Person:Henry Carty (2)

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Henry James Carty, Supermarket Co-Founder
b.14 Feb 1894 Santa Barbara County, California
d.21 Oct 1955 Los Angeles County, California
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Feb 1889
  1. Daniel Carty1890 - 1890
  2. Mary Edna 'Mamie' Carty1892 - 1953
  3. Henry James Carty, Supermarket Co-Founder1894 - 1955
  4. Daniel Arthur Carty, Supermarket Co-Founder1896 - 1937
  5. Alice Helen Carty1903 - 1981
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Henry James Carty, Supermarket Co-Founder1894 - 1955
  • W.  Mary Louise ToombsAbt 1897 -
m. 14 Feb 1920
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Facts and Events
Name Henry James Carty, Supermarket Co-Founder
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Feb 1894 Santa Barbara County, California
Marriage 14 Feb 1920 Alameda County, Californiato Mary Louise Toombs
Death[1] 21 Oct 1955 Los Angeles County, California
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About Henry Carty

Henry James Carty was born 14 February 1894 in Santa Barbara, California, son of Henry Patrick Carty and Ellen Yandeau. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1913 and went on to obtain a teaching certificate in Industrial Arts in 1915 from the State Normal School of Manual Arts at Santa Barbara. Next he taught high school for a short time in Alameda until World War I broke out, when he enlisted in the Army. Assigned to the Signal Corp, which oversaw the early flight squadrons of the army, he spent the war state side training to be a pilot. However, the war ended just as he was about to earn his wings, and he was mustered out a sergeant without seeing action.

Returning to Alameda, where he taught high school drafting and shop classes, he rekindled a relationship he had started before the war with kindergarten teacher Mary Louise (Minnie) Toombs, whom he married on Feb. 14, 1920 at St. Mary's Church in Oakland, California. Henry and Mary moved to Los Angeles, where Henry and his brother Daniel, with the help of their father, started a grocery store in 1923 called Carty Bros Market at 6658 Hollywood Blvd.
Just a small store at first, their business grew to become a chain of eight grocery stores in Los Angeles and Hollywood. Their Los Angeles store, which was one of the first southern California supermarkets, was quite large with 9,500 square feet of floor space and an 18,750 square feet parking lot.

Henry Carty was elected and served as Chairman of the Board of Certified Grocers of California, a wholesale grocery cooperative (now known as Unified Grocers). Certified's General Manager and later President during that time period was Clayton Whiteman in the 1940's and early 1950's. Carty Bros. Markets was a retail member of Certified Grocers for many years until Henry sold all eight Carty Bros. Market stores in 1954 to various competitors, including Top's Markets and Kory's Markets, a small grocery chain then owned by Art Reichert and his brother Norman.

Henry Carty died suddenly on Oct. 21, 1955 of a heart attack, said to be a complication from a bad tooth, in Los Angeles, California and is buried there in Calvary Cemetery with his wife Mary.

[Sources: Public records, Certified Grocers History and Genealogy of the Carty and Harris Families Website

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death Index, 1940-1997.

    California, Death Index, 1940-1997
    Name: Henry James Carty
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 14 Feb 1894
    Birth Place: California
    Death Date: 21 Oct 1955
    Death Place: Los Angeles
    Mother's Maiden Name: Yandeau
    Father's Surname: Carty

  2.   United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).

    U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    Name: Henry J Carty
    County: Alameda
    State: California
    Birthplace: California
    Birth Date: 14 Feb 1894
    Race: Caucasian (White)
    Draft Board: 1

  3.   http://www.bellavistaranch.net/genealogy/carty.html#HJC
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