Frederick Wright

4 April 1838–18 January 1908 (Age 69)
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

The Life Summary of Frederick

When Frederick Wright was born on 4 April 1838, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, his father, James Wright, was 50 and his mother, Mary Duncan Dusall, was 40. He married Margaret Eccles Thornton on 31 October 1860, in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 18 January 1908, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Wright
1838–1908
Margaret Eccles Thornton
1844–1908
Marriage: 31 October 1860
Frederick William Wright
1862–1938
Mary Ellen Wright
1864–1953
Samuel Wright
1866–1876
Elizabeth Wright
1868–1924
Margaret Ann Wright
1870–1944
Sarah Jane Wright
1873–1876
James Arthur Wright
1875–1924
Hugh Alexander Wright
1878–1971
Charles Gilbert Wright
1880–1948
Lucy Wright
1882–1962
Emma Adeline Wright
1884–1979
Agnes Bertha Wright
1886–1976
Joseph Edward Wright
1889–1971

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 October 1860Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1843
    Age 5
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
    1854 · The Crimean War
    Age 16
    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.
    1863
    Age 25
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Wrights
    Wrightsman
    Cartwright
    Wrightson
    Right
    McWright
    Wrightman

    Story Highlight

    Passing of a Pioneer

    The funeral services over the remains of Fred Wright Sr. Who died of asthma, at the home of his daughter. Mrs.Henry Cheever last Sunday, were held in the First Ward chapel Monday, January 20, 1908 …

    Sources (47)

    • Fredrick Wright in household of James Wright, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Fred W. Wright in entry for Elizabeth W. Taylor, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
    • Fred Wright, "United States Census, 1880"

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