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Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter 1897–1966 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Sep 1897

Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 1 Sep 1966

Death Location: Saint Helen, Roscommon, Michigan, USA

Father: John Carter

Mother: Kate Clark

Spouse(s): Lilla Heston

Children(s): Charlton Heston

Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter was born in 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, the child of John Gilbert Carter And Kate Beatrice Clark. Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter married Lilla Charlton Heston, and had children including Charlton Heston. Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter passed away in 1966 in Saint Helen, Roscommon, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter was born in 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, the child of John Gilbert Carter And Kate Beatrice Clark.
  • Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter married Lilla Charlton Heston, and had children including Charlton Heston.
  • Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter passed away in 1966 in Saint Helen, Roscommon, Michigan, USA.

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Spouses(s)

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Russell Carter's Ancestors

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Russell Carter
1897–1966
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Parents
John Gilbert Carter
1866–1944
St Cleer, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
Kate (Beatrice) Clark
1868–1936
Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Margaret (Anastatia) Cannady
1845–1926
Great-Grandparents
Philo Canady
1821–1879
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Cannady
1795–1870
Elisabeth Harding
1801–1872

Russell Carter's Descendants

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Russell (Whitford (Whitty)) Carter (19 Sep 1897–1 Sep 1966) m. Lilla (Charlton) Heston (10 Jul 1902–17 Aug 1994)
  1. 1. Charlton Heston 1923–2008

Russell Carter's Timeline

2 Records

1897
19 Sep 1897
Birth of Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1966
1 Sep 1966
Age 69
Death of Russell Whitford (Whitty) Carter in Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1897
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1966
    Event Place: Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint Helen, Roscommon, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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