Grace Caroline Blanchet, 1883-1962
b. Dry Ridge, Grant County, Kentucky d. Kirksville, Adair
County, MO
(buried in Grandview Cemetery Hannibal, MO)
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Photos:
Grace Caroline Blanchet on her wedding day
to Thomas Franklin Carter 26 March 1908
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Content:
Age: 79
Occupation: Housewife
State: Kentucky, Missouri
# of Children: 6
See below for narrative. Click on photos to enlarge.
William Henry Harrison Carter
Family 1890s
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Grace Caroline's Parents and sisters:
Lovinski "Lovee" and Angeline Carter Blanchet
Three girls:
Grace Caroline, Anna Isabel and Fleurie Pearl (right two ladies, unknown) |
Grace Caroline Carter - College Days
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Thomas Franklin Carter & Grace
Caroline Blanchet (2nd cousins) Married 1908
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Grace Caroline Blanchet Carter holding son Leland Thomas Carter.
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Carter Family in 1922 Children: Anna, Louise and Frank
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Starting a Family
The first attempts to start a family
ended in grief in 1908 & 1910. Both babies were named Evelyn.
The third child, Leland Thomas Carter was born in 1912 with a back
deformity and had to be carried everywhere. He lived until 6 years
old and was buried in 1918 in Grandview cemetery in Hannibal, MO along
with his sisters.
Anna Elizabeth Carter was born 7 November
1914 and lived to be 32 years old at which time she died of colon cancer
16 August 1946. She was also buried at Grandview Cemetery in
Hannibal, MO.
Frances Louise Carter was born 30 August
1917 in Salisbury in Chariton County, Missouri and lived to be 82.
Frank Welborn Carter was born 22 May 1921
and also lived to an advanced age. |
Thomas Franklin and Grace Carter
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Son, Frank Carter,
fighter pilot in WWII
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Frank Carter with Mom, Grace Caroline Carter
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Louise & Phil Vardiman Wedding Day 15 August 1940
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Frank
Carter married Mary Campbell
29 Oct 1944
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Anna Carter - Nurse
d. 16 Aug 1946
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Phil & Louise Vardiman Family 1955 Living in St. Louis, MO
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Frank & Mary Carter Family Carol Jean
b. 1945 and Mary Ann b. 1950
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Thomas Franklin and Grace
Caroline Carter, about 1950
Grace passed away 20 Nov 1962 at 78 years old
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