Robert Lee Wright

11 October 1873–20 September 1927 (Age 53)
Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Robert Lee

When Robert Lee Wright was born on 11 October 1873, in Missouri, United States, his father, Marshall Wright, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Marion Yoachum, was 27. He married Hattie Chandler on 31 August 1896, in Hopkins, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Delta, Texas, United States in 1900 and San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 20 September 1927, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lee Wright
1873–1927
Hattie Chandler
1878–
Marriage: 31 August 1896
Lawrence Otto Wright
1898–1919
Aver Gladys Wright
1900–1929

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 August 1896Hopkins, Texas, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1874
    Age 1
    Historical Boundaries 1874: Tom Green, Texas, United States
    1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
    Age 3
    A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
    1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
    Age 21
    Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

    Name Meaning

    1 English, Scottish, and northern Irish: occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.2 Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Wainwright
    Wrights
    Wrightsman
    Cartwright
    Wrightson
    Arkwright

    Sources (9)

    • Robert Wright, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Robert Lee Wright in household of Marshall Wright, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Robt L Wright, "United States Census, 1910"

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