Birth: 4 January 1890 Chatham, Kent, UK
Father: Joseph Henry Carter 1958-1927
Mother: Eliza Alice Boorman 1861-1939
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 10 December 1918 Farnham Registry Office, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Husband: Frederick Wheeler 1874-1957
Death: October-December 1970 Tilford, Surrey, UK
Frederick Albert Wheeler 1919-1996
Constance Mary Wheeler 1923-1930
Rosemary (Poppy) Wheeler [White] 1926-1992
Birth of Elizabeth Phoebe Carter in FreeBMD in January-March 1890 in Medway (2a 610).
Her brother John Frank was born in Medway in 1894 and Albert Henry in Croydon in 1898.
In the 1891 census as Elizabeth E Boorman (sic - in the index, Carter on the orginal) aged 1, born in Chatham, Kent, and living with her parents (Joseph H and Eliza), sister (Helena E) and half brother (Charles Boorman - incorrectly given as her father in the index) in 4 rooms at 2 Rubys' Court, Chatham, Kent.
In the 1901 census as Elizabeth J Carter aged 11, born in Chatham, Kent, and living with her parents (Joseph H and Eliza), three brothers (Albert H, John F and William J), sister (Hilda A), and a boarder (Matilda Wolford aged 64, born in Wapping, London, widowed and living on her own means) at 42 Eaton Road, Croydon, Surrey.
In the 1911 census as Elizabeth Phoebe Carter aged 21, born in Chatham, Kent, a general domestic servant, and living with William Abbott Horton (aged 42, born in Croydon, Surrey and an insrance clerk), his wife (Emma Louisa aged 40 and born in Croydon), their three daughters (Emma Elfords aged 12, Joan aged 8 and Naomi Elizabeth aged 4), and an adopted daughter (Isabelle Mary aged 6 and all born in Croydon) at 23 Tanworth Road, West Croydon, Surrey.
Marriage of Elizabeth P Carter and Frederick Wheeler in FreeBMD in October-December 1918 in Farnham (2a 391). A copy of the entry of marriage 101 in 1918 at the Registry Office, Farnham for Elizabeth Phoebe Carter aged 28, and Frederick Wheeler aged 43 on 10 December 1918.She was a spinster living at Glen Rose, Tilford, and no stated employment. Her father was Joseph Henry Carter, a musician. It was witnessed by Laura Wheeler and A H Carter RN, M A Roach, and K A Carter.
Her three children were born in Farnham in 1919 to 1926.
Her husband died in Farnham in 1957.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Elizabeth Phoebe Wheeler, born on 4 January 1890, in October-December 1970 in Surrey SW (5g 1194).
Ann Storer has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Elizabeth J Carter born in 1890 in Chatham, Kent, parents Joseph H Carter and Eliza Boorman. Hellen Hord gives her name as Elizabeth P Carter, and adds her birth on 4 January 1890 in Chatham, Kent, parents James Henry Carter and Eliza Alice Boorman, her marriage to Frederick William Wheeler in December 1918 in Farnham, Surrey, her son and daughter, and her death in October 1970 in Surrey. Eileen Brandrick adds her middle name as Phoebe, her marriage on 10 December 1918 at Farnham Registry Office, and her death in Tilford, Surrey. Another entry gives her three children. A note attached to the entry for Constance M Wheeler states she (Constance) had a twin brother who was stillborn.
Elizabeth Phoebe Carter was the wife of Frederick William Wheeler, husband of Margaret Isabel Smith, my first cousin twice removed.
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