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| Violet Carpenter, circa 1924 |
My maternal grandmother, Violet
Carpenter was born February 26, 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Hulda Louise
Armke and Harry Lee Carpenter.[i] She was their only child. Her father, Harry Carpenter worked for the
railroads and as a result he and his family moved to different locations. I have not been able to locate the family in
the 1920 census. They could literally be
living anywhere in the United States that had a railroad depot.
In 1930 the family was living at
506 West 7th Street in Cincinnati, Ohio[ii]
and by 1940 the family unit had been divided.
Violet’s father, Harry Carpenter is living in Dayton, Ohio[iii]
and her mother, Louise Carpenter is living in Terre Haute, Indiana[iv]. I have not been able to locate Violet in the
1940 census records.
However from
family, I know that in 1940 she was attending the John Herron Art Institute in
Indianapolis. This may help to explain why
I can’t locate her in the census records.
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| Violet about 1940 |
Violet Carpenter and Jack Harden met at the
Christian Science Church in Terre Haute, Indiana. Jack was sitting a few rows behind Violet and
he followed her out when the service concluded and made her acquaintance. Even after Violet married Jack Harden in 1941,
her life continued to be on the move.
Jack joined the Army and they lived on several different Army bases
throughout the country during the next ten years.
Violet was a very talented artist, and
an avid reader. More importantly, she
always seemed to keep the family on an even keel. That in my mind was her greatest gift of all.
Unfortunately, she passed away on
February 2, 1979 in Terre Haute, Indiana leaving behind many family members and
friends.
[i] "Indiana,
Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, Vigo County, 1941-1941, Volume
100, page 32, License #6042/00069A.pdf, Jack
Harden and Violet Ida Carpenter, County clerk offices, Indiana, Family Search (https://familysearch.org
: accessed 21 January 2015), image 72 of 337.
[ii] 1930
U. S. census, Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule, Cincinnati, Ward 18,
Block 11, ED 31-202, page 174 (stamped), 6B (penned), dwelling 55, family 200A,
Harry Carpenter, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com
: accessed 21 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1813.
[iii] 1940
U. S. census, Montgomery County, Ohio, Population schedule, Dayton City, Ward
8, Block 57, ED 94-125, page 1841B (stamped), 81B (penned), dwelling T, Harry
Carpenter, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com
: accessed 29 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3254.
[iv]
1940 U. S. census, Vigo County, Indiana, Population schedule, Terre Haute, Ward
7, Block 328, ED 84-53, page 320B (stamped), 8B (penned), dwelling 179, Louise
Carpender, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jan 2015);
citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1104.
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