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About Martha Wright

1820 British Settler

Martha Wright 3, together with her parents and young brother, were members of Turvey's Party of 61 Settlers on the Sir George Osborn.

Party originated from London.

Departed London - 16 March 1820. Arrival Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 17 June 1820. Final Port Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth - July 1820

Area Allocated to the Party : Trompetter's Drift Post - Albany

Children :

  • Martha Wright 3
  • William Wright 1

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Martha Wright in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com: Born 2 April 1817; baptized 4 May 1817 at Brunswick Chapel, Moss Street, Wesleyan Methodist, Liverpool. Parents William Wright and Rosa Stratford.

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Marriage : "South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-625B-FF?cc=1463648&wc=... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown > Baptisms, marriages, deaths 1826-1903 > image 293 of 306; Methodist Church of Southern Africa, 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-CSQX-W3D6-D?cc=2517051... : 27 April 2020), 007844949 > image 1613 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

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Martha Wright's Timeline

1817
April 2, 1817
Liverpool, England (United Kingdom)
1839
May 28, 1839
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1841
January 29, 1841
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1843
January 10, 1843
1844
October 6, 1844
1846
November 24, 1846
1848
November 20, 1848
November 20, 1848
Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa
1855
August 17, 1855
1857
September 1857
Eastern Cape, South Africa