Richard Carter

   Cause of his death was Disease of the Kidneys.⁴

  General Notes:

Not in 1861 Census

  Noted events in his life were:

• Griffith's Valuation 1848 to 1864: Drumragh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

• Scottish Census, 30 Mar 1851. Probably still in Ireland

• Residence, 1875, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

• Witnessed: Wife Mary Higgins's Death, 1875, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland.

• Witnessed: Thomas O'Neill and Mary Carter's Marriage, 1877.

• Occupation: Flax Dresser, 3 Apr 1881. ³⁶ From Census

• Occupation: Ship Painter, 3 Apr 1881. ⁵¹

• Scottish Census, 3 Apr 1881, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. ³⁶

• Residence, 3 Dec 1881, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. From Daughter Mary's Death

• Witnessed: Daughter Mary Carter's Death, 3 Dec 1881, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

• Residence, 1883, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

• Residence, 1887, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He signed for his mother's death cert

• Witnessed: Mother Mary Sherry's Death, 1887, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

• Scottish Census, 5 Apr 1891, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. ⁹

Richard married Mary Higgins, daughter of Patrick Higgins and Bridget McGinty, on 23 Apr 1857 in Omagh, , Tyrone, Northern Ireland.² (Mary Higgins was born about 1833 in Omagh, , Tyrone, Northern Ireland and died on 27 Oct 1875 in Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland ⁴.) The cause of her death was Tuberculosis.⁴

Richard next married Catherine McKenna, daughter of Patrick McKenna and Mary McKenna, on 14 Oct 1883 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.² (Catherine McKenna was born about 1853 in Ireland.)