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Elizabeth "Betsy" Wright (Sharpe), SM/PROG

Also Known As: "Betsy", "Sharpe?", "Richards"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Possibly Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 10, 1874 (74-75)
Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Wife of Joseph Wright, SV/PROG
Mother of Harriet Foxcroft; Elizabeth Hulley; Elizabeth Ann Tarr; William Wright; James Wright and 4 others

Managed by: Ursula Haupt
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About Elizabeth "Betsy" Wright, SM/PROG

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Sharpe (1799 -)

Baptism

Marriage

  • x 2 Oct 1819 St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Joseph Wright, 1820 Settler (b. c 1798, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d. 15 Jun 1859, Queenstown District, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 60 years) )

1820 Settler

  • Joseph Wright 22 Framework knitter, together with his wife Elizabeth Sharpe 21, were members of Thomas Calton's Party of 167 Settlers on the Settler Ship Albury.
    • Party originated from Nottinghamshire.
    • Departed Liverpool, Lancashire, England: 13 February 1820.
    • Arrived Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 1st May 1820.
    • Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820.
    • Area Allocated to the Party : Torrens River - named Clumber after Clumber Park, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle, Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Committee

Children

  1. Harriet Wright, b. 20 Oct 1821, d. 1871, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age 49 years) x 26 Apr 1838 Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa William Foxcroft, 1820 Settler, b. 1812, d. 22 Jul 1889, South Africa (Age 77 years)
  2. Elizabeth Wright, b. 1824, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 11 Jan 1897, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 73 years) x 26 Dec 1842 Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Francis Turner Hulley, 1820 Settler, b. 1819, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England d. 12 May 1902, Willowdam, Mafeking District, North West, South Africa (Age 83 years)
  3. Anne Wright, b. 10 Feb 1830, d. 23 Apr 1910, Rocklands, East London district, Eastern Cape, South Africa Age 80 years) x 25 Sep 1849 Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa William John Tarr, b. 8 Sep 1829, d. 25 Apr 1917 (Age 87 years)
  4. William Wright, b. 19 Nov 1825, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 30 Apr 1888, Barkly West, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age 62 years) x 14 Feb 1854 Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Lucy Rachel Richardson, b. Abt 1835, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 6 Oct 1921, Barkly West, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age ~ 86 years)
  5. James Wright, b. 21 Apr 1828 x 10 Feb 1842 St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Caroline King, b. 14 Sep 1825, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  6. Mary Wright, b. 8 Nov 1832 x 19 Apr 1852 Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa Edward John Hiscock, b. 23 Jan 1830, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 13 Aug 1902, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years)
  7. Richard Wright, b. 25 Apr 1836
  8. John Wright, b. 8 Nov 1838
  9. Rosina Wright, b. Abt 1840, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 Oct 1917, Booysens, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age ~ 77 years) x Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa John Read, b. Abt 1839, Dorset, England d. 22 Jul 1910, Booysens, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age ~ 71 years)
  10. Wright

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Wright, SM/PROG's Timeline

1798
April 1, 1798
Caldbeck, Cumberland, United Kingdom
1799
1799
Possibly Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
1821
October 20, 1821
Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1824
1824
Clumber, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa
1825
November 19, 1825
1828
April 21, 1828
1830
October 2, 1830
Eastern Cape, South Africa
1832
August 11, 1832
Clumber, District Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1836
April 25, 1836
Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa