William Franklin Wright

Brief Life History of William Franklin

When William Franklin Wright was born on 6 July 1853, in Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Wright, was 37 and his mother, Ann Hagerty, was 33. He married Mary Marinda Hanchett in 1878, in Fillmore, Andrew, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Lincoln, Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada in 1901 and Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 6 November 1914, in Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Franklin Wright
1853–1914
Nancy Ellen Player
1853–1914
Marriage: 9 March 1891
Hazel Kirk Wright
1892–1896
Katherine Glenn Wright
1895–1978

Sources (13)

  • William F Wright, "United States Census, 1910"
  • William F Wright, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • William Franklin Wright, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Historical Boundaries: 1863: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1865: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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