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cart Name Meaning and History
- Scottish and northern Irish: reduced form of McCart.
- English: from Middle English cart(e) ‘cart’ (from Old English cræt, Old Norse kartr), hence a metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright.
- French: from Old Occitan cart, a variant of quart, a term which in the Middle Ages denoted a tax levied on wine; hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a tax collector.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Priscilla Cart of Salisbury |
 JBannett
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| CART, JACOB; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient - Civil War |
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| Clinton Cart |
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| Orville Shelton CART |
LESLIEB
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| Kart/Cart/Carte | Diana Harrison | 30 |
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| Cart (Carte) Family of West Virginia |
REDuckro
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| William and David Cart of Clay County, West Virginia |
loisannhayes
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| Looking for information on my greatgrandmother | Kathy Lea Huffman | 2 |
| Eli Cart | Dan Miller | 4 |
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