Brief Life History of Eizabeth
When Eizabeth Wright was born in 1845, in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Ferdinand Wright, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Bonser, was 20. She married William Dudley on 14 May 1871, in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Selston, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died in 1891, in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 46.
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- Elizabeth Dudley in household of William Dudley, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Elizabeth Wright, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
- Elizabeth Wright in household of Sarah Wright, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
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World Events (3)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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