Ancestral Trails 2016 » William WRIGHT (1844-1942)

Personal data William WRIGHT 

  • He was born in the year 1844 in Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Source 1
  • He was baptized on April 14, 1844 in St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Source 2
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1861 Agricultural Labourer in Pirton.
    • in the year 1871 Agricultural Labourer in Burge End, Pirton.
    • in the year 1881 Agricultural Labourer in Pirton.
    • in the year 1891 Excavator in Palmerston Road, Islington.
    • in the year 1901 Railway Servant in Palmerston Road, Islington.
    • in the year 1911 General Labourer in Windsor Road, Holloway, Islington.
  • He died in the year 1942 in Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 98 years old.
  • A child of William WRIGHT and Eliza PITTS

Household of William WRIGHT

He is married to Betsy ARNOLD.

They got married on June 9, 1867 at St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 23 years old.Sources 3, 4


Child(ren):

  1. George WRIGHT  1867-???? 
  2. Frank WRIGHT  1875-???? 
  3. Amos WRIGHT  1872-1945 
  4. Arthur WRIGHT  1887-1887
  5. Frederick WRIGHT  1880-????
  6. Emma WRIGHT  1883-????
  7. Kate WRIGHT  1878-???? 
  8. Alice Rose WRIGHT  1869-1888


Notes about William WRIGHT

1851 aged 7, living at Burge End with his parents William and Eliza Wright. 1861 aged 17, living in Pirton with his parents. 1871 aged 27, living at Burge End with his wife Betsy 26 and children Charles 6, George 3 and Alice 1 in the home of his parents William and Eliza Wright. 1881 aged 38, living in Pirton with his wife Betsy 37 and children George 13, Amos 8, Frank 5, Kate 3 and Frederick 6 months. 1891 aged 47, living at 82 Palmerston Road, Islington St Anne, Upper Holloway, Middlesex with his wife Betsy 47, children Amos 18, Frank 15, Kate 13, Frederick 10, Emma 7 and three boarders, widow Rebecca Appleyard 33 and her children Sidney T J 14 and Isabella M Appleyard 8. 1901 aged 57, living at 88 Palmerston Road, Islington St Anne, Tollington, Upper Holloway with his wife Bessie 56, children Frederick 20 and Emma 17, also two lodgers from Pirton, Alfred T Shepherd 43 and Albert E Trussell 18. 1911 aged 67, living in two rooms at 41 Windsor Road, Holloway, Islington with his wife of 45 years, Betsy 66. Nine children born, six living and three deceased.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William WRIGHT

Thomas WRIGHT
1795-1850
Hagar LAKE
1793-1876
Edward PITTS
1790-1847
Mary (PITTS)
1786-1866
William WRIGHT
1817-< 1901
Eliza PITTS
1823-1904

William WRIGHT
1844-1942

1867

Betsy ARNOLD
1845-????

George WRIGHT
1867-????
Frank WRIGHT
1875-????
Amos WRIGHT
1872-1945
Arthur WRIGHT
1887-1887
Frederick WRIGHT
1880-????
Emma WRIGHT
1883-????
Kate WRIGHT
1878-????
Alice Rose WRIGHT
1869-1888

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Sources

  1. BMD Index
    Mar Qtr 1844 Hitchin 6 591
    / www.findmypast.co.uk
  2. Pirton Baptism Register 1842-1864
    father a labourer
  3. Pirton Parish Register
    Banns of Marriage between William WRIGHT bachelor & Betsy ARNOLD spinster botp 19,26 May & 2 June 1867
    / www.findmypast.co.uk
  4. Pirton Marriage Register 1837-1879
    witnesses were George Pitts and Lois Pitts

Historical events

Christening day April 14, 1844

  • The temperature on April 14, 1844 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » A gun on USSPrinceton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing six people, including two United States Cabinet members.
    • May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
    • June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
    • July 3 » The last pair of great auks is killed.
    • August 8 » The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
    • September 28 » Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

Day of marriage June 9, 1867

  • The temperature on June 9, 1867 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
    • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
    • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

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