Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

The Nanon Carr Collection, 1940-1970 (M055), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

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Processing Information

Gloria Marshall Borgrink, 5 October 2011

Biographical Information

Nanon Lucile Carr was a descendant of the Carr family of Virginia. She was born in Osborn, Missouri on 8 June 1897, and was the eldest of three daughters of John Christopher Carr (1876-1944) and Elizabeth Agnes Metcalfe (1878-1962).

She graduated from Cameron Missouri High School in 1914, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Missouri in 1918. Ms. Carr worked as a teacher in the Kansas City Public School System from 1923 until her retirement. In 1945, she was awarded a Master of Arts in the Teaching of English Language and Literature from the University of Kansas City.

She had an active interest in genealogy and spent many years researching the Carr and related families. A few of the many family names she researched are: Ball, Brown, Carr, Chinn, Duncan, Fulkerson, Kerr, Livingston, Metcalfe, Musick, Patton, Perkins, Puller, Ridgeway, Strode, Strode, and Winn. Much of the collection consists of correspondence with distant cousins, pedigree charts, and newspaper clippings on the various branches of her family.

Ms. Carr died in San Diego, California, in March 1978. It is unclear whether she left Kansas City upon her retirement or if she moved to California to be near her younger sister, Mary Margaret (Carr) Pochodowicz (1913-1999) who lived in the San Diego area.

Scope and Content

This collection contains of photocopies of research completed by Nanon Carr. It consists mostly of Carr family ancestry as well as collateral lines and is arranged by family name. Also included is correspondence from relatives and friends. Book 1 includes a personal name index. Also available is an Access database that indexes the whole collection by personal name. It is currently available only at the Reference Desk. Please consult library staff for use.

Related Material

The Carr Family of Loudoun County, Virginia compiled by Joseph Julian Carr, 1990, V REF 929.2 CARR; The Carr Family of Loudoun County, Virginia, Including also Our Kerr, Ker, Karr and Carr Antecedents in Ireland, Scotland and England , Version 24 -11 April 1992, by Joseph Julian Carr, V REF 929.2 CARR; The House of Kerr, a History of the Families Kerr, Ker, Karr and Carr for Members in North America , Draft March 25, 1991, by John T. Kerr, Joseph J. Carr, REF 929.2 CARR

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Bibliography

Ancestry Library Edition, Unites States Census, Social Security Death Index, http://ancestrylibrary.com.

Carr, Joseph Julian, ed. The Carr Family of Loudoun County, Virginia . Falls Church, VA: self published, 1990.

Carr, Joseph Julian, ed. The Carr Family of Loudoun County, Virginia, Including also Our Kerr, Ker, Karr and Carr Antecedents in Ireland, Scotland and England (Draft March 25, 1991). Falls Church, VA: self published, 1992.

Carr, Joseph Julian, ed. The House of Kerr, a History of the Families Kerr, Ker, Karr and Carr for Members in North America . Falls Church, VA: self published, 1991.

Nanon Carr Collection, 1940-1970 (M055), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

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