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William Wright

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ireland
Death: March 05, 1891 (71-72)
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Place of Burial: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of William Wright, SV/PROG and Rosa Wright, SM/PROG
Husband of Frances (Fanny) Wright (Roman)
Father of William Stratford Wright; Adolphus Philip Henry Edwin Smithson Wright; Ada Margaret de Morgan; Fanny Barratt; Beatrice Baldestone and 1 other
Brother of Martha Wright; John Wright; Eliza Julia Greathead (Wright); Emily Wood Gadd (Wright); Charlotte Wood (Wright) and 3 others
Half brother of Emily Ayliffe

Occupation: Photographer
Managed by: Irene-Helen Ohlssen
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About William Wright

1820 British Settler

William Wright 1, together with his 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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William Wright's Timeline

1819
1819
Ireland
1845
1845
1855
1855
Peddie, Amatole, EC, South Africa
1891
March 5, 1891
Age 72
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1915
December 7, 1915
Lower Road, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa