Edward George (Carrier) Currier (1901 - 1974)

Born 22 Oct 1901 in Maple Lake, Wright, Minnesota, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Elizabeth (Rold) Currier — married 26 Sep 1946 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 13 Nov 1974 at age 73 in Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Edward was born in 1901.

In 1905, the Minnesota state census shows 3 year old Edward in the Carrier home in Maple Lake township.^[1]

The 1910 US census finds the Carrier family with 8 year old Ed, in Warroad Minnesota, his father Joe worked for the railroad.^[2]

The 1920 US census record for the Carrier family (with many spelling and transcription errors) shows 18 year old Edward in a full house, living near the tiny town of Randall, Minnesota. Ed was done with school, and had a job doing farm labor.^[3]

At some point between 1920 and 1937 Ed moved from Minnesota to Chicago, Illinois.

The story of the name change from Carrier to Currier went like this: When Ed started working for the Chicago Fire Dept, his first paycheck had a typo on it. His last name was incorrectly spelled Currier, with a "u". He cashed the check, but never had the mistake corrected with the fire department, from then on the family took the name Currier.

Another Chicago Fire Dept story told over a few beers was that the fire department had an under the table "arrangement" with a local glass company. When things were slow, an alarm would get pulled at one of the factories or warehouses, and the firemen would rush to the scene and start breaking out windows, before getting called off as a false alarm. The glass company would then be called to go in and replace all the broken windows.

In 1937, Ed married his 1st wife Dorothy Irwin.^[4] (There are some conflicting records regarding her surname and the wedding date. The Paul Alan Fine book says she was Dorothy May Keenan, married 1 Feb 1937)

Son Brian was born in 1939.

The 1940 US census shows us the young Currier family was living in Chicago with Ed's wife's aunt Bessie.^[5] Ed was 38 years old, wife Dorothy 27, and son Brian was 6 months old. Ed was working as a fireman for the city of Chicago and had informally gone through the name change as described above.

In 1942, Ed registered for the draft.^[6] 41 year old Ed shows Dorothy is still next of kin, and he gives his physical description as: 5 ft 9 1/2, 175 lbs, with blue eyes and gray hair, light complexion and a scar on his nose.

Ed's 1st wife Dorothy disappears from the record at this time. Will add to the story when anything is found.

In 1946 Ed married his 2nd wife, Helen Elizabeth Rold (known as Betty to the family). Her parents were Frederick Rold and Amelia Wetzel.

Ed and Betty had 3 children, Edward jr (Eddy) born 1949, Linda 1953, Kathleen 1957.

He passed away in 1974.^[7][8]

Research Notes

If anyone can offer another version of the name change story, please let me know. Cliff P.

Sources

1. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ2-6XV : 3 August 2017), Edward G Carrier, Maple Lake township, Wright, Minnesota; citing p. 257, line 22, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,824.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2PN-SLM : accessed 16 December 2019), Edward L Carrier in household of Joseph O Carrier, Township 163, Roseau, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 246, sheet 2B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 722; FHL microfilm 1,374,735.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWB6-5NP : accessed 15 December 2019), Edward G Corrion in household of Joseph Corrion, Darling, Morrison, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 155, sheet 8A, line 11, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 846; FHL microfilm 1,820,846.
4. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21K-B1HH : 28 November 2018), Edward Currier and Dorothy Irwin, 06 Feb 1937; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 102371265.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW1W-2LT : 9 January 2021), Edward Currier in household of Bessie Robinson, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1839, sheet 5A, line 33, family 110, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 979.
6. ↑ "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHW-1LPS : Sat Mar 09 16:50:16 UTC 2024), Entry for Edward George Currier and City Of Chicago Fire Department, 16 February 1942.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB4L-B2F : 19 May 2014), Edward Currier, Nov 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HN-4CYH : 11 March 2018), Edward G Currier, 16 Nov 1974; citing River Grove, Cook, Illinois, United States, River Grove, Cook, Illinois, United States,St. Joseph's, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,493,419.

Also See

• FamilySearch profile for reference, may contain errors. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9H57-GLW
• Their Roots Run Far and Deep, The Ascendants and Descendants of Francois Carrier and Marie Adelaide Demers, by Paul Alan Fine, 2011