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Rosa Wright (Stratford)

Also Known As: "Aycliffe"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Death: February 10, 1867 (74)
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Place of Burial: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Wife of James Ayliffe and William Wright, SV/PROG
Mother of Emily Ayliffe; Martha Wright; William Wright; John Wright; Eliza Julia Greathead and 5 others

Occupation: Built & endowed Christ Church, Grahamstown.
Managed by: Tony Camacho
Last Updated:

About Rosa Wright

1820 British Settler

Rosa Stratford 27, together with her husband William Wright 24, Ironmonger, together with their 2 children and servant Sally 14, 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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Under "Media" for this profile, see the following documents taken from Ancestry.com:

The marriage record for Rosa Ayliffe, widow, and William Wright, bachelor, married April 8, 1816, at St. Swithin, Walcot, Somerset. Note that two Turveys witnessed the marriage. Marriage took place in an Anglican church.

Also baptismal record for Martha Wright, first child born to Rosa and William Wright, baptized April 1817 in the Wesleyan chapel in Liverpool.

Also summary of death certificate from South African records, giving Rosa Wright's birth place, death date and place, and members of family as listed on document. Unfortunately, this is not the original document but a transcription of the information. She died at the home of her youngest child Rosa Bate in Grahamstown.

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Rosa Wright's Timeline

1792
December 25, 1792
Cork, Ireland
1814
1814
Walcot, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1814
Age 22
Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1817
April 2, 1817
Liverpool, England (United Kingdom)
1818
1818
Age 4
Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1819
1819
Ireland
1822
October 12, 1822
South Africa
1824
October 31, 1824
Sundays River, Cape, South Africa