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Walter Wright

Birthdate:
Birthplace: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death: May 10, 1925 (59-64)
Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Place of Burial: 326 Murimotu Road, Hunterville, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4785, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of George Wright and Jane Wright
Husband of Martha Matilda Wright
Father of Dorothy Gwendoline Thurston; Walter James Wright; Frederick Stanley Wright; William Henry Wright; Ethel May Robb and 6 others
Brother of Louisa Wright

Managed by: Robert Lloyd Upperton
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About Walter Wright

His Y-chromosome haplogroup is R-U106 (aka R-M405 or R-S21) according to his descendant Private 's DNA test (via analysis by Promethease of his AncestryDNA test).

He was a merchant sailor from London who escaped his ship in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Due to this he was likely somewhat secretive about date of birth etc. and his age on different documents such as marriage and death vary by a number of years, plus he unfortunately has a common name and comes from a big population centre. He was buried in Rangitira Cemetery, Hunterville - Section: Lawn, Block: 5, Plot number 11, Row B.

  • "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of "Matilda Floyd" and Walter Wright, Marriage certificate 1896/1696.
  • "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration of "Walter Wright". Age: 64 years. Death certificate 1925/10960.
  • "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZH-NNP : 10 August 2017), Walter Wright, 1925; citing Wanganui, Wanganui probates [third sequence], 1893-1979, record number 1925/34, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 005707040.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133634810/walter-wright: accessed 9 March 2023), memorial page for Walter Wright (1861–10 May 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133634810, citing Rangatira Cemetery, Hunterville, Rangitikei District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand; Maintained by Jo Cameron (contributor 47773644).
  • Rangitikei District Council Cemetery Database at https://www.rangitikei.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/database
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Walter Wright's Timeline

1861
1861
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1897
January 1, 1897
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
1899
April 11, 1899
Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
1901
September 25, 1901
Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
1903
November 6, 1903
Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
1906
May 7, 1906
Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
1909
April 24, 1909
Hunterville, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1910
March 19, 1910
Hunterville, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1912
April 30, 1912
Hunterville, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand