What does the surname Carter mean?
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Occupational, carter, one who carts goods. Old Norse kartr influenced Middle English. Jimmy Carter was American; English Carters were Thames wharves and midwives (Angela Carter's line her own).
Where does the Carter family come from?
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The Carter family is rooted in London and South East, in England. Within that, the name was particularly concentrated in London, Kent, Surrey and East Sussex. The atlas page for the name records the historical territory it has held over the centuries.
Where did the Carter family historically hold territory?
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At its greatest historical extent, the Carter name has been concentrated in Birmingham & the Black Country, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & Herefordshire, Shropshire and Norfolk. The atlas page distinguishes the core territory of the name from this wider historical reach with hatched silhouettes on the map.
Is Carter a England surname?
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Yes, Carter is a England surname. Its editorial home in this atlas is England, where the historical territory and family record of the name are concentrated.
How old is the Carter surname?
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Jimmy Carter was American; English Carters were Thames wharves and midwives (Angela Carter's line her own). European hereditary surnames crystallised broadly between the 12th and 14th centuries, and the Carter name took its modern form within that long settlement.
What is the Carter family known for?
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The carter, and the man who opened Tutankhamun's tomb. Jimmy Carter was American; English Carters were Thames wharves and midwives (Angela Carter's line her own).
Who is the most famous Carter?
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The best-known bearer of the Carter name is Howard Carter (1874–1939), Egyptologist, discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Their life and connection to the family are profiled in full on the dedicated champion page.
What stories are told about the Carter family?
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The Carter family is associated with Wonderful things. Each story has its own page on this site with the full account, the date, the location, and the other families involved.
What is the story of Wonderful things?
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At twenty past three on the afternoon of the twenty-sixth of November 1922, in the antechamber of an unrobbed Eighteenth-Dynasty royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in Upper Egypt, Howard Carter, the forty-eight-year-old Kensington-born Egyptologist, in his sixth season of patient excavation under the patronage of George Herbert, fifth Earl of Carnarvon, opened a breach in the sealed door of the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, eleventh king of the Eighteenth Dynasty (reigned c. 1332–1323 BC, died at about nineteen years of age). The event is dated to 1922.
Where is the Carter surname found today?
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England is the primary historical home of the Carter surname. In the modern era, the name is also borne across the wider diaspora, particularly in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where families carry the line of descent from the same England origin recorded on this page.
What does the Clan Rising page for the Carter family cover?
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The Clan Rising page for the Carter family covers the meaning of the surname, the historical geography of the name, famous bearers of the name, traditional stories and the seat of the head of the family. Each section is linked to the underlying atlas of England so the name can be read in the geography that shaped it.
Who is the head of the Carter family today?
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The seat for the head of the Carter family is currently vacant on this register. Clan Rising is rebuilding the chief and family structure for the modern era, and the family page allows readers to claim the seat or pledge to the name.