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Memorable Manitobans: Bertram William “Bert” Cartwright (1890-1967)
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Bertram William Cartwright
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Naturalist.
Born at Malvern, England on 15 September 1890, son of Thomas William Cartwright (1866-1935) and Emily Florence Wheeler (?-1959), he emigrated to Canada with his family in 1907 and settled at Winnipeg. For many years he was Chief Naturalist to Ducks Unlimited Canada.
He wrote the weekly column “Wild Wings” for the Winnipeg Tribune for 17 years. He also had a series Know Your Ducks and Geese published. He was a founding member and President (1937-1938) of the Natural History Society of Manitoba.
On 20 July 1915, he married Hilda Foster Walker (1892-1975) at Winnipeg and they had three children.
He retired in 1960 to Richmond, British Columbia where he died on 16 June 1967.
Sources:
Marriage registration [Bertram William Cartwright, Hilda Foster Walker], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Thomas William Cartwright], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Bertram William Cartwright, Hilda Foster Cartwright], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 1967, page 23.
“Wildlife writer dies at 76,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 1967, page 11.
“Outdoors with Mel Dagg,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 1970, page 66.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 January 2023
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