Brief Life History of Herbert Henry
When Herbert Henry Wright was born about 1874, in Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Grebby Wright, was 33 and his mother, Augusta Bland, was 26. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Jennie Rose Iremonger. He lived in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Wheeler, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 5 August 1963, in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States, at the age of 90.
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- Herbert Wright, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Herbert H Wright - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Herbert H Wright
- Herbert Wright in entry for Herbert Charles Wright, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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