Cartwright Family History
Cartwright Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker of carts, from Middle
English cart(e) + wright ‘craftsman’ (see
Wright). The surname is attested from the late 13th century,
although the vocabulary word does not occur before the 15th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cartwright
Name Distribution of Cartwright Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cartwright families
 1,280 - 2,558  427 - 1,279 |
 1 - 426  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cartwright families
|
37 - 72 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cartwright census records
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Cartwright Family Origin
Cartwright Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cartwright Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Cartwright Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cartwright census records
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Military Service by Cartwright
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