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Richard Carter was born on the 6th October 1889 at Sledmere, Yorkshire and his birth was registered at Langtoft, Yorkshire, on 2nd November 1889 to Elizabeth and John Carter.

  He had one sister Anne born 1892.      

     Early life was spent in the East Riding Village of Kilnwick, before moving to Hull around 1890 with his parents.

     In 1891 Richard was residing at 2 St Brunswick Terr, Tomlinson Street, Hull, Yorkshire with his parents.  Housing was in abundance because of the industrial output and many migrating people came to the area.

Also residing at this address were John's parents John Carter (1831-1910) and Sarah Ann Pickering (1828-1895) 

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     Originally in 1881 Richard's father John's occupation was declared to be an Agricultural Worker.   At the census of 1891 he is declared to be a General Labourer.  However, from an entry in the marriage certificate of son Richard to Martha, he is declared as a plater.   This links into the period of time when the railways were booming and Paragon Railway Station in Hull was being built.   

 In 1901 they are found at Glasgow Street  Hull, Yorkshire.   John is now declared to be working as a platelayer on the railways.

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Richard married Florence Martha Billany on the 15th June 1912.  

 Martha was the girl next door who had moved to the area in the early 1900's.   Martha was at this time a mother to Fred Billany who had been born five years earlier.   Martha and John had a son born 15th November 1912 named Richard John Carter .  

Richard Carter was a serving soldier in the Salonika Campaign: an active member of the 2nd Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment.  During the period 1915 - 1917.

 Richard's entire working life was spent with Hull City Council and they lived in Chiltern Street for almost 70 years.  Richards mother on one side, Maud and then sister Anne at the other.

     The houses in Chiltern Street, Hull, were demolished during the early 1970's to make way for the extended ground facilities of Hull Rugby Football Club. The name Chiltern Street, Hull, is still featured on the city plan although it extends only 20 metres or so.   There are now no residential properties, a chapter in the historical record of the Carter/Billany family ceases to exist.

Because of age and failing health, in 1966,  Richard and Martha moved to South Lane, Hessle,  to be cared for by daughter-in-law Doris and son John Richard.    Martha died at 10 South Lane in 1971. 

     Richard died in Kingston General Hospital, Hull in 1978; 3 days after Doris had suddenly passed away.   All were cremated at the Crematorium in Hull.

(Sources RG11/ 4744 Folio 56 Page 16/RG12/3910/RG12/3912-3945/ Killick Parish Register/  Kingston upon Hull City Council Burial Department)

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