1,296 documented Carter ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Occupational surname for one who drove a cart or wagon.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 1,288 Carter records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: John, William, Robert, James and Charles.
Of the 1,289 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 76 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Philip Carter, born 1791 in New Hampshire.
Documented Carter families on this page come from Biographical and historical record of Greene and Carroll counties, Iowa, Past and present of Fayette County, Iowa and History of Decatur County, Indiana (1915).
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Deceased Carter ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Occupational surname for one who drove a cart or wagon.
The documented line here reaches back to 1791. Most Carter lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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