When Lyman Van Wright was born on 21 May 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Jonathan Calkins Wright, was 41 and his mother, Rebecca Wheeler, was 36. He died on 4 July 1850, in Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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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 NamesLyman Van Wright, born 21 May 1850 in Harris Grove, Harrison, Iowa; died 4 July 1850 in Grand Island, Nebraska. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial; Stone 1 (left side) Lyman was born to Jo …
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