Louisa Carpenter

Female 1831 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Louisa Carpenter 
    Born 23 Jun 1831  Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 27 Jun 1832  St Michaels Lutheran, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I2275  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2014 

    Father Louis Martin Charpentier, Jr,   b. 9 Nov 1770, Courances (Siene-et-Oise), Essone, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1856 (Land Inquest), Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ann Margaretha Werner (Varner),   b. 27 Dec 1789, Niederauerbach, Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 Jun 1814  Limbach (Homburg), Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William H Irwin 
    Children 
     1. Anna A Irwin
     2. Albert Irwin
     3. William H Irwin, Jr.,   d. 1893
     4. Lizzy J Irwin,   b. 1863,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary Elizabeth Irwin,   b. 1864,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Jun 1831 - Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 27 Jun 1832 - St Michaels Lutheran, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1850 US Census for Martin Carpenter Household
    1850 US Census for Martin Carpenter Household
    Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania

    Martin Carpenter, 80, None, born in France
    Margaret, 58, born in Germany
    Henry, 22, Farmer, born in PA
    Mary E, 20, born in PA
    Louisa, 18, born in PA

    Martin Carpenter, 26, Shoemaker, born in PA
    Martha, 22, born in PA
    Adam, 4, born in PA
    Mary, 2, born in PA

    1856-1857 Probate Records for Martin Carpenter Estate
    1856-1857 Probate Records for Martin Carpenter Estate
    Cambria County, Pennsylvania

    Martin Carpenter died before 4 March 1856 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He died intestate, meaning he did not leave a will.

    March Term 1856
    Martin Carpenter owned 100 acres. Adam V Carpenter, an heir, petitioned the court to equally divide this land between Martin's 7 heirs: widow Margaret and 6 children: John, Martin, Adam V, Elizabeth (married E B Goodwin), and Louisa (married William Erwin). Henry is missing from the list of heirs, but his name appears in later probate records.

    June Term 1856
    Martin Carpenter's 100 acres cannot be equally divided between the heirs. The land was valued at $500.

    September Term 1856
    Henry Carpenter, an heir, wanted to buy the shares of the other heirs.

    December Term 1857
    Henry Carpenter purchased the shares of the other heirs. The court was deciding if he should pay more into court.

    FamilySearch.org, Records of the Orphan's Court and Register of Wills, 1808-1919 (Cambria County, Pennsylvania), img 450, 459, 477, 518