Henry Carpenter

Male 1827 - 1909  (82 years)


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  • Name Henry Carpenter 
    Born 29 Jun 1827  Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 22 Oct 1827  St Michaels Lutheran, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Oct 1909 
    Buried Summerhill Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2628  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2014 

    Father Louis Martin Charpentier, Jr,   b. 9 Nov 1770, Courances (Siene-et-Oise), Essone, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1856 (Land Inquest), Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ann Margaretha Werner (Varner),   b. 27 Dec 1789, Niederauerbach, Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 Jun 1814  Limbach (Homburg), Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Pringle,   b. [1 Apr 1830],   d. 13 Jul [1909], Croyle, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt [1850] 
    Children 
    +1. Louisa Carpenter,   b. Abt [1858], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1930
     2. Jesse Carpenter,   b. Abt [Apr 1875], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. George Carpenter,   b. 24 Feb Abt [1853], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1870, Croyle, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Emma J [Emily] Carpenter,   b. Abt [Jun 1857], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Arlis [Alice?] Carpenter,   b. Abt [1871], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Anna M[argaret] Carpenter,   b. Abt [1852], Croyle or Summerhill, Cambria, PENNSYLVANIA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Susan P[ringle] Carpenter,   b. Abt [20 Nov 1863], Croyle, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. [22 Oct 1961]
     8. William Henry Carpenter,   b. Abt [Jan 1871], Croyle, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt [21 Jun 1954]
     9. Albert Carpenter,   b. Abt [1851], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jun 1827 - Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 22 Oct 1827 - St Michaels Lutheran, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Summerhill Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1850 US Census for Martin Carpenter Household
    1850 US Census for Martin Carpenter Household
    Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania

    Martin Carpenter, 80, None, born in France
    Margaret, 58, born in Germany
    Henry, 22, Farmer, born in PA
    Mary E, 20, born in PA
    Louisa, 18, born in PA

    Martin Carpenter, 26, Shoemaker, born in PA
    Martha, 22, born in PA
    Adam, 4, born in PA
    Mary, 2, born in PA

    1856-1857 Probate Records for Martin Carpenter Estate
    1856-1857 Probate Records for Martin Carpenter Estate
    Cambria County, Pennsylvania

    Martin Carpenter died before 4 March 1856 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He died intestate, meaning he did not leave a will.

    March Term 1856
    Martin Carpenter owned 100 acres. Adam V Carpenter, an heir, petitioned the court to equally divide this land between Martin's 7 heirs: widow Margaret and 6 children: John, Martin, Adam V, Elizabeth (married E B Goodwin), and Louisa (married William Erwin). Henry is missing from the list of heirs, but his name appears in later probate records.

    June Term 1856
    Martin Carpenter's 100 acres cannot be equally divided between the heirs. The land was valued at $500.

    September Term 1856
    Henry Carpenter, an heir, wanted to buy the shares of the other heirs.

    December Term 1857
    Henry Carpenter purchased the shares of the other heirs. The court was deciding if he should pay more into court.

    FamilySearch.org, Records of the Orphan's Court and Register of Wills, 1808-1919 (Cambria County, Pennsylvania), img 450, 459, 477, 518