Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Cartwright was born in 1791, in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, his father, John Cartwright, was 27 and his mother, Mary Dancer, was 29. He married Rosanna on 3 January 1820, in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in 1861, at the age of 70, and was buried in Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Joseph Cartwright, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Joseph Cartwright, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Cartwright, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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