The Ancesters and Descendents of Henry Burgess Carratt and Louvina Hooker

HB Carratt's great grandfather is the earliest known ancestor, He was found only in his son's Henry B Carratt's death record. Apparently he was the last generation who stayed in England.

HB Carratt's grandfather was the one who emigrated from England, to Ontario Canada before 1851 with his wife Sarah and son George Henry. He later immigrated to Iowa about 1861. At the age of 70 he moved to Washington and purchased land on 29 Mar 1887 in Klickitat County, WA. As far as can be determined he was a farmer.

HB Carratt's father was also one who emigrated from England. He is found with his parents, George and Sarah in Ontario, Canada in 1851 and 1861, in Iowa in 1870, 1880 and 1885 and then followed his parents to Klickitat County, WA in 1888. He lived in Klickitat County, WA from 1888 through about 1914 when he returned to Canada. He died in Delburne, Alberta, Canada but is buried in Goldendale, WA. He was also a farmer.

He was apparently well known in Iowa. In 1868 he entered his livestock in the fair held by the Iowa State Agricultural Society. He won a total of $76 in prizes (over $1200 in 2008 dollars), mostly for his Leicesters (a breed of sheep). The 25 Sep 1885 edition of the Evening Sentinel (LeMars, IA) included a short article where he was quoted as describing a disease of horses found in the township and suggested actions to be taken by the horse owner.

HB Carratt was born in Jackson County, IA in 1869. He is found with his parents, George and Rachel as they moved across Iowa from Jackson County to Cherokee County and later to Klickitat County, WA. HB marries Louvina Hooker in Goldendale on 3 Jun 1896. At this point he is also a farmer. About 1900 he switched occupations, starting to work in photography. The 21 Jan 1903 issue of the Goldendale Sentinel described the last issue of the Saturday Evening Post as containing wheat scenes taken at Grants Ferry by H.B. Carratt, photographer. In 1904 “The Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties” was published and included at least 3 photos copyrighted by HB Carratt.

Between 1905 and 1907 he moves to Bonners Ferry, ID. By Dec 1909 he and Louvina and their 5 children are found in Fresno, CA where he is a farmer in the 1910 census. By 1915 the family is back near Bonners Ferry, ID and Henry is the state representative for Bonner County, ID. January 1920 finds the family still in Boundary County, ID (note the county name changed was caused by a new county being formed). Henry is a farmer.

In May 1920 HB Carratt and family are in rural Kennewick Washington. They are found in the Benton County school censuses for 1920, 1922 and 1923. On 25 May 1926 Louvina dies in Kennewick at the age of 48. Meanwhile, maybe as early as 1922, HB Carratt goes into business with Hooker (possibly a brother-in-law) running the Blockhouse Hotel in Blockhouse, Klickitat County (about 7 miles west of Goldendale). At some point before Dec 1927 HB Carratt and his family of 7 children return to Klickitat County. It appears that Henry and maybe the whole family is living at Blockhouse, WA.

By 1930 HB sells his interest in the Blockhouse hotel. In the 1930 census Henry and son Ted are living as lodgers in Goldendale and Harry is running a photography shop. The other Carratt children are either independent or living with relatives. Ruby and Louiza are in Wenatchee as boarders where Ruby is a pharmacist. Tom is boarding with a longtime friend of the family and Caroline is living with her aunt Sarah Bridgefarmer (HB's sister).

By 1940 Harry has returned to Kennewick where he dies on 23 Apr 1941 at the age of 71.

Louvina and Harry had 11 children. Two females died as infants in the late 1890s or early 1900s. One son, Jessie died at the age of 9. The remaining 8 lived long lives, into their late 70s or 80s.

Most of Henry's and Louvina children made their homes in Washington state. Ruby worked in several locations as a pharmacist. Burgess made his home in Yakima. Rachel married Guy Thompson and was found at Goodnoe Hills, Klickitat County, WA. Ted and Tom Carratt lived in Klickitat County. Louiza made her home in the Tri-Cities. Caroline married Jim Custer and died in Arlington, WA. Only their first daughter Patti moved out of Washington state. She lived her adult life in Illinois.

Many of HB's grandchildren also live in Washington and Oregon. Through the Goldendale Sentinel and other newspapers it was possible to learn their married names and locations.