CARTWRIGHT'S ISLE ROOTS GO BACK TO 1800S
William E. Cartwright came from a prominent kamaaina family whose roots here can be traced to the mid-1800s.
HIs great-grandfather, Alexander J. Cartwright, often called "the father of organized baseball," laid out the first baseball diamond in the United States, established the game at nine innings and authored the first rules of the game in the 1830s before coming to Hawaii in 1849.
His father, the late Bruce Cartwright Jr., was president of a general insurance and real estate firm in Honolulu in the 1930s.
William Cartwright, 76, a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, died Oct. 30 in Puyallup, Wash., after a heart ailment.
Cartwright joined his father's firm in 1933 and became president upon the elder Cartwright's death in 1939. He began his naval career at the start of World War II, and he served at naval stations on Oahu and Maui.
He became a broker-salesman with a real estate firm in 1954 and later became president of a European import company, Cartwright & Co.
In 1957, Cartwright also authored a weekly column in the Honolulu Advertiser on Hawaii's Naval Reserve.
Cartwright was born in Honolulu. He was a life member of the Queen's Hospital Corp., the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society and the Honolulu Library Association.
Services are pending.
He is survived by his wife, Anne; a son, Alexander J.; a daughter, Anna B., and two grandchildren.
[Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wed. 15 Nov. 1989, p. 41]
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WILLIAM E. CARTWRIGHT, 76, died Oct. 30, 1989. Born in Honolulu, he was a commander retired from the Naval Reserve and personal aide to Vice Adm. C. H. McMorris, 14 Naval District, Pearl Harbor, and Rear Adm. Stuart S. Murray. He had also been the author of a weekly column in The Honolulu Advertiser, "Your Naval Reserve," and president of Cartwright & Co. Ltd. and later of Cartwright & Co. Survived by wife, Anne; son, Alexander J.; daughter, Anna B.; two grandchildren; other relatives in Montana and Germany. Service held in Washington. Honolulu Scottish Rite service pending.
[Honolulu Advertiser, Wed. 29 Nov. 1989, p. 12]
William E. Cartwright came from a prominent kamaaina family whose roots here can be traced to the mid-1800s.
HIs great-grandfather, Alexander J. Cartwright, often called "the father of organized baseball," laid out the first baseball diamond in the United States, established the game at nine innings and authored the first rules of the game in the 1830s before coming to Hawaii in 1849.
His father, the late Bruce Cartwright Jr., was president of a general insurance and real estate firm in Honolulu in the 1930s.
William Cartwright, 76, a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, died Oct. 30 in Puyallup, Wash., after a heart ailment.
Cartwright joined his father's firm in 1933 and became president upon the elder Cartwright's death in 1939. He began his naval career at the start of World War II, and he served at naval stations on Oahu and Maui.
He became a broker-salesman with a real estate firm in 1954 and later became president of a European import company, Cartwright & Co.
In 1957, Cartwright also authored a weekly column in the Honolulu Advertiser on Hawaii's Naval Reserve.
Cartwright was born in Honolulu. He was a life member of the Queen's Hospital Corp., the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society and the Honolulu Library Association.
Services are pending.
He is survived by his wife, Anne; a son, Alexander J.; a daughter, Anna B., and two grandchildren.
[Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wed. 15 Nov. 1989, p. 41]
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WILLIAM E. CARTWRIGHT, 76, died Oct. 30, 1989. Born in Honolulu, he was a commander retired from the Naval Reserve and personal aide to Vice Adm. C. H. McMorris, 14 Naval District, Pearl Harbor, and Rear Adm. Stuart S. Murray. He had also been the author of a weekly column in The Honolulu Advertiser, "Your Naval Reserve," and president of Cartwright & Co. Ltd. and later of Cartwright & Co. Survived by wife, Anne; son, Alexander J.; daughter, Anna B.; two grandchildren; other relatives in Montana and Germany. Service held in Washington. Honolulu Scottish Rite service pending.
[Honolulu Advertiser, Wed. 29 Nov. 1989, p. 12]
CARTWRIGHT'S ISLE ROOTS GO BACK TO 1800S
William E. Cartwright came from a prominent kamaaina family whose roots here can be traced to the mid-1800s.
HIs great-grandfather, Alexander J. Cartwright, often called "the father of organized baseball," laid out the first baseball diamond in the United States, established the game at nine innings and authored the first rules of the game in the 1830s before coming to Hawaii in 1849.
His father, the late Bruce Cartwright Jr., was president of a general insurance and real estate firm in Honolulu in the 1930s.
William Cartwright, 76, a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, died Oct. 30 in Puyallup, Wash., after a heart ailment.
Cartwright joined his father's firm in 1933 and became president upon the elder Cartwright's death in 1939. He began his naval career at the start of World War II, and he served at naval stations on Oahu and Maui.
He became a broker-salesman with a real estate firm in 1954 and later became president of a European import company, Cartwright & Co.
In 1957, Cartwright also authored a weekly column in the Honolulu Advertiser on Hawaii's Naval Reserve.
Cartwright was born in Honolulu. He was a life member of the Queen's Hospital Corp., the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society and the Honolulu Library Association.
Services are pending.
He is survived by his wife, Anne; a son, Alexander J.; a daughter, Anna B., and two grandchildren.
[Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wed. 15 Nov. 1989, p. 41]
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WILLIAM E. CARTWRIGHT, 76, died Oct. 30, 1989. Born in Honolulu, he was a commander retired from the Naval Reserve and personal aide to Vice Adm. C. H. McMorris, 14 Naval District, Pearl Harbor, and Rear Adm. Stuart S. Murray. He had also been the author of a weekly column in The Honolulu Advertiser, "Your Naval Reserve," and president of Cartwright & Co. Ltd. and later of Cartwright & Co. Survived by wife, Anne; son, Alexander J.; daughter, Anna B.; two grandchildren; other relatives in Montana and Germany. Service held in Washington. Honolulu Scottish Rite service pending.
[Honolulu Advertiser, Wed. 29 Nov. 1989, p. 12]
William E. Cartwright came from a prominent kamaaina family whose roots here can be traced to the mid-1800s.
HIs great-grandfather, Alexander J. Cartwright, often called "the father of organized baseball," laid out the first baseball diamond in the United States, established the game at nine innings and authored the first rules of the game in the 1830s before coming to Hawaii in 1849.
His father, the late Bruce Cartwright Jr., was president of a general insurance and real estate firm in Honolulu in the 1930s.
William Cartwright, 76, a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, died Oct. 30 in Puyallup, Wash., after a heart ailment.
Cartwright joined his father's firm in 1933 and became president upon the elder Cartwright's death in 1939. He began his naval career at the start of World War II, and he served at naval stations on Oahu and Maui.
He became a broker-salesman with a real estate firm in 1954 and later became president of a European import company, Cartwright & Co.
In 1957, Cartwright also authored a weekly column in the Honolulu Advertiser on Hawaii's Naval Reserve.
Cartwright was born in Honolulu. He was a life member of the Queen's Hospital Corp., the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society and the Honolulu Library Association.
Services are pending.
He is survived by his wife, Anne; a son, Alexander J.; a daughter, Anna B., and two grandchildren.
[Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wed. 15 Nov. 1989, p. 41]
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WILLIAM E. CARTWRIGHT, 76, died Oct. 30, 1989. Born in Honolulu, he was a commander retired from the Naval Reserve and personal aide to Vice Adm. C. H. McMorris, 14 Naval District, Pearl Harbor, and Rear Adm. Stuart S. Murray. He had also been the author of a weekly column in The Honolulu Advertiser, "Your Naval Reserve," and president of Cartwright & Co. Ltd. and later of Cartwright & Co. Survived by wife, Anne; son, Alexander J.; daughter, Anna B.; two grandchildren; other relatives in Montana and Germany. Service held in Washington. Honolulu Scottish Rite service pending.
[Honolulu Advertiser, Wed. 29 Nov. 1989, p. 12]
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