Descendants of Matthew Gardner & Margaret Martin

Walter Gardner Carr¹

M, b. 19 January 1893, d. 23 September 1971

Father

Walter Frank Carr^1,2,3 b. Jan 1861

Mother

Elizabeth Gardner^1,2,3 b. c 1856

Relationship

3rd great-grandson of Matthew Gardner

Charts

Descendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin

Birth*

Walter Gardner Carr was born on 19 January 1893 at Roanoke, Virginia, USA.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}

(Son) Census

He appeared on the census of 1900 as the son of Walter Frank Carr at 291 Pleasant Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.¹

(Son) Census

Walter Gardner Carr appeared on the census of 1905 as the son of Walter Frank Carr at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.²

(Son) Census

Walter Gardner Carr appeared on the census of 1910 as the son of Walter Frank Carr at 116 32nd Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.³

Occupation*

Walter Gardner Carr was a civil engineer circa 1920 at Seattle, King, Washington, USA.⁴

Census*

He appeared on the census of 5 January 1920 at 5244 Brooklyn Avenue, Seattle, King, Washington, USA.⁴

Marriage*

He married Mabel Foley, daughter of James E. Foley and Anna Kennedy, circa 1922.⁵

Occupation

Walter Gardner Carr was a vice president circa 1930 at the Seattle, King, Washington, USA.⁵

Census

He appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Mabel Carr on the census of 1930 at 3703 Cascadia Avenue, Seattle, King, Washington, USA.⁵

Occupation

In January 1937 Walter Gardner Carr accepted a position as vice-president and general manager of the Baltimore, Maryland, USA.¹⁰

Occupation

He was elected president on 23 June 1938 of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.¹¹

Occupation

He was a production control manager in an airplane factory circa 1940 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.⁶

Census*

He appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Mabel Carr on the census of 1940 at 1022 Selby Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.⁶

Occupation

Walter Gardner Carr was appointed executive vice president of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation on 4 July 1941 at Robertson, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.¹²

Ex-Boeing Man Takes Post In Missouri Firm

Gardner W. Carr, former vice president in charge of manufacturing and a director of Boeing Aircraft Company, became executive vice president today of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, according to ammouncement by J. S. McDonnell, president.
McDonnell Aircraft is at Robertson, Mo.
Carr came to Seattle in 1923 to start his career with Boeing. He served in production, engineering, purchasing and plant-management departments and became an executive of the firm in 1934.
Carr left the West Coast in 1937 to become vice president and general manager of Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore, Md. He now is leaving Lockheed Aircraft Corporation of Burbank, Calif., where he was coordinator of British contracts for both Lockheed and the Vega Airplane Company.

Occupation

He was appointed as an assistant to the president of Marquardt Aircraft Co. In November 1951 at Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA.¹³

Residence*

He lived before 23 September 1971 at 240 Coast Boulevard, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.⁷

Death*

He died on 23 September 1971 at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA, at age 78.⁷

Gardner Carr Rites Planned At Glendale

Committal services and internment for Gardner W. (Dick) Carr, 78, of 240 Coast Blvd., La Jolla, a pioneer aircraft engineer and production executive who died Thursday in a hospital, will be at 11:30 a.m. today in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
Carr, a native of Roanoke, Va., retired in 1951 as executive vice president and a director of McDonnell Aircraft Corp., St. Louis, because of illness. He then became a management consultant for the former Marquardt Corp., a Van Nuys and Ogden, Utah, company. He retired again in 1959.
Before World War I, during which he served as an Army captain in the American Expeditionary Force, Carr studied contract law and accounting at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., and chemical engineering at University of Washington, Seattle.
In the years 1921 to 1924, Carr studied aircraft design at University of California, Berkeley, and in the U.S. Air Service at Dayton, Ohio, where he was a production engineer. Later, he held executive positions with Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Lockheed Aircraft Co., Burbank, and similar firms.
Carr was a member of the Authors Club of America, and the archeological Institute of America. He had served as a vice president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and on the advisory board of the Seattle Salvation Army. He was a member of La Jolla Rotary Club and St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church.
Surviving are his widow, Clare; a daughter; a stepson; two grandchildren, and seven step-grandchildren. The family suggested memorial contributions to the Heart Fund.

Burial*

He was buried on 29 September 1971 at 1712 South Glendale Avenue, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA.^7,8

Family

Mabel Foley b. 25 Oct 1893, d. 14 Sep 1957

Marriage*

He married Mabel Foley, daughter of James E. Foley and Anna Kennedy, circa 1922.⁵

Last Edited

26 Sep 2012

Citations

[S1667] 1900 U.S. census, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Milwaukee City, Ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 9-A, dwelling 163, family 179, W. Frank Carr household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 September 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1800.
[S1669] 1905 Wisconsin state census, Milwaukee County, population schedule, Milwaukee City, Ward 16, p. 4730 [stamped], family 224, Walter F. Carr household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 September 2012); citing Wisconsin Historical Society Iowa microfilm WI1905, roll 41.
[S1668] 1910 U.S. census, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Milwaukee City, Ward 16, enumeration district (ED) 170, sheet 7-B, dwelling 130, family 168, Walter F. Carr household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 September 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1723.
[S1673] 1920 U.S. census, King County, Washington, population schedule, Seattle City, enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 14-B, dwelling 281, family 419, G. W. Carr; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 September 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1925.
[S1680] 1930 U.S. census, King County, Washington, population schedule, Seattle City, enumeration district (ED) 17-204, sheet 31-A, dwelling 267, family 270, Gardner W. Carr household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 September 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2503.
[S1681] 1940 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Los Angeles City, enumeration district (ED) 60-221F, sheet 3-A, line 29-31, family 66, Gardner Carr household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 September 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 407.
[S1678] "Gardner Carr Rites Planned At Glendale," The San Diego Union, 29 September 1971, p. B-2, col. 3; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 26 September 2012), Historical Newpaper Archive.

Gardner Carr Rites Planned At Glendale

Committal services and internment for Gardner W. (Dick) Carr, 78, of 240 Coast Blvd., La Jolla, a pioneer aircraft engineer and production executive who died Thursday in a hospital, will be at 11:30 a.m. today in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
Carr, a native of Roanoke, Va., retired in 1951 as executive vice president and a director of McDonnell Aircraft Corp., St. Louis, because of illness. He then became a management consultant for the former Marquardt Corp., a Van Nuys and Ogden, Utah, company. He retired again in 1959.
Before World War I, during which he served as an Army captain in the American Expeditionary Force, Carr studied contract law and accounting at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., and chemical engineering at University of Washington, Seattle.
In the years 1921 to 1924, Carr studied aircraft design at University of California, Berkeley, and in the U.S. Air Service at Dayton, Ohio, where he was a production engineer. Later, he held executive positions with Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Lockheed Aircraft Co., Burbank, and similar firms.
Carr was a member of the Authors Club of America, and the archeological Institute of America. He had served as a vice president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and on the advisory board of the Seattle Salvation Army. He was a member of La Jolla Rotary Club and St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church.
Surviving are his widow, Clare; a daughter; a stepson; two grandchildren, and seven step-grandchildren. The family suggested memorial contributions to the Heart Fund.
[S1679] Find a Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 September 2012), photograph, memorial # 85362360, gravestone for Gardner W Carr (19 Jan 1893 - 23 Sep 1971), Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA.
[S1685] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 September 2012), Gardner W. Carr, serial no. 1442, Draft Board 2, Seattle, King, Washington; citing World Wor I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, NARA microfilm publication M1509, no specific roll cited.
[S1677] "G. W. Carr Quits Boeing Combine," The Seattle Daily Times, 18 January 1937, p. 14, col. 6; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 25 September 2012), Historical Newpaper Archive.

G. W. CARR QUITS BOEING COMBINE

Gardner W. Carr, vice president and director of Boeing Aircraft and Boeing Airplane companies and for many years prominent in Seattle activities, today tendered his resignation to accept a position as vice president and general manager of the Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore. He said he expected to leave next Monday to take over his new duties.
Carr has been associated with the Boeing Company since 1924 starting as production engineer and rising to positions of high responsibility. He became purchasing agent in 1926, assistant to the president in 1928, plant manager in 1931, vice president in charge of manufacturing in 1933, and has been a vice president and director of both Boeing Aircraft Company and its parent firm, the Boeing Airplane Company, since September, 1934.
"The Boeing Company has been my life and almost my sole thought for twelve years," Carr commented today. "It is with the very deepest regret that I am severing connections of such long standing, but no man can turn his back on opportunity."
C. N. Monteith, executive vice president of the Boeing Company, expressed the company's sincere regret at seeing Carr leave. "We wish him all possible success in the new position," Monteith said.
Only last Saturday Carr was elected vice president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. In addition he is a member of the board of governors of the Washington Athletic Club, the Rotary Club of Seattle and the Broadmoor Golf Club. His home is at 3703 Cascadia Ave. where Mrs. Carr and their daughter, Annabelle, 8 years old, plan to remain a short while before moving to their new home in Baltimore.
[S1676] "Two Aviation Men Selected As Executives," The Seattle Daily Times, 23 June 1938, p. 16, col. 1; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 25 September 2012), Historical Newpaper Archive.

Two Aviation Men Selected As Executives

Two aviation men well known in Seattle have been selected for executive positions, the Associated Press reported today.
Robert A. Mensing of Seattle, divisional chief pilot for the Northwest Airlines, was promoted to the superintendency of the company's western division, it was announced at Spokane.
Gardner W. Carr, former vice president of the Boeing Airplane Company, was elected president of the Menasco Manufacturing Company, builder of aviation motors, at Los Angeles. After leaving the Boeing Company two years ago, Carr served as vice president and general manager of the Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore aviation firm.
[S1675] "Ex-Boeing Man Takes Post In Missouri Firm," The Seattle Times, 04 July 1941, p. 9, col. 7; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 25 September 2012), Historical Newpaper Archive.

Ex-Boeing Man Takes Post In Missouri Firm

Gardner W. Carr, former vice president in charge of manufacturing and a director of Boeing Aircraft Company, became executive vice president today of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, according to ammouncement by J. S. McDonnell, president.
McDonnell Aircraft is at Robertson, Mo.
Carr came to Seattle in 1923 to start his career with Boeing. He served in production, engineering, purchasing and plant-management departments and became an executive of the firm in 1934.
Carr left the West Coast in 1937 to become vice president and general manager of Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore, Md. He now is leaving Lockheed Aircraft Corporation of Burbank, Calif., where he was coordinator of British contracts for both Lockheed and the Vega Airplane Company.
[S1674] "Air Appointment," The Seattle Times, 22 November 1951, p. 15, col. 5; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 24 September 2012), Historical Newpaper Archive.

AIR APPOINTMENT

Gardner W. (Dick) Carr, a 30-year veteran of the aviation industry, has been named assistant to the president of Marquardt Aircraft Co., Van Nuys, Calif.
Carr, who began his aviation career with the United States Air Services in Dayton, Ohio, served 14 years as a Boeing Airplane Co. official.
When he left Boeing's in the late 1930's, Carr was a vice president and director. He held such jobs as Boeing purchasing agent and vice president in charge of manufacturing.
After leaving Boeing's, Carr became vice president of the Glenn L. Martin Co. of Baltimore, later serving as executive vice president of the McDonnell Aircraft Co. of St. Louis.