Birth: 26 January 1860 Sourbutter Yard, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
Father: Edward Carr 1837-1910
Mother: Margaret Payne c1838-1893
Christening: 18 March 1860 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
Marriage: 29 April 1883 St Stephen, Manchester, Lancashire, UK
Wife: Amy Jane Gilbert 1861-1911
Marriage: 24 August 1914 St Mary, Wavertree, Lancashire, UK
Wife: Mary Jane Griffiths 1880-1966
Death: 1 February 1931 42 St. Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
By Amy
Amy Elizabeth Carr 1884
Edward Francis Carr 1885-1950
James Edwin Carr 1887
Hilda Carr 1889
Harry Carr 1890-1966
John William Grace Carr 1894-1950
Gilbert Carr 1896-1975
Winifred Carr 1897-1992
Mildred Carr 1898-1988
Vernon Carr 1899-1900
Vivien Carr 1901-1930
Minnie Carr 1903-1964
By Mary
Margaret Carr 1915-1917
Samuel Ronald Carr 1916-2004
Betty Mullington Carr 1918-1977
Margaret Carr 1919-1964
Lois Carr 1921-2012
Philip Carr 1922-1923
Kathleen Mary Carr 1924-1925
Birth of John Henry Carr in FreeBMD in January-March 1860 in Ormskirk (8B 567).
Entry in Ancestry Lancashire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911 for John Henry Carr baptised 18 March 1860 at Ormskirk, St Peter and St Paul,parents Edward and Margaret Carr. "Page 120 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Ormskirk in the County of Lancaster in the Year 1860 [...] 1860 March 18 No. 954 John Henry [parents] Edward [a] Shoe maker [and] Margaret Carr [of] Ormskirk."
In the 1861 census as John Henry Carr aged 1, born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, and living with his parents (Edward and Margret) and brother (William) in Sourbutter Yard, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
In the 1871 census as John Henry Carr aged 11, born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, and living with his parents (Edward and Margaret), two brothers (Edward and Thomas) and sister (Elizabeth) at 5 Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
In the 1881 census as John Hy Carr aged 21, born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, single, a porter, and living with his parents (Edward and Margaret), three brothers (Alfred, Edward and Thomas) and sister (Mary) at 9A Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Marriage of John Henry Carr and Amy Jane Gilbert in FreeBMD in April-June 1883 in Chorlton (8C 836).
Entry in Ancestry Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 for John Henry Carr aged 23, father Edward Carr, and Amy Jane Gilbert, father Edward Gilbert, on 29 April 1883 at Chorlton upon Medlock, St Stephen, Manchester, St Stephen. "Page 247 [...] 1883 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Stephen, Manchester, in the County of Lancashire [No.] 494 April 29th 1883 John Henry Carr [aged] 23 [a] Bachelor [and] Grocer [of] 28 Frame? Street [father] Edward Carr [a] Boot and Shoemaker, [and] Amy Jane Gilbert [aged] 22 [a] Spinster [of] 28 Frame? Street [father] Edward Gilbert [a] Saleman? Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us James Dyson and Emma Gilbert."
His daughter was christened omn 18 June 1884 at St Stephen, Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire when he was a grocer living at 10 Mill View, Ormskirk.
In the 1891 census as John H Carr aged 31, born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, a grocer's assistant, and living with his wife (Amy J), son (Harry), two daughters (Amy E and Hilda) and a lodger (William F Trotter aged 21, born in New York, United States, single and a science & drawing master) at 5 Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
His son was born on 30 October 1899 and christened on 11 June 1900 at St Peter, Liverpool when he was a grocer living in Tweed Street, and was buried on 17 July 1900 in Ormskirk.
In the 1901 census as John H Carr aged 41, born in Ormskirk, a grocer's manager, and living with his wife (Amy J), five sons (Edward F, Gilbert, Harry, James E and John) and four daughters (Amy E, Hilda, Mildred and Winifred) at 3 Ruff Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
His wife died in Ormskirk at the start of 1911.
In the 1911 census as John Henry Carr aged 51, born in Ormskirk, widowed, a grocer's manager, and living with four sons (Gilbert, Harry, James Dwin and John William Grace), and six daughters (Amy Elizabeth, Hilda, Mildred, Minnie, Vivian, and Winifred) in nine rooms at 42 St Helens Road, Ormskirk
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for John Henry Carr aged 54, father Edward Carr and Mary Jane Griffiths in 1914 at Wavertree, St. Mary, Lancashire.
Marriage of John H Carr and Mary J Griffiths in FreeBMD in July-September 1914 in W Derby (8B 888).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for John Henry Carr aged 54, father Edward Carr, and Mary Jane Griffiths on 24 August 1914 in Wavertree, St. Mary, Lancs.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 for John Henry Carr aged 54, father Edward Carr, and Mary Jane Griffiths on 24 August 1914 in Wavertree, Lancashire.
Entry in Ancestry Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 for John Harry (sic) Carr aged 54 father Edward Carr, and Mary Jane Griffiths on 24 August 1914 at Wavertree, St Mary's Church. "Page 46 [...] 1914 Marriage solemnized at St Mary's Parish Church in the Parish of St Mary Wavertree in the County of Lancaster [No.] 92 24th August 1914 John Harry [or] Henry Carr [aged] 54 [a] widower [and] grocer's manager [of] 42 St Helens Road Ormskirk [father] Edward Carr (deceased) [a] boot-maker [and] Mary Jane Griffiths [aged] 33 [a] Spinster [of] 24 Wakedale Rd [father] Samiel Griffiths (deceased) [a] cabinet-maker. Married in the Church of St Mary according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by license [...] in the Presence of Hert Griffiths and Sarah Rachel Griffiths". Note his middle name could be intrepreted as Henry or Harry in the entry but his signature makes it clear that it is Henry.
His son was born on 14 October 1916 and baptised on 8 November 1916 at Wavertree, St Mary, when he was a grocer's manager living in St Helen's Road, Ormskirk.
In the 1921 census as John Henry Carr born in Ormskirk, Lancashire in 1860 living with Mary Jane Carr (wife?), Harry, John, Lois and Ronald Samuel Carr (brother?), and Betty Mullington, Hilda, Margaret, Winifred, and Minnie Carr (sisters?) in Ormskirk, Lancashire.
His daughter was born on 23 July 1924 and christened on 7 September 1924 in Anfield, Lancashire.
Death of John H Carr in FreeBMD in January-March 1931 aged 71 in Ormskirk (8B 1209).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for John Henry Carr died on 1 February 1931 in Lancashire, probate 7 July 1931 in Liverpool. "Carr John Henry of 42 St. Helens-road Ormskirk Lancashire died 1 February 1931 Probate Liverpool 7 July to Mary Jane Carr widow. Effects £439 6s. 4d."
There are fifty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for John Henry Carr.
John Henry Carr was the father of Samuel Ronald Carr, husband of Constance Emilie Jordan, half-sister of Harold Graham Jordan, husband of Doris Grocock, my half third cousin, and also the great grandneice of Edgar Jordan, husband of Amy Luff, my half first cousin twice removed.
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