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Emily Wright (Brooks)

Also Known As: "Emma"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa
Death: June 27, 1892 (61)
King William's Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry William Brooks, Snr. SV/PROG and Sarah Brooks, SM/PROG
Wife of James Wright
Mother of Alfred Newton Wright; Ernest Walter Wright; Gertrude Bennetta? West; Thirza? Emmaline? Emila? Wright and Eugene James Wright
Sister of Caroline Thomas; Ellen Sanders; Sarah Wallace; Henry William Brooks; Edward Brooks and 5 others

Managed by: Jennifer Ann Goldhill
Last Updated:

About Emily Wright

Marriage : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-SWSR?cc=1468076&w... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Marriages 1849-1923 > image 48 of 269; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

April eighth 1856 1856, April eighth 1856 James Wright age: 25, status: Bachelor occupation: Carrier residence: Grahamstown and Emily Brooks age: 26, status: Spinster residence: Grahamstown were married St George's Cathedral at Grahamstown April eighth 1856 after Banns, by George Thompson This marriage was solemnized between us groom signature: James Wright bride signature: Emily Brooks witnessed by: [ ] Brooks, Mary Ann Brooks Transcriber remarks: [ ] Initial of witness illegible Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1849-1870, page 42, entry no 542. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 879-3 Pt 1. Transcribed by Lorraine Beechey and proof read by Brenda Gassner, from photographs by William Jervois and with the agreement of the Cory Library and the Archdiocese of Grahamstown

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Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-H963-W?cc=2517051... : 28 September 2018), 007844962 > image 1291 of 2055; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

  • DEPOT KAB
  • SOURCE MOOC
  • TYPE LEER
  • VOLUME_NO 6/9/307
  • SYSTEM 01
  • REFERENCE 1652
  • PART 1
  • DESCRIPTION WRIGHT, EMILY. NEE BROOKS. DEATH NOTICE.
  • STARTING 18920000
  • ENDING 18920000

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Emily Wright's Timeline

1831
March 16, 1831
Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa
1837
1837
Age 5
Methodist Church, Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa
1856
June 14, 1856
Collingham, District Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa
1863
1863
1892
June 27, 1892
Age 61
King William's Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
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