Eva Carter

Eva Manners Carter 

Born: 22 September 1896, Hartlepool

Father: Thomas Henry Carter (b. 1859)

Mother: Mary Carter (b. 1863)

Brothers: Thomas F Carter (b. 1885), Joseph Reuben Carter (b. 1889)

Sisters: Violet L Carter (b. 1887), Elfreda Maud Carter (b. 1892)

Marriage:        10 November 1921, Hartlepool  

Husband:         John Havelock Porter

                        b. 26 February 1899

                        Insurance Agent 

Issue – 

#1 Jean Carter (b. 1923)

In 1901 – 

She is at 89 High Street, Hartlepool. Her father is listed as ‘Painter and Paper Hanger Shopkeeper’. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Apprentice Plater in Shipyard’. Eva, her mother and siblings, Violet, Joseph and Elfreda, are unlisted.

In 1911 –  

She is at 89 High Street, Hartlepool. Her father is listed as ‘House Decorator and Wallpaper Merchant’. Eva, her mother and a visitor, Annie Wilkinson (b. 1847), are unlisted. Her brother, Joseph, is listed as ‘House Agents Clerk and Collector’. Her sister, Elfreda, is listed as ‘School Teacher County Council’. 

In 10/15 – 

PT at Church Close Council Girls, Hartlepool.

Qualification: Oxford Senior 1915.

In 10/17 – 

Appointed to Galley's Field (Girls), Hartlepool, Durham. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 27 Thornville Road, West Hartlepool. Her mother and sister, Elfreda, are unlisted. Eve is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her brother-in-law, George Herbert Morton (b. 1888), is listed as ‘Mate Merchant Service’. 

In 04/22 – 

Marries John Havelock Porter on 10.11.21 in West Hartlepool.

In 1939 – 

She is at 31 Thermopolae, Osmotherley. Her husband is listed as ‘Insurance Agent’. Eva is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress’. Her daughter, Jean, is listed as ‘Seeking Work, Not Previously Employed’.  

d.         1981, Northallerton