Brief Life History of Alexander Joy
When Alexander Joy Cartwright III was born on 26 December 1858, in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii, his father, Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr, was 38 and his mother, Mary Eliza Ann Van Wie, was 37. He married Theresa Owana Ka'ohelelani La'anui Pratt on 23 April 1878, in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1900. He died on 11 August 1921, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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Sources (22)
- Alexander Cartwright, "United States Census, 1920"
- Alex Joy Cartwright, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
- Alexande J Cartwright, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
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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