George Albert Carson (1852-1918)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Selena Irene Raven Frank Alden Carson Sr.+ Charles Albert Carson+ Vesta Ellen Carson+ George Henry Carson+ William Carson Hattie Eliza Carson+ Harry Edward Carson+ Mildred Hope Carson George Albert Carson 2 3 Born: 3 Apr 1852, Corinna, ME 1 Marriage (1): Selena Irene Raven on 20 May 1875 1 Died: 2 Oct 1918, Belfast, ME at age 66 1 Buried: 6 Oct 1918, Crocker Cemetery, St. Albans, ME 1    Cause of his death was diabetes.1    FamilySearch ID: LZPF-JW3. Find a Grave ID: 219318401.   Events • Census, 30 Jun 1860, St. Albans, ME. 4 • Census, 2 Jul 1870, St. Albans, ME. • Census, 15 Jun 1880, Mapleton, ME. 2 • Census, 6 Jun 1900, St. Albans, ME. 5 • Census, 27 Apr 1910, Masardis, ME. 6 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 17 Oct 1918, Bangor, ME. SOUTH ST. ALBANS -- On Sunday, Oct. 6, funeral services were held for George A. Carson at the home of his brother, W. H. Carson in this town. The deceased was 66 years of age, and had been in failing health for over three years when his death occurred in Belfast on Oct. 2, at the home of his son, George H. Carson. His only surviving brother was at once notified who went to Belfast where arrangements were made to bring the remains here for burial. Mr. Carson was born in Corinna, April 3, 1852, the son of Henry D. and Eliza F. (Rand) Carson, and was one of a family of seven children, out of which there is only one left, the above mentioned brother. Four sons and two daughters survive. Frank Carson of Thorndyke, George H. of Belfast, Charles of Presque, Harry of Camp Devens, Mrs. Vesta Fleming, and Mrs. Hattie Whipple of Oxbow, also 16 grandchildren. Rev. Mr. Swift of the Baptist church, Hartland, officiated at the funeral. Interment was made in the family lot in the Crocker cemetery. George married Selena Irene Raven, daughter of William Neal Raven and Hannah Jane Hanson, on 20 May 1875.1 The marriage ended in divorce on 3 May 1894. (Selena Irene Raven was born on 31 Mar 1856 in Hainesville, NB,3 7 died on 2 Apr 1942 and was buried in Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, ME.)

1 Maine Maine State Archives, death certificate George A. Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Sep 2011).

2 1880 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Mapleton, enumeration district (ED) 209, p. 259C, dwelling 141, family 145, Geo. A. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 21 Sep 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 476.

3 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Frank Alden Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 21 Sep 2011).

4 1860 U.S. census, Somerset, Maine, population schedule, St. Albans, p. 21, dwelling 151, family 154, Henry D. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 9 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

5 1900 U.S. census, Somerset County, Maine, population schedule, Saint Albans, enumeration district (ED) 162, sheet 2, p. 2B, dwelling 49, family 49, Willis H. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 600.

6 1910 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Masardis, enumeration district (ED) 0004, sheet 7, p. 7A, dwelling 93, family 94, George A. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_537.

7 1870 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Mapleton, p. 272B, dwelling 41, family 41, William N. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jun 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll M593_538.