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Personal data William Washington Wright 


Household of William Washington Wright

He is married to Mary Elizabeth Hill.

They got married on October 9, 1889 at Caro, Tuscola Co., MI, he was 22 years old.

William Washington Wright oo Mary E. Hill

Marriage source: Cawthorn, Dorothy, FGS, (Toledo OH, D.D.C., ca. 1989) for fact of marriage.

McCollum, S., e-mail to David A. Navorska, (, S.M., 6 Jun MM)

'Tuscola genealogy posting ... I have in my records Edward and Salmah Alwood Hill. I have a record of a daughter, Mary E. Hill who was 17 year old residing in Cass City, and married William W. Wright, a 23 year old residing in ElklandTownship on October 9, 1889 in Caro, Michigan. The marriage records lists the parents of each as Wm E. Hill and Salmah Alwood and Chas. Wright and Elizabeth Irving. That's all I have. ... S. McCollum'

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, 1996) pg II-FGS-165 <>

Child(ren):

  2. Lina Ida Wright  1893-1946
  4. James Verna Wright  1897-> 1927
  6. Jay C. Wright  ± 1903-1965


Notes about William Washington Wright

William Washington Wright

Source: Author: Cawthorn, Dorothy, Title: Wright/Hill FGS, (Publication location: Toledo OH, Publisher: D.D.C., Publication date: ca. 1988) for 1st & last name.

Author: McCollum, S., Title: e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: S.M., Publication date: vi June MM)

"Tuscola genealogy posting ... I have in my records Edward and Salmah Alwood Hill. I have a record of a daughter, Mary E. Hill who was 17 year old residing in Cass City, and married William W. Wright, a 23 year old residing in ElklandTownship on October 9, 1889 in Caro, Michigan. The marriage records lists the parents of each as Wm E. Hill and Salmah Alwood and Chas. Wright and Elizabeth Irving. That's all I have. ... S. McCollum"

cf. Author: Stahl, Harriet, Title: Johann Jacob Stahl Sr of Lehigh Co PA, (Publication location: Mt Vernon IN, Publisher: Windmill Pub Inc, Publication date: MMV), pg. 326, Repository: Lenig Lib., New Bloomfield, PA

12 Jun 1900 Greenleaf Twp., Sanilac Co., MI census, Sheet 7A, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"15, 138, 138, Wright, William, head, white, male, b. Apr 1867, ae 33, married 10 yrs, b. Can, parents b. Can, emigrated 1878, in U.S. 22 yrs, naturalised, Farmer, 0 months unemployed, can read/write, can speak Eng., owns under mortgage,a farm sch 130"

Author: Raffael, James, Title: "Raffaell Family Tree," (Publlication location unknown, Publisher: worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: xiv Sept MMII), Repository: The Cloud

"... William Washington WRIGHT ... Sex: M Birth: 6 Apr 1867 in Ontario, Canada Father: Charles T. WRIGHT b: 19 Jan 1826 in Ontario, Canada Mother: Elizabeth ERVIN b: 29 Mar 1832 in Ontario, Canada Marriage 1 Mary E. HILL Married: 9 Oct1889 in Caro, Michigan"

William's parents: Charles T. & Elizabeth (Ervin) Wright

Author: Esposito, Carol, Title: "Carol's Files," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cespos&id=I46755, Publication date: vii Oct MMX), Repository: The Cloud

"... William W Wright ... Sex: M Birth: Apr 1867 in Culcross Bruce Ontario Canada Death: 27 Sep 1908 in Toledo Lucas County Ohio

Note: Name: William Wright Gender: Male Burial Place: Ca.. City Death Date: 27 Sep 1908 Death Place: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio Age: 41 Birth Date: 1867 Birthplace: Canada Occupation: Laborer Race: White Marital Status: Married Father'sName: Wm Wright Father's Birthplace: England Indexing Project Number: B07141-1 System Origin: Ohio-EASy Source Film Number: 1653154 Reference Number: rn 17593

Burial: Cass City Tuscola Michigan

Census: 1871 Culcross Bruce Ontario Canada

Note: Name William W Wright Gender Male Age 4 Calculated Birth Year 1867 Country or Province of Birth O Marital Status Ethnic Origin English Religion Regr Bapt Census Place 02, Culross c, South Bruce 27, Ontario Page Number 52 LineNumber 18 House Number 184 Family Number 184 Film Number 4396749 Library and Archives Canada Film Number C-9934 Digital Folder Number 4396749 Image Number 00353 Household Gender Age Charles Wright M 45 John H Wright M 15 William W Wright M 4

Immigration: 1878 Michigan Note: From Canada

Census: 1880 Elkland Tuscola County Michigan

Note: Name William W. Wright Residence Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan Birthdate 1867 Birthplace Canada Relationship to Head Son Spouse's Name Spouse's Birthplace

Father's Name Charles Wright Father's Birthplace Canada Mother's Name Elisabeth Wright Mother's Birthplace Canada

Race or Color (Expanded) White Ethnicity (Standardized) American Gender Male Martial Status Single Age (Expanded) 13 years Occupation At School

NARA Film Number T9-0607 Page 89 Page Character B Entry Number 2756 Film number 1254607 Household Gender Age Parent Charles Wright M 54 Parent Elisabeth Wright F 48 Charles H. Wright M 17 Caroline Wright F 14 William W. Wright M 13

Census: 1900 Greenleaf Sanilac County Michigan ... Change Date: 7 Oct 2010 ...

Note: Ancestral File Record ... name: William W WRIGHT gender: Male birth: 1867 Apr About Culross Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario afn: 1M6D-BX4

Parents father: Charles T WRIGHT (afn: 1M6D-9M3 ) mother: Elizabeth ERVIN (afn: 1M6D-9N9 )

Marriages (1) spouse: Mary E HILL (afn: 1M6D-BZB ) marriage: 1889 Oct 9 Caro, Michigan Show children (4)

Father: Charles T Wright b: 19 Jan 1825 in Ontario Canada Mother: Elizabeth Ervin b: 20 Mar 1832 in Ontario Canada

Marriage 1 Mary E Hill b: 25 Dec 1873 in Cass City Tuscola Michigan Married: 9 Oct 1889 in Caro Michigan Change Date: 27 Jul 2010

Children

1. Lovina S Wright b: Jun 1891 in Cass City Tuscola Michigan 2. Lina Ida Wright b: Jan 1893 in Cass City Tuscola Michigan 3. Charles W Wright b: Jul 1896 in Cass City Tuscola Michigan 4. James Verna "Verning" Wright b: 15 Nov 1897 in Michigan 5. William W. Wright b: Nov 1898 in Cass City Tuscola Michigan" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Washington Wright

William Washington Wright
1867-1908

1889

Mary Elizabeth Hill
1873-< 1924

Lavina (Lovina) Selma Wright
1891-< 2002
Lina Ida Wright
1893-1946
Charles William Wright
1895-1918
James Verna Wright
1897-> 1927
William Wellington Wright
1899-1976
Jay C. Wright
± 1903-1965

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Historical events

Birthday April 6, 1867

  • The temperature on April 6, 1867 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
    • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
    • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
    • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

Day of marriage October 9, 1889

  • The temperature on October 9, 1889 was about 9.4 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
    • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
    • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.

Day of death September 27, 1908

  • The temperature on September 27, 1908 was between 5.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
    • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
    • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
    • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.


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