In the picture above, taken in July
of 1945, are three Carter sisters, along with three identified individuals. The three older ladies
are (left to right): Minnie Carter, Lucy Carter, and Frances
Carter. The Carter sisters were the daughters of Robert and Mary Ann Carter,
who were natives of England. Robert N. Carter was born in Yorkshire, England in
1855. He came to the United States with his wife Mary Ann and young daughter
Emily in 1865. The next three Carter children were born in the United States,
including William, born in New York in 1865; Lucy, born in New York in 1868;
and Frances, born in New Jersey, in 1871.
By 1873, the large Carter family was
residing in Sandusky, Ohio, where Robert was employed as a plane maker. Mr. and
Mrs. Carter had two more children, Minnie, born in 1874, and Amelia, born in
1879. Mrs. Mary Ann Carter died shortly after birth of her youngest child
Amelia, known fondly as Millie. When Amelia was only 10, Robert N. Carter died,
on March 13, 1899. It is no surprise that after the death of their parents,
several of the Carter siblings were residing with their older sister Emily in 1900. By that time, Emily had married
George Siggens. Lucy, Frances and Millie Carter all became teachers. In 1955,
an article in the May 28, 1955 issue of the Sandusky
Register stated that Lucy Carter was believed to be the oldest living
teacher in Sandusky, though by then she had been retired for several years. She
had taught at Sycamore School and Campbell School, as well as at the Junior High
and High School in Sandusky.
Lucy said she was very proud of her
former students,who included Attorney Russell Ramsey and Sandusky City Manager
Karl Kugel. All of the Carter siblings are buried at Sandusky’s Oakland
Cemetery. I am sure that Lucy and all her siblings were also very proud of
their nephew, Ernie Siggens, the son of Emily Carter Siggens. Ernest “Ernie”
Siggens was a standout athlete at Sandusky High School, and later served as
Sandusky’s Mayor. He died at the age of 37.
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