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 19103-05.
      Herbert Theodore Carter, 23, Occ. Barber, b. Galt, Res. Same, son of William Carter & Isabel Best, married Helen Alice Gordon, 22, b. Yarker, Res. Galt, daughter of Abner Gordon & Elizabeth Irish, Witn: Alfred H. Carter & Myrtle B. Gordon, Both of Galt, 21 Sept 1905 at Galt

    2. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012236-94.
      Alfred H. Carter, 22, occ. Laborer, b. Susted Essex Co England, res. Galt, son of Alfred and (No Mother Listed) married Isabella M. Carter, 22, b. Galt, res. Galt, daughter of William and Isabella, Witn: William Baird and Ella Carter Both of Galt, 4 April 1894 in Galt

    3. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 015593-99.
      William Jardine Baird 23, occ. Mechanic, b. Scotland, res. Galt, son of Crawford Baird and Agnes Jardine married Ella V. Carter, 22, b. Galt, res. Galt, daughter of William Carter and Isabella Best (Illeg), Witness(es): James Baird of Galt and Mary Buchanan of Ayr, 28 September 1899 in Galt.

    4. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-3 Page 10.

    5. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 54.

    6. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      William Carter b. 26 Dec 1844 Canada, d. 28 Oct 1931 Galt. s/o John Carter (b. England) & Ann Wilson (b. England) cause: myocarditis (2 years)

    7. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 17 Page 30.

    8. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 56.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Dec 1844 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Fish Dealer - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Ice Dealer - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Ice Dealer - 1901 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Free Methodist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: myocarditis (2 years) - 28 Oct 1931 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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