Andrewartha

Andrewartha and Trewartha are Cornish family names.

"Cornish names"^[1] says:

• Nouns:
  • "tre" a "town", feminine, maybe a hamlet or house
  • "tref : village, town", Brythonic Celt Welsh about 4-500 AD
• Adjectives:
  • "Wartha" : "upper" (maybe higher or greater or on a hill)
    • cf. "Wollas" : "lower" (maybe smaller or lesser or in a valley, of the two).
• Definite article:
  • "An" used as : "of the", "in the", "on the", "at the", in place names. Brythonic Celt Cornish language (Dexter, p. 18).

The book mentions "Trewartha" (p. 25), and "Andrewartha" (p. 60).

The "Handbook of Cornish Names"^[2] states: "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".

People

• Herbert Andrewartha (1907-1992), Australian research scientist in the fields of entomology, biology, zoology and animal ecology
• Janet Andrewartha (born 1952), Australian actress
• John Andrewartha, Cornish-born American architect and civil engineer
• Roy Andrewartha, English snooker player, finalist at the 1977, 1978, 1979 & 1984 World Snooker Championships

References

1. T. F. G. Dexter, Cornish Names, Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1926, Longmans Green. Reprinted 1968, Bradford Barton, p. 15
2. G. Pawley White, Handbook of Cornish Names

See also

The Celtic nations History of Cornwall