Jonathan Calkins Wright

Brief Life History of Jonathan Calkins

When Jonathan Calkins Wright was born on 29 November 1808, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Peter Bice Wright, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Shead, was 29. He married Rebecca Wheeler on 1 March 1838, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1851. He died on 8 November 1880, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Calkins Wright
1808–1880
Mary Jane Neeley
1833–1909
Marriage: 24 February 1852
Peter Wright
1853–1853
Lorenzo Snow Wright
1854–1885
Lehi Wright
1856–1930
Brigham Wright
1857–1934
Rachel Wright
1859–1937
Wright
1860–1860
Mortimer Wright
1862–1894
Seth Wright
1864–1885
Moses Jonathan Wright
1867–1919
Cornelius Wright
1868–1899
William Wilford Woodruff Wright
1869–1871
Mary Wright
1873–1874
Benjamin Franklin Wright
1875–1905

Sources (136)

  • Jonathan C Wright, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Jonathan Calkins Wright, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Jonathan C. Wright, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1825

Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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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Jonathan Calkins Wright by son Brigham Wright written 1931

Jonathan Calkins Wright was a son of Peter Bice Wright and Elizabeth Shed and born Nov. 29, 1808 in the town of Rome, Onieda County, New York. He lived there until about the year 1828 when he moved …

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