Mae (Cavanaugh) Wright
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Mary Winifred (Cavanaugh) Wright (1898 - 1985)

Mary Winifred (Mae) Wright formerly Cavanaugh
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of [private brother (1890s - 1940s)]
Wife of [private husband (1890s - 1940s)]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , [private son (1920s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died at age 87 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

My grandmother was born Mary Winifred Cavanaugh on May 10, 1898. Her parents were delighted to have a have a baby girl in addition to three year old son, William. (Their first born child, Marion, had died in infancy, cause and date unknown.) Her father, Patrick Cavanaugh died of pneumonia in 1899, at age 30, when my grandmother was only eight months old. Mary's childhood was not an easy one, watching her mother struggle to provide not only for Will and herself, but also for orphaned cousin, Johnny Cavanaugh.... They grew up at various addresses in Bridgeport. Mary graduated from St. Mary's in 1912 and quickly found employment in the yard goods department at Grants.

On April 20, 1920, she married Frank P. Wright, Jr. Frank, or "Perc" as he was called, was a widower with a two year old daughter, Eleanor. His first wife, Ella Murphy was lost during the Spanish flu pandemic in1918. My grandparents would add 4 more children to the family: Frank S. in 1921; Marian C. in1923; Robert J. in April 1929 and Shirley M. in April 1932. According to my mother and her siblings, their lives, even during the darkest days of the depression were comfortable, happy and always full of good food and music. Gram was an excellent cook who baked bread and deserts daily.

Mae Cavanaugh Wright died at 87, on November 19, 1985. [1]

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  1. First-hand information as remembered by Nancy Carr, Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
  • Certificate of Baptism, May 1898, St. Mary's Church, Bpt, CT
  • Certificate of Marriage, April 1920, St. Charles Church, Bpt, CT
  • US Federal Census, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1940, 1950
  • Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 Birth, Marriage & Death Name Mae W Wright Spouse Frank. Father Cavanaugh. Birth 10 May 1898 Connecticut Death 19 Nov 1985 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Residence Trumbull, Connecticut
  • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Birth, Marriage & Death Name Mae Wright Birth 10 May 1898 Death Nov 1985 Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Civil Connecticut.

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