Carpenter

Carpenter is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 189th-most common surname.^[1]

People with the surname Carpenter are listed below in alphabetical order.

Meaning: Carpenter - Car-pen-ter (kar' pen tar (or ter)), noun. 1) a person who builds, makes or repairs wooden objects or structures - as in houses, scaffolds, or shelving. - v. make by shaping wood. v.i. 2) to do a carpenter's work.

Origin: [1275-1325]; Middle English < Anglo-Norman French < Old French < Late Latin; carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2]^[2]

Carpenter name variants and backgrounds

• Wright - Woodwright in old England. Such as a "wood wright" (wood worker). See also "wain wright" (a wooden wagon maker) - See Wright and also: Wainwright (name).
• Carpentier - From the French Norman Carpentier (le Carpentier, le Charpentier) a worker of wood.
• Charpentier - Carpentier and Charpentier in French. A worker in wood. French Surnames > CARPENTIER ++, Forme norm.-picarde de Charpentier; var. du Sud-Ouest et roussillonnase Carpentier. Avecart. Le Carpentier.
• Zimmermann - Zimmerman in German. A worker in wood.
• Carpenterio - Carpenter in Spanish. A worker in wood from the English word Carpenter.
• Carpender - Carpender an English phoentic name variant of Carpenter. Also seen as Carpendar.
• De Carpenter or De Carpentier - "the carpenter" in Dutch, a worker of wood, from the French Carpentier.
• Timmerman - Carpenter in Dutch, a worker of wood, from the German Zimmerman.

Y-DNA project

A Y-DNA surname project exists for both the surname Carpenter and its related variants, and the related names in German (Zimmerman), French (Charpentier) and other languages with their name variants within a single project.^[3]

Y-DNA is passed from father to son virtually unchanged over the generations. DNA has documented that Carpenter, Zimmerman, Charpentier and other related surnames do not have a single common root. While grouping does exist, it seems by parent or native country rather than regional via the most common ancestor.

As of August 2009, the Y-DNA project is active with 20 organized groups with number 20 representing genetic near matches (Group 98) and random results (Group 99). There appears to be about 240 tested members with the majority (215) from Family Tree DNA and the others from different DNA testing companies for genetic genealogical testing. Sub-grouping within the group is done in two ways. 1) By genealogical paper trails or the lack there of resulting in connections genealogically and genetically related then genetically related but not connected genealogically. 2) By Y-DNA markers representing genetic mutations or a Genetic distance or variance from the group norm. These mutations within the group can form genetic sub-grouping if confirmed by genealogical material. The possibility of a random mutation occurring in different lines must always be considered in DNA testing and is called a random match. Project administrators have paid special attention to these mutations for group association. Two groups in particular (Groups 2 and 3) have 24 out of 25 markers in common. Further testing, including specialized testing on individual DYS markers, have provided a clearer separation of based on DNA values.

Haplogrouping is consistent within the organized groups 1-19, but is not focused on by this genetic-genealogy project. Haplogroups and their haplotypes help reveal deep ancestry based on mathematical probability and tries to relate to prehistoric or estimated cultures, groups or climes. The common western European Haplogroup, R1b, also known as the Western Atlantic Modal Haplogroup (WAMH), shows up in the majority of the groups which is not unexpected with the majority of tested members claiming Europe as a possible location for their ancestors. Those who have this more common haplogroup should test 37 or more markers while most others can start at a 25 markers Y-DNA test.

All groups have made an effort to provide a basic paternal lineage that is listed on a separate page and can be accessed via ID numbers on Table 1 or via the Table of Contents “Lineages” hyperlink. Only one paternal lineage claims descent more than 600 years. This is consistent with common genealogy trends and results. While Y-DNA testing will never replace proper genealogical efforts, it is valuable in confirming genetic relationships and non-relationships.

A

• Aaron Carpenter, Canadian rugby player
• Alan Carpenter, Australian politician
• Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, British naval officer
• Allan Carpenter, American non-fiction writer
• Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter, British politician

B

• Bill Carpenter, American football player and Army officer
• Bob Carpenter, American ice hockey player
• Bob Carpenter (sportscaster), American radio personality
• Bobby Carpenter (football player), American football linebacker

C

• Carpenter sisters, Early immigrants to Plymouth Colony
• Cassie Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders
• Charisma Carpenter, actress
• Chris Carpenter, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the St. Louis Cardinals since 2003
• Clarence Ray (C.R.) Carpenter, American primatologist.
• Cole Carpenter, retired American porn model and pornographic actor from the mid 1980s
• Connie Carpenter-Phinney, American professional cycle racer and speed skater who won four medals in World Cycling Championship competitions

D

• David Carpenter (historian), leading authority on the history of Britain in the central Middle Ages
• David Carpenter (writer), Canadian novelist who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• David Carpenter, early Texas settler—see Carpenters Bayou
• David Carpender, Guitarist with "The Greg Kihn Band."
• Don Carpenter, American writer
• Doug Carpenter, former head coach in the NHL, QMJHL, and AHL

E

• Ed Carpenter (artist)
• Ed Carpenter (racecar driver), an Indy Racing League driver
• Edward Carpenter, socialist poet, anthologist, and an early homosexual activist
• Edwin Francis Carpenter, American astronomer.

F

• Flavius Josephus Carpenter, Arkansas veteran of the Civil War, steamboat captain, entrepreneur
• Frank G. Carpenter, 1920s travel guide author
• Frank M. Carpenter, curator of fossil insects at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology for 60 years
• Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 19th century American painter.

G

• Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter, British entomologist and evolutionary biologist
• George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army

H

• Hannah Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders
• Harry Carpenter, BBC sports commentator from the early 1950s until his retirement in the 1990s
• Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, author and radio broadcaster

J

• Jake Burton Carpenter, owner of Burton Snowboards
• James Carpenter, British astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
• James Edward Carpenter, American Civil War soldier & officer and later an attorney at law in Philadelphia.
• James Madison Carpenter, Methodist minister, folklorist
• Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
• John Carpenter (born 1948), American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film music composer
• John C. Carpenter, American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• John Carpenter (Who Wants to be a Millionaire winner), first winner of Who wants to be a Millionaire US
• John Carpenter, town clerk of London The noted town clerk of London in the early 1400s. Author of Liber albus.
• John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951), American composer
• John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter, British politician
• John W. Carpenter, American agriculturist
• Johnny Carpenter, American actor
• Juliet Winters Carpenter, award-winning translator of modern Japanese literature into English

K

• Karen Carpenter, singer and musician, The Carpenters
• Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons
• Kelvin Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders
• Ken Carpenter, the USC's first two-time NCAA champion in a weight event
• Ken Carpenter, American road bicycle racer and track cyclist
• Ken Carpenter, actor in Hellraiser III, Tammy and the T-Rex
• Kenneth Carpenter, paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Natural History and author or co-author of a number of books on dinosaurs and Mesozoic life
• Kip Carpenter, American speed skater

L

• Lant Carpenter, English educator and Unitarian minister
• Lauren Carpenter, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Lemuel Carpenter, Anglo-American California pioneer
• Liz Carpenter, writer, feminist, former reporter, media advisor, speech-writer, political humorist, and public relations expert
• Loren Carpenter, computer graphics researcher and developer
• Lou Carpenter, popular character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
• Louisa d'Andelot Carpenter, du Pont heiress, Jazz Age socialite, aviatrix, and bon vivant
• Judge Louis Carpenter, Kansas lawyer, victim of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas
• Louis H. Carpenter, Louis Henry Carpenter, Civil War cavalry trooper and officer, Indian War officer, Spanish-American War General and Medal of Honor winner
• Louise Carpenter, fictional character in the Australian soap opera "Neighbours"

M

• Marion Carpenter, Pioneer White House News Photographer
• Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer
• Mary Chapin Carpenter, country music singer-songwriter
• Matthew H. Carpenter, member of the Republican Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1869 - 1875 and again from 1879 - 1881
• Merlin Carpenter, artist
• Mr. Carpenter, character in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" -- see Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

P

• Paul Carpenter (actor), actor
• Paul Carpenter (baseball player), minor league baseball player
• Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1819-1877), malacologist

R

• Ralph Emerson Carpenter, Jr., expert on Colonial American design
• Rhys Carpenter, classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College
• Richard Carpenter (architect), British Victorian architect
• Richard Carpenter (screenwriter), British screenwriter
• Richard Carpenter (musician), American musician The Carpenters
• Richard Cromwell Carpenter, British 19th century architect
• Robert C. Carpenter, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fiftieth Senate district
• Robert P. Carpenter, professional cricketer for Cambridge and All-England Eleven
• Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter, Sr. "R. R. M. Carpenter", an American business executive
• Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter, Jr., "R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.", owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1943 to 1972
• Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter III, "Ruly Carpenter", principal owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1981
• Rolla C. Carpenter, American engineer
• Rollo Carpenter, the creator of Jabberwacky AI software
• Ron Carpenter, aka Ronald Nelson Carpenter, a former professional American football player who played defensive tackle
• Ron Carpenter (designer), a British type designer of Calisto (typeface)
• Ron Carpenter (safety), a former professional American football player who played defensive back

S

• Samuel Carpenter (1649-1714) First Treasurer of Pennsylvania, Deputy Governor to William Penn
• Scott Carpenter, Mercury program astronaut
• Shawn and Taylor Carpenter, American television actors
• Shawn Carpenter, American Navy veteran
• Stanley Jennings Carpenter, Army Entomologist
• Stephen Carpenter, US musician
• Stephen Cullen Carpenter, British-American Journalist
• Stephen Decatur Carpenter, US Army Officer

T

• Terry Carpenter, Nebraska politician
• Thelma Carpenter, jazz singer and actress
• Tim Carpenter, Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Tony Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders

W

• Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., an American corporate executive
• William Carpenter, Providence Rhode Island, English colonist, first surnamed Carpenter to settle permanently in America
• William Carpenter (Australian politician), Australian politician
• William Benjamin Carpenter, (1813–1885) English physiologist and naturalist
• William Boyd Carpenter, English clergyman
• William Henry Carpenter (philologist), American philologist
• William L. Carpenter, Soldier and Naturalist
• William Marbury Carpenter, American physician and natural scientist

Fictional Characters Named Carpenter

- George W. Barclay, Jr.: Murder on Pine Island Bayou, Vantage Press, 1992 -- Josh and Lynette (Boudreaux) Carpenter.

- Louis Bayard: The Black Tower, William Morrow, 2008 -- "Vidocq is founder and chief of the plainclothes force called the Sureté...to meet his greatest challenge yet, Vidocq teams up with Hector Carpentier, a medical student whose name has turned up on a dead man's body."

- David Grisham: The Innocent Man, Doubleday Books, 2006 -- "Mike and Terri Carpenter both worked at the Coachlight, he as a bouncer, she as a waitress..."

- Dean Koontz: Sole Survivor, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 -- "The story begins with a catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash. Three hundred and thirty dead, no survivors. Among the victims, the wife and two young daughters of Los Angeles Post crime reporter Joe Carpenter."

- Alistair MacLean: Ice Station Zebra, Doubleday & Co., 1963 -- "On a stormy winter night at Holy Loch, the US atomic submarine 'Dolphin' leaves in a hurry, with orders to take a Dr. Carpenter under the North Polar ice-cap and to surface with him near a burnt-out weather station, called Zebra. Who is he and what does his locked bag contain?"

- Eva (Carpenter) McCall: Edge of Heaven, Bright Mountain Books, Inc., 1997 -- "When the author’s grandmother, Lucy Davenport, is traded by her father to Holman Carpenter in exchange for a mysterious favor, her simple mountaintop life is abruptly changed..."

- Richard Platt: Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter, Candlewick Press, 2001 -- "Beginning in 1716, Private Diary recounts the adventures of nine-year-old Jake Carpenter as he explores the thrills and perils of life on the high seas."

- Deborah Powell: Bayou City Secrets, Naiad Press, Tallahassee, Fla., 1991, Houston Town, Naiad Press, Tallahassee, Fla., 1992 -- "Lesbian crime reporter Hollis Carpenter solves mysteries in Houston in the 1930s."

- David Rosenfelt: Open and Shut, Mysterious Press, 2002 (and 5 others) -- Andy Carpenter, lawyer; mystery. The author's first novel, featuring attorney Andy Carpenter, was a finalist for the Edgar and Shamus Awards for best first novel.

- Edward Rutherfurd: Sarum, Crown, 1987 -- "Rutherfurd ties London to Sarum in a few places...the Carpenters are descended from a family which was forced to flee Sarum after trying to kill one of Rutherfurd's earlier characters."

- Edward Rutherfurd: London, Crown, 1997 -- "The rises and falls of the families Ducket, Silversleeves, Bull, Barnikal, Carpenter, Meredith and Penny..."..."a Puritan character named O Be Joyful Carpenter..."

- James Swain: The Night Stalker, Ballantine, 2008 -- "A serial killer, days away from execution, reaches out to ex-cop Jack Carpenter with a surprising request: find his missing grandson."

- Herman Wouk: A Hole in Texas, Little, Brown and Company, 2004 -- "Guy Carpenter is a physicist with a quiet, settled life: a prestigious job at NASA, a devoted wife and new baby, and a troublemaking cat. But he is about to get mixed up in an international scandal of enormous proportions."

References

External links

Equivalent names in other languages

• List of people called Charpentier, French equivalent
• List of people called Zimmermann, German equivalent
• List of people called Carpender, English equivalent

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