Meda Maud Carpenter

1894 - 1988  (94 years)

• Name	Meda Maud Carpenter
  Born	24 Aug 1894	Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Dec 1988	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Buried	15 Dec 1988	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I15	Speirs-Taylor
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	Aaron Grant Carpenter,   b. 30 Apr 1869, Summit, Utah ,   d. 5 Apr 1927, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Maud Harder,   b. 15 Jan 1871, Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States ,   d. 29 Jul 1944  (Age 73 years)
  Married	5 Jul 1893	Salt Lake, Utah, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kenneth Speirs,   b. 30 Sep 1892, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States ,   d. 13 Jan 1980, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1913	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. Vonda Speirs,   b. 26 Jun 1914, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States ,   d. 10 Dec 1996, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 82 years) + 2. Harold Keeley Speirs,   b. 14 Dec 1916, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States ,   d. 29 Dec 2012  (Age 96 years)   3. Naon Speirs,   b. 19 Dec 1922, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States ,   d. 26 May 1974, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 51 years)   4. George Kerwood Speirs,   b. 18 Sep 1926, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States ,   d. 23 Jul 1949, De Beque, Mesa, Colorado, United States  (Age 22 years)   5. Glen Thomas Speirs,   b. 31 Jul 1929, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States ,   d. 31 Jul 1929, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States  (Age 0 years) + 6. Living + 7. Living
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Aug 1894 - Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States Married - 9 Dec 1913 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Died - 12 Dec 1988 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried - 15 Dec 1988 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs b. 24 August 1894, d. 12 Dec 1988
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs: 1894-1988
  		Mamie Carpenter - age 2, Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - age 4
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Baby Photo - 1984
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - 1910
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - about 1911
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs as young child
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs- Portrait as a Young Girl
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - Christmas Memory
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - 90th Birthday Photos
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - Beautiful in her Golden Years
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs: Born 1894 - Died 1988
  		Meda Maud Carpenter - Portrait as Infant
  		Meda Maud Carpenter - Postcard from Little Meda to sister Mamie, 1911
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - with son Harold Speirs
  		Aaron Grant Carpenter and Elizabeth Maud Harder Carpenter Family Aaron Grant Carpenter, wife Maud, Children: Meda, Mamie, Josephine, Irma and Milton
  		Kenneth Speirs and wife Meda Carpenter Speirs Early years of their marriage
  		Kenneth Speirs and wife Meda Carpenter Speirs Color Portrait
  		Kenneth Speirs and wife Meda Carpenter Speirs Black and White Portrait
  		Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Speirs 50th Wedding Anniversary
  		Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Speirs Garden Photo
  		Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Speirs - 1977
  		Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Speirs Portrait
  		Willet Shave Harder Family Home - Kamas, Utah From L. to R. - Henry Harris Harder, Ellen W. Harder holding Lulu, Alma G. Anderson, Pamela Ann Harder Anderson with Ruby, Gilbert Anderson, Leola Anderson, Willet S. Harder, Maud Harder Carpenter holding Mamie, Meda Carpenter and Ann Kearley Harder
  		Carpenter Family Home located in Maeser at 1793 N. 2500 W. L to R: Mamie Arline Carpenter, Willet Milton Carpenter, Meda Maude Carpenter, Vera Carpenter, Elizabeth Maude Harder Charpenter, Grant H. Carpenter, Josephine Carpenter and Aaron Grant Carpenter
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs 1894-1995 Standing in front of the Vernal, Utah Tabernacle May 1975
  		Meda Maud Speirs Carpenter's favorite flower Bleeding heart
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs with daughter Vonda Speirs Swain Mother's Day - 1980

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1900 US Federal Census of Kamas, Utah and the Family of Aaron and Maud Carpenter Aaron Carpenter, 34 year old day laborer; born in April 1869 in Utah Maud Carpenter, 28 year old wife; born Jan 1871 in Utah; married seven years Meda M. Carpenter, 5 year old daughter; born Aug 1894 in Utah Maura Carpenter, 3 year old daughter, born in Apr 1896 in Utah Catherine Carpenter, 1 year old daughter; born Jan 1899 in Utah Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Kamas, Summit, Utah; Roll: 1686; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0139; FHL microfilm: 1241686 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  		1910 United States Census for Aaron Carpenter Name: Grant Carpenter Age in 1910: 43 Birth Year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Utah Home in 1910: Vernal, Uintah, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Maud Carpenter Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland Grant Carpenter 43 Maud Carpenter 39 Meda Carpenter 15 Mamie Carpenter 13 Erma Carpenter 11 Josephine Carpenter 9 Milton Carpenter 5 Vera Carpenter 2
  		Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Speirs Marriage Certificate
  		The Marriage Certificate for Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Name: Kenneth Speirs Birth Date: 1892 Age: 21 Spouse's Name: Meda Carpenter Spouse's Birth Date: 1894 Spouse's Age: 19 Event Date: 09 Dec 1913 Event Place: Uintah, Utah Spouse's Marital Status: Single Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74684-1 , System Origin: Utah-EASy , GS Film number: 481101
  		1920 US Federal Census for Vernal, Uintah, Utah Name: Kenneth Spiers [Kenneth Speirs] [Kenneth Speier] Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1893 Birthplace: Utah Home in 1920: Vernal, Uintah, Utah House Number: X Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Meda Spiers Father's Birthplace: Utah Mother's Birthplace: Utah Occupation: Stockman Industry: Sheep Employment Field: Own Account Home Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: Free Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Kenneth Spiers 27 Meda Spiers 25 Vonda Spiers 5 Harold K Spiers 3 [3 1/12] Gertrude Mckowen 24 Katherine Mckowen 15
  		1930 US Federal Census for Vernal, Uintah, Utah Name: Kenneth Speirs Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1893 Birthplace: Utah Race: White Home in 1930: Vernal, Uintah, Utah Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Meda C Speirs Father's Birthplace: Utah Mother's Birthplace: Utah Kenneth Speirs 37 Meda C Speirs 35 Vonda Speirs 15 Harold K Speirs 13 Naon Speirs 7 George K Speirs 3 [3 6/12]
  		1940 US Census, Uintah County, Utah Name: Kenneth Spiers Respondent: Yes Age: 47 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Utah Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Naples, Uintah, Utah Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: No Sheet Number: 8B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 126 Occupation: Farmer Industry: Farm House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if ented: 7000 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48 Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Kenneth Spiers 47 Meda Spiers 45 Naon Spiers 17 George Spiers 13 Owen Spiers 5 Marcele Spiers 2 Robert Norman 28
  		Kenneth Speirs and Meda Carpenter Speirs Handwriting samples from stories of their life
  		Salt Lake City Directory of 1948 Kenneth Speirs and his wife Meda C are living on Highland Drive
  		The Montana Standard Community Memorial Hospital Admittance Printed Saturday, November 24, 1956
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - 90th Birthday Wishes from Governor Owen Matheson
  		Meda Carpenter Spears Obituary Meda passed away on December 12, 1988 at the age of 94. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Kenneth Spears, who passed away in 1980. Meda was Born August 24, 1894 in Kamas, Utah.
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - Death Certificate
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - Funeral Program

  
  

  Histories		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - 90th Birthday Letter This contains her reflections on how it feels to reach the age of 90
  		Meda Maud Carpenter Speirs - 90th Birthday Letter Reflections continued

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937, Ancestry.com, ( Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.). Name: Aaron G. Carpenter Gender: Male Age: 27 Birth Date: 1866 Marriage Date: 5 Jul 1893 Marriage Place: Salt Lake, Utah, United States Spouse: Elizabeth M. Harden FHL Film Number: 429055