Mark William Carr "Willie"

From FreeBMD: Registration of birth of Mark William Carr in 1847

April to June 1847: Registration of birth of Mark William Carr; in Uppingham, Rutland (Volume XV, Page 673)

From MyHeritage: Mark William Carr: 1851 England & Wales Census

30 March 1851 Census for residents of 8? High Street, Uppingham, Rutland, England; Possibly: [8 High Street East, Uppingham, Oakham LE15 9PZ 52.5879516, -0.721757]

• Mark William Carr, head, married, male, aged 28 [born about 1823], in North Shields, Northamptonshire; Civil Engineer
• Mary Carr, wife, married, female, aged 29 [born about 1822], in Bretton, Yorkshire
• Mark W Carr, son, single, male, aged 4 [born about 1847], in Seaton, Rutland
• 1 sibling, 1 visitor, 2 servants

From MyHeritage: Francis Bennoch in 1861 England & Wales Census

7 April 1861 Census for residents of [The Knoll, Eliot Hill, Blackheath, London SE13 7EB 51.46778, -0.00826], Lewisham, Kent, England

• Francis Bennoch, head, married, male, aged 48 [born about 1813], in Scotland; Merchant Commission
• Margaret Bennoch, wife, married, female, aged 45 [born about 1816], in Rowley, Yorkshire
• Elizabeth Raine, mother-in-law, widow, female, aged 81 [born about 1780], in [ERROR Lancashire CORRECTION near Lanchester], County Durham
• Mark Carr, nephew, single, male, aged 14 [born about 1847], in [ERROR Leuton CORRECTION Seaton], Rutland; Scholar
• Francis B Carr, nephew, single, male, aged 12 [born about 1849], in [ERROR Leuton CORRECTION Seaton]; Scholar
• John T Carr, nephew, single, male, aged 10 [born about 1851], in Charlton[?], Kent; Scholar
• Thomas W Carr, nephew, single, male, aged 7 [born about 1854], in Maindee, Monmouthshire; Scholar
• Richard E Carr, nephew, single, male, aged 5 [born about 1856], in Hereford, Herefordshire; Scholar
• Elizabeth Piggott, servant, single, female, aged 32 [born about 1829], in Kingston, Berkshire; Cook
• Ellen Deacon, servant, single, female, aged 33 [born about 1828], in Ireland; House Servant
• Rachell Harris, servant, single, female, aged 20 [born about 1841], in Manstall, Monmouthshire; House Servant

From The History of The Family of Carr of Woodhall, Lesbury, Eshott, and Hetton Volume 3 by R.E. Carr C.E. Carr Rev. T.W. Carr Published 1899 Page 203

Mark William Carr, M.Inst.C.E., born at Seaton, County Rutland, 27 March 1847; late Engineer-in-Chief Wikipedia: Natal Government Railways, now Consulting Engineer to Natal Government in London; married at Faizabad, India, 2 January 1874, Margaret Frances Cunningham, daughter of the late P. O'Meara of Nenagh, County Tipperary. No issue.

From FIBIS - 1874: Marriage of Mark Carr and Margaret

1874: Marriage of Mark Carr (Engineer) and Margaret in [St Mary Church, Faizabad Cantt, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh 224001, India 26.7903583, 82.1327717] St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Faizabad

From FIBIS - 1874: Marriage of Mark Carr and Margaret Cunningham

1874: Marriage of Mark Carr and Margaret Cunningham in Bengal

From Graces Guide to British Industrial History - Mark William Carr (1847 1904)

Mark William Carr died at Piera Cava, near Nice, on the 29 July 1904, in his fifty-eighth year.

The eldest son of Mark William Carr, formerly Chief Engineer of the Great Southern of India Railway, the subject of this notice was born on the 27 March 1847, and received his education at Hereford Grammar School Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford, Herefordshire HR1 2NG 52.0542, -2.7139 and Eltham Collegiate School Eltham College, Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London SE9 4QF 51.438, 0.039, subsequently passing through the engineering classes at King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS 51.51194, -0.11611.

In 1866 he commenced his professional career under his father in India on the construction of the Allahabad-Jubulpore and other sections of the East Indian Railway. Wikipedia: Allahabad–Jabalpur section

In 1870 he was appointed Assistant Engineer on the construction of the Rohilkhand Division of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, and was promoted to the position of District Engineer on the same railway in 1874. Wikipedia: Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway

On his return to England in 1876 he received an appointment as District Engineer on the railways which the Natal Government was then about to commence under the direction of William Ridley as Chief Resident Engineer in Natal. On the completion of the first sections of the coast lines and main line to Pietermaritzburg railway station -29.60972, 30.36806, Mr. Carr remained in charge of the maintenance of main lines and for a time also directed the traffic department until the appointment of Mr. (now Sir) David Hunter as General Manager.

In 1882, on the extension of the system from Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith station 48.99472, -123.81583, he succeeded Mr. Ridley as Chief Resident Engineer, the title of the appointment being changed in 1889 to that of Engineer-in-Chief of the Natal Government railways.

During Mr. Carr’s tenure of office, considerable extensions of the railway system were carried out in the Colony, including the lines to Park, Rynie and to the Tugela River; the Bluff Railway; the branch lines to Richmond and to Greytown; and the continuation of the main line to Heidelberg in the Transvaal. In view of the necessity for light and cheap railway communication with outlying districts, most of these branches were laid out as light lines....(more)

From India Railway Fans Club - Faq History2

• 1872: Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway opens line from Benares (Varanasi) to Lucknow.
• 1874: Fourth Class accommodation is introduced on several railways, consisting of coaches with no seats in them, or just a few benches, as a way of alleviating overcrowding.
• 1874: "F" class 0-6-0 MG locomotives are introduced, soon to be among the most widely-used in India for just about all kinds of duties. Dubs & co. of Glasgow built the first few.
• 1874: The ORR Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway extends line from Lucknow to Moradabad.
• 1875: Special train built for the Prince of Wales on his visit to India; this train is later used as the vice-regal train for the next 3 decades.

Note wiki - Oudh And Rohilkhand Railway

From Converts to Rome : a biographical list of the more notable converts to the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom during the last sixty years by William James Gordon-Gorman, Published 1910 Page 48

1904: Mark William Carr, formerly consulting engineer of Natal, South Africa

From British Newspaper Archive: Tablet, Saturday 13 August 1904 Page 16 Deaths

Carr.- At Piera Cava, Alpes-Maritimes, France, after a few hours' illness, Mark William Carr, late Engineer in Chief Natal Government Railways, aged 58 years, fortified by the Rites of the Church. R.I.P.

From Ancestry 19041011 probate Mark William Carr Villa Bella Vista Grand Boulevard de Cimiez Nice France d 19040728 hotel Belle Vue Piera Cava Alpes Maritimes France pr London Margaret Frances Carr widow £579

11 October 1904 probate of Mark William Carr of Villa Bella Vista, Grand Boulevard de Cimiez, Nice, France, who died 28 July 1904, at the [hotel Belle Vue, location?] [Pe%C3%AFra Cava, 06440 Lucéram, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 43.93468, 7.363576], probate granted in London on 11 October 1904 to Margaret Frances Carr, widow. Effects £579 6s.

Image from ©wikipedia Steam Locomotive Type 0-6-2 used on Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways