When Arminda Francis Cartwright was born on 23 October 1828, in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, her father, Rev Peter Cartwright Jr., was 43 and her mother, Frances Gaines, was 39. She married Levi Carroll Pitner on 30 August 1848, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died on 22 April 1917, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Cook, Illinois, United States
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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