Birth: April-May 1860 Balchin's Lane Cottages, Westcott, Surrey, UK
Father: William Wright 1828-1911
Mother: Caroline Steadman 1834-1912
Christening: 13 May 1860 Holy Trinity, Westcott, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 6 September 1890 Holy Trinity, Westcott, Surrey, UK
Wife: Alice Elizabeth Lee [Clark] 1859-1944
Death: April-June 1932 Dorking, Surrey, UK
Charles William Steadman Wright 1891-1978
Frederick Arthur James Wright 1893-1977
Cecil Edward P Wright 1895-1915
Kathleen Annie May Wright [Barton] 1897-1964
Elsie Sarah Alice Wright [Bone] 1899-1991
Ralph Wright 1906-1907
Birth of William Wright in FreeBMD in April-June 1860 in Dorking (2a 120).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Wright baptised 13 May 1860 in Westcott, Surrey, parents William and Caroline Wright.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for William Wright baptised 13 May 1860 in Westcott, Surrey, parents William and Caroline Wright. "Page 23 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Dorking District of Westcott in the County of Surrey in the Year 1860 [...] 1860 May 13th 1860 No. 184 William [parents] William, [a] labourer, and Caroline Wright [of] Westcott".
In the 1861 census as William Wright aged 11 months, born in Dorking, Surrey, and living with his parents (William and Caroline), sister (Alice) and a boarder (George Wright aged 5 and born in Epsom) in Balchin's Lane Cottages, Dorking, Surrey. Another family shared this address,
In the 1871 census as William Wright aged 10, born in Westcott, Surrey, a copse cutters labourer, and living with his parents (William and Caroline), two brothers (Edward and James), three sisters (Alice, Harriett and Mary), and a lodger (George Gadd aged 57, born in Newdigate Surrey, widowed and an agricultural labourer) in Thorndale Place, Dorking, Surrey.
In the 1881 census as William Wright aged 20, single, a garden laborer, and living with his parents (William and Caroline), two brothers (Edward Geo and James) and two sisters (Annie and Mary Jane) at Hawkins Farm, in a detached part of Hascombe on Hall Place Estate, Surrey.
Marriage of William Wright and Alice Elizabeth Clark in FreeBMD in July-September 1890 in Dorking (2a 276).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for William Wright aged 31, father William Wright, single, and Alice Elizabeth Clark on 6 September 1890 in Westcott, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for William Wright aged 31, father William Wright, and Alice Elizabth Clark on 6 September 1890 at Westcott, Holy Trinity. "Page 92 1892 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Westcott in the County of Surrey [Np.] 183 Septr 6th 1890 William Wright [aged] 31, [a] Bachelor [and] Labourer [of] Westcott, [father] William Wright [a] Labourer, [and] Anne Elizabeth Clark [aged] 31, [a] Widow [of] Westcott, [father] James Lee [a] Sawyer. married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [both signed their names] in the Presence of us Charles Hargraves Lee [and] Mary Jane Wright".
In the 1891 census as William Wight aged 30, born in Westcott, Surrey, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Alise E) in Victoria Road, Dorking, Surrey next door to his parents.
His five children were born in Westcott.
In the 1901 census as William Wright aged 40, born in Westcott, Surrey, a copse cutter's labourer, and living with his wife (Alice E), three sons (Cecil E, Charles W, and Frederick R A) and two daughters (Elsie E and Kathleen A) in Victoria Road, Dorking, Surrey next door to his parents.
His son was born in Guildford in 1906 and died in Dorking in 1907.
In the 1911 census as William Wright aged 50, born in Westcott, Surrey, a general labourer, and living with his wife (Alice Elizabeth), two sons (Cecil Edward and Charlie Willan), two daughters (Elsie Sarah and Kathleen Annie) and widowed mother-in-law (Elizabeth Lee) in five rooms at 2 Denbies Cottages, Watson Road, Westcott, Surrey.
There are eleven entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for William Wright address Watson Road, Westcott, Dorking, Reigate from 1919 to 1930, other occupants Alice Wright (wife?), and Vincent and Kathleen Barton (son-in-law and daugher?) from 1927, and entry for William Wright address Watson Road, Westcott, Dorking, Reigate in 1931, other occupants Alice Elizabeth Wright (wife?) and Vincent Bernard and Kathleen Annie May Barton (son-in-law and daughter?).
Death of William Wright in FreeBMD in April-June 1932 aged 72 in Dorking (2a 273).
There are eight entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Wright.
William Wright was the father of Kathleen Annie May Wright, wife of Vincent Bernard Barton, second cousin once removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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