Mary Elizabeth Carter parentage

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Thomas Carter and Rebecca (Jones) Carter

Thomas Carter and Rebecca (Jones) Carter are the leading parent pair: probate names Mary Anderson as daughter; census schedules place Mary E. in their Jackson Co. household…

The question asked: Who were the parents of Mary Elizabeth Carter?

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How this case was worked

24 records read across 12 archives, and 41 claims drawn from them.

The questionWho were the parents of Mary Elizabeth Carter?

  1. PlannerDecides what to look for next, and what has already been settled.
  2. ResearcherRuns the searches and reads what comes back, record by record.
  3. Coverage reviewerChecks whether enough of the record has been searched to conclude.
  4. Proof reviewerChecks that every conclusion is carried by a record we can cite.

National Archives6 records

  1. 11850 U.S. Census — Carter household, Jackson Co., MO
  2. 21860 U.S. Census — Carter household, Jackson Co., MO
  3. 31870 U.S. Census — Anderson household, Jackson Co., MO
  4. 41880 U.S. Census — Anderson household, Jackson Co., MO

Archives consulted12/12

  • National Archives6
  • Jackson County Probate Court3
  • Jackson County Recorder3
  • Independence Examiner2
  • Jackson County Archives2
  • Jackson County Historical Society2
  • Family papers — sealed scan1
  • First Baptist Church, Independence1
  • Kansas City Star1
  • Kansas State Archives1
  • Missouri State Archives1
  • Oakwood Cemetery1

Pedigree in this case

3 of 31 positions found across 5 generations. 2 lines stop here.

Pedigree fan5 generations of ancestral positions. 3 of 31 have a person; the rest are not yet found.Parents: Thomas Carter 1815–1878 — parents not establishedThomasCarterParents: Rebecca (Jones) Carter 1818–1873 — parents not establishedRebecca (Jones)CarterGrandparents: not yet foundGrandparents: not yet foundGrandparents: not yet foundGrandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet foundGreat-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet found2× great-grandparents: not yet foundMary Elizabeth(Carter) Anderson1842–1907

By generation

  1. You
  2. Parents
  3. Grandparents
  4. Great-grandparents
  5. 2× great-grandparents
  • Establishedwith records0
  • Concludedproof not complete1
  • Where the tree stopsresearch starts here2
  • Not yet foundthe position exists28
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