When Henry Cartwright was born in 1832, in Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Cartwright, was 43 and his mother, Harriet Barton, was 35. He married Elizabeth Blakemore on 30 March 1865. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 16 November 1911, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ryecroft, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
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