Rita Pearl Carpenter

1917 - 2000  (82 years)

• Name	Rita Pearl Carpenter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	9 Jul 1917	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  	Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Catherine and Percival Carpenter
  Census	1940	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Norman Spurling
  Census	1950	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Walter Shepard
  FSID	GF2T-9WX
  Death	6 Apr 2000  [5]
  Person ID	I30676	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Norman Verginous Spurling,   b. 7 Mar 1914, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 24 Dec 1982, Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1935	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Harold Leroy Spurling,   b. 4 Oct 1939, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Aug 2001 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Walter P Shepard,   b. 12 Feb 1915, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Nov 1988, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1944	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [8]
  Marriage End	13 Dec 1984	Contra Costa County, California, USA   [6]
  	Divorce of Rita and Walter Shepard
  Family ID	F13751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jul 1917 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Census - Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Catherine and Percival Carpenter - 1920 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1935 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Norman Spurling - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1944 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Walter Shepard - 1950 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Marriage End - Divorce of Rita and Walter Shepard - 13 Dec 1984 - Contra Costa County, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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