James Wright

Brief Life History of James

When James Wright was born on 15 October 1883, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, William Shields Wright, was 48 and his mother, Jennet Robertson, was 31. He died on 11 May 1886, at the age of 2, and was buried in Midway City Cemetery, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Shields Wright
1835–1914
Jennet Robertson
1852–1919
Arthur Wright
1875–
John E. Wright
1876–1881
John Wright
1877–1881
William David Wright
1881–1960
James Wright
1883–1886
Violet Irene Wright
1887–1962
Charles Shields Wright
1889–1962

Sources (7)

  • James Wright, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James Wright, "BillionGraves Index"
  • James Wright, "BillionGraves Index"

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1886

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

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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