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Looking for relatives of Thomas Carter as his portrait hangs in Carter Bequest Hospital Middlesbrough The hospital is closing soon and we wondered if the family wanted the portrait themselves.
Thanks

Have you looked to see if anyone has him in their tree?

I take it you know when he was born and where?

This looks like the family in 1891
Name: Thomas Carter
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane Carter
Gender: Male
Where born: Aysgarth, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Linthorpe
Ecclesiastical parish: St Pauls
Town: Middlesborough
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Middlesbrough
ED, institution, or vessel: 46
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4011
Folio: 56
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Carter 56
Jane Carter 57
Theodore Carter 24
Lettitia E A Carter 22
Edith J Carter 19
Lilley Dewey 21
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Trees with Letitia in

Forename Surname Born in Place of birth Prior contact Tree owner
Letitia Carter 1869 Middlesborough, Engl... No Nikki Find out more
Letitia Carter 1869 Middlesborough, Engl... No Arwyn Find out more
Letitia Carter 1869 Middlesbrough Clevel... No Elizabeth Find out more
Letitia Carter 1868 Middlesbrough Clevel... No Shaun Find out more
Letitia Carter 1868 Middlesbrough Clevel... No Christine Find out more

This must be his death:

Deaths Jun 1904
CARTER Thomas 69 Middlesbro' 9d 343

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Name: Thomas Carter
Probate Date: 20 Jun 1904
Death Date: 20 Apr 1904
Death Place: Middlesbrough, England
Registry: Yorkshire, England


Ayresome House, Middlesbrough, gentleman
Probate York to Randolph Gray, estate agent, Edith Jane Carter, spinster, and George Alexander Archibald, gentleman.
Effects £85,439 12 3d



Matches address on 1901 census

Doesn't the hospital have any info about him so the right family can be identified ?

A grammar school for girls was built with the benefaction of Alderman Kirby and the Carter Bequest Hospital was erected by a bequest from Alderman Carter. The Broomlands, was a home set up for socially deprived children and orphans. The Linthorpe Hotel public house, formerly a doctors surgery and residence, was opened in 1957 and stands within its own original expansive grounds. These grounds once contained a carriage turning circle, vegetable garden, orchard, and lawns. The grounds still possesses many species of mature trees around the perimeter.

Probably a later Alderman Carter
Carter Bequest Hospital, in Cambridge Road, has 44 beds across two wards and dates back to 1926. Plans to close the hospital in 1984 were defeated after major opposition from staff and users.

The hospital was opened from a bequest from Alderman Carter so maybe was the earlier man

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excerpt

FEW amenities generate as much public affection and loyalty as local hospitals.

The Carter Bequest Hospital in Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, is one such place.

For when it was threatened with closure, it raised huge public outcry.

The Carter Bequest Hospital was opened on January 3, 1926, by Sir Hugh Bell and marked the fruition of years of anticipation and effort.

It was due to the benevolence of one man, Alderman Thomas Carter JP.

Twenty years previously he made a bequest, which had accumulated to around pounds 100,000 -about pounds 4.25m by today's value.

This had been sufficient not only to build and equip the new hospital but also to adequately endow it.

What this meant in the days before the National Health Service was that the Carter Bequest was not dependant on public subscriptions.

Thomas Carter got the idea of providing such a hospital after witnessing much suffering through sickness among the population of Middlesbrough.

When the building was completed it was a sensation, because of the many novel features it contained.

The building was a substantial construction with many large windows to allow as much sunlight in as possible.

Verandas were provided for each 10-bed ward, so that patients could be wheeled out to benefit from the open fresh air. The whole building was illuminated by plenty of electric lights including one over each bed, novel features in 1926.

Because it was so modern and financially independent it was the source of much local pride. …


So the bequest was done c1906

This is the family after Thomas's death. Edith and Theodore both still single, Mary is single cousin/companion. Gertrude is a servant. Still at the same house. Looks like Letitia is the one to chase up re a family. It appears that although younger than Theodore, Edith was left in charge.

Name: Theodore Carter
Age in 1911: 44

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867

Relation to Head: Brother
Gender:Male

Birth Place: Riddlesworth, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Middlesbrough
County/Island: Yorkshire-North Riding
Country: England

Street address: Ayresome House Middlesbrough

Marital Status: Single

Registration district: Middlesbrough
Registrtion District Number: 535
Sub-registration district: Middlesbrough West

ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece:29273
Household Members:

Name Age
Edith Carter 39
Theodore Carter 44
Mary Towl 44
Gertrude Hendershot 18

Letitia Elizabeth A Carter

Registration Year:1868
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Stockton
Inferred County: Durham
Volume:10a
Page:60

Married 1898 Thomas Henry Penhale

Name:Letitia Elizabeth Ann Penhale

Probate Date: 30 Jul 1946
Death Date:4 Nov 1945
Death Place:Harrogate
Registry:Lancaster, England

Left just over £2300 to husband Thomas Henry Methodist minister and looks like their 3 children, Theodore Howard Penhale and Raymond Courtney Penhale - solicitors and Enid Margaret a spinster.

Address at death 11 Belgrave Crescent Harrogate

Late marriage
Theodore H C Penhale
Spouse Surname: Littler - Mary E

Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1951

Registration district: St Asaph
Inferred County: Denbighshire
Volume Number:8a
Page Number:846

Death

Name: Theodore Howard C Penhale

Birth Date: 4 Oct 1902
Date of Registration: Mar 1985
Age at Death: 82
Registration district:Lancaster
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:40
Page:1921

Looks like they both went to Lancaster


Name: Raymond C Penhale

Spouse Surname: Pitchers - Helena

Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1934
Registration district:Lancaster
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8e
Page Number:1717


Death
Name:
Raymond Courtney Penhale

Birth Date: 20 Jan 1905
Date of Registration: Jun 1979
Age at Death:74

Registration district:Lancaster
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:40
Page: 1677

EDIT
FOUND 2 CHIDREN TO THE MARRIAGE, AS THEY WERE BORN MID TO LATE 1930S THEY COULD STILL BE ALIVE SO HAVE INFORMED VALERIE VIA PM

Enid never married


Name: Enid Margaret Penhale
Birth Date: 8 Apr 1907

Date of Registration: Apr 1987
Age at Death: 80

Registration district:Surrey South-western
Inferred County:Surrey
Volume:17
Page: 1057

Hi, I thought this had posted but looks like it needs doing a second time. My name is Ronald Lambert Penhale, I am the son of the late Raymond Courtney Penhale and grandson of Letitia EA Carter and Rev Thomas Henry Penhale. If the portrait is still available I would be very interested. However as I am in New Zealand it may be better if it went to my eldest son Jonathan Bruce Penhale in Manchester. Let me know at [email protected]. Many thanks Ron

Welcome to the boards Ronald.

It would be wonderful if the portrait is still available. Just in case Valerie is no longer looking for replies, click on her name to send a message.
She never actually replied to the research posts on this page; she may not have thought to check back.

You really ought to edit your post and remove your email address as these are not secure boards. You may end up with unwanted spam!