When Joseph Cartwright was born in 1829, in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Cartwright, was 40 and his mother, Harriet Barton, was 32. He lived in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (Midlands and northern England): occupational name from Middle English cart(e) ‘cart’ + wright(e) ‘craftsman’ (Old English cræt or Old Norse kartr + Old English wyrhta), for a cartwright, a maker of carts.
Variant of Courtright , a surname of Dutch origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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