The Hartwrights

George of Timberdine’s youngest son John of Little Broomhall, Worcs. 1793-1854
Click here for an explanation of the Branches of the Hartwright Family

This is my husband’s great great grandfather.  Here are photos of his son William, who was a carpenter and his wife Fanny Diaper.  My interest in family history began when I tried to find out more about Fanny’s mother’s writing box, which the family still possess and has the intriguing initials MAD engraved on the plate on the lid.

William Hartwright  1847 - 1917	Fanny Hartwright nee Diaper 1839 - 1892

 Albert 1873 – 1954  was William’s second child who survived into adulthood.  He married Minnie Mason whose widowed mother Hannah Mason nee Lippitt took over running the family’s coal barge business as well as the Anchor Inn, which backs on to the Diglis canal basin in Worcester.
Albert was a printer’s compositor by trade but he also had a spell as a dairyman running The Rainbow Hill Dairy in Worcester.                                            

Albert Hartwright 1873 - 1954

Albert’s younger brother Fred (1877-1960) worked for Fownes, the glove manufacturers as did his sister Louise, before her marriage to  Ted Smith.  Click below to read about Gloving in Worcestershire.

Richard Hartwright and Gloving in Worcestershire

 Albert’s son Reg. was my father-in-law, he married Miriam Luckcuck. Reg. served in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) in World War II. My husband recalls his father telling him about those times in Colin’s War-time Reminiscences . See also Miriam Hartwright nee Luckcuck - Work and Play at the Royal Worcester Porcelain in the 1920’s

Fred’s son George was a Captain in the RASC (later the Royal Corps of Transport). See Cecil George’s War-time Reminiscences

 Descendants of the male line live in the UK.

Other names associated with this branch include Smith and Lloyd.