The profiles, trees and resources for the Carpenters are based on family documents, notes compiled during the early 1990s and more recent research.

Profiles

There are profiles of many members of the Carpenter family, with varying degrees of detail. The profiles mainly focus on the children of six couples and you can navigate around the profiles using the links to the parents and children of each individual:

James Carpenter and Sarah Neal

James Carpenter and Mary Dyckhoff

Maria Elizabeth Carpenter and Daniel Willock/Charles Cately

William Carpenter and Emily Cox 

Alfred William Carpenter and Mary Wood

Frederick Ernest Carpenter and Emma Sarah Phillips

You can also:

• Use the A-Z to view the profile of any individual.
• Use the folders in the right hand menu to view entire families.

Resources

In the course of researching the family various lists of Carpenters were compiled, not all of which relate to our family. These lists are presented here in the hope that these will help other families researching their Carpenter lines.

Carpenters in St Martin in the Fields

Carpenters in St Anne Soho

Carpenters in St Giles in the Fields

Carpenters in St George the Martyr

Articles

A collection of articles focusing on particular individuals, events and unresolved family questions, including:

Searching for the Carpenters

Ernest Lionel Carpenter: From St Pancras, London to Fulton, Missouri

Appendix 1: HMS Nile

Appendix 2: HMS Black Eagle

Appendix 3: HMS Niger

Fire in Drummond Street - 2nd May 1860

Archives

A collection of documents passed down through the generations:

Carpenter Archive

Carpenter Family Record Book

Photograph Collections

Album of Carpenter, Phillips & Tomkins Photographs from the collection of Emma Sarah Carpenter (née Phillips) and Kathleen May Yates (née Carpenter).

Help wanted!

There are a number of unresolved questions. Can you help?

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