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My fathers side last names of Pitts and Barker and Mothers side they are Cartwright and Glover.....have not been able to find the meanings or origins to these (4) last names....if anyone has info I would appreciate it...I am in the beginning of researching family name origins and to begin on my family tree
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Pitts
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics, *Edit This Entry*
Means "dweller by the pit, hollow" from the Old English pytt or "from Pitt (Hants) or Pett (East Sussex), England".
Found on the BTNs sister site
http://surnames.behindthename.com
you might get more help if you post on the message board there too :)
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics, *Edit This Entry*
Means "dweller by the pit, hollow" from the Old English pytt or "from Pitt (Hants) or Pett (East Sussex), England".
Found on the BTNs sister site
http://surnames.behindthename.com
you might get more help if you post on the message board there too :)
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Adding Carwright and Glover are occupational surnames
Glover was a person who made Gloves
Cartwright I think was a wheelmaker
see
http://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=87849&board=sur
Glover was a person who made Gloves
Cartwright I think was a wheelmaker
see
http://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=87849&board=sur
This message was edited 7/8/2006, 10:15 AM
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