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Maude A. Lange DeCarteret
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Tulocay Cemetery
Napa, Napa County, California, USA
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Parents

Nicholas Mansion Lange 
1857–1926


Caroline A. Lange 

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Raymond P. Lange 
unknown–1929


Mazie Taylor Lange 



Blanche Lange Webber 
unknown–1982

1888/1891 Seaman No 137211 HMS
1926/30Telephone Super 200N “E”

Census 1910 , immigration 1887 (m) Helen de Carteret age 34 .children Alice .(b) 1909
Percy (b) 1894 ???????
Voted Rep
 At the age of twelve years William De Carteret entered the British navy.
One of his objects in taking up this kind of a life was to obtain an education.
He served in the navy until he was eighteen {21} years 1891 old and when mustered out went
To Victoria, British Columbia. Soon after arriving there he heard of a position
Open with the Bell Telephone Company of Seattle. He at once applied for the
place, securing it, and this was the beginning of a career which has lasted
Until the present time. During the thirty-four years he was with this company he
Was sent to various cities to build up run-down telephone exchanges. In the
great earthquake and fire in San Francisco in 1906 the records of the company
Were destroyed. Mr. De Carteret was one of the few men who, from his own notes,
could supply much of the information to rewrite the history of the telephone
Business on the Pacific coast. In 1922 he severed his connection with the Bell
Company. At that time he was one of the oldest and recognised as one of the best
telephone men on the coast �a reputation won purely by strict attention to
business.
       On April 1, 1922, he purchased the telephone system in Exeter and became
A resident of that city. When he took possession the company had about three
Hundred subscribers. Mr. De Carteret has almost doubled that number and in many
Ways has improved the service. All subscribers are now on what is known as the
Selective system. In addition to his telephone interests he carries a complete
Stock of electrical goods. He was one of the early experimenters in radio
activity and it is believed he is the only man in the United States to be the
Exclusive owner of as large a telephone system as that of Exeter.
       Mrs. De Carteret was formerly Miss Maud Lang, of Napa, California, where
Her family was numbered among the pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. De Carteret have one
Son : Percy De Carteret