John Henry Wright (1890 - 1936)

Born 20 Feb 1890 in Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Kate Sylvia Fenemore — married 6 Mar 1918 in Registry Office, Fulham District, County of London

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1936 at age 46 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Birth

John Wright was born on 20 Feb 1890 in Newington Surrey England ^[1]

Christening

He was Christened on 6 Apr 1890 in St Matthew, Newington, Southwark, Middlesex ^[2]

Census

1901 census ^[3]

John Wright Head Male 39 Newington, Surrey London

Emma Wright Wife Female 34 Newington, Surrey

John Wright Son Male 11 Newington, Surrey

Arthur Wright Son Male 9 Camberwell, London

Margaret Wright Daughter Female 6 Camberwell, London

1911 census ^[4]

John Wright Head Male 49 St Mary Newington, Surrey

Emma Elizabeth Wright Wife Female 44 St Mary Newington, Surrey

John Henry Wright Son Male 21 Kennington, Surrey

Arthur Charles Wright Son Male 19 Camberwell, Surrey

Margaret Ellen Wright Daughter Female 16 Camberwell, Surrey

Residence

Residence:

Date: 6 Apr 1890

Place: Camberwell, Surrey, England^[5]

Residence:

Date: Apr 1891

Place: Walworth, Newington, Surrey, England^[6]

Residence:

Date: 31 Mar 1901

Place: Edmonton London England ^[7][8]

Residence:

Date: 1914/1916

Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada^[9]

Residence:

Date: 1914

Place: Orangeville Ontario Canada ^[10]

Residence:

Date: 1916

Place: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada^[11]

Residence:

Date: 7 May 1921

Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ^[12]

Event

Event:

Type: Education

Date: 29 Mar 1897

Place: Mina Road School, Southwark, London, England^[13]

Event:

Type: Education

Date: 1903

Place: Eldon School, Edmonton, Middlesex, England ^[14]

Event: Enlisted February 16, 1916 in 12th C R Troops -Private, reg #721978, at $3.00 day,

Type: Military Service

Date: 16 Feb 1916

Place: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada^[15]

Event: patient in Christie Street Military Hospital -partial stroke, invalid on disability pension, wife worked as a bookkeeper

Type: Illness

Date: Mar 1920

Place: Toronto Ontario Canada ^[16]

Emigration

Emigration:

Date: 28 Mar 1914

Place: Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada^[17]

Occupation

Occupation:

Date: 1921

Note

Note: John is described in his Military attestation papers as being a farmer, five foot, ten inches tall, 157 lbs, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair. His religion is noted as Church of England. John stated that he was in the Reserve Militia prior to enlisting.

John Henry was born in Newington, Surrey. Between the ages of 5 and 10, his parents moved to Edmonton, a busy area soon to become a part of the greater city of London.

His father, John Henry Wright Sr, married Emma Elizabeth Walker on Dec 23 1888, (Happy anniversary time!), at St Jude's Church in the parish of St George the Martyr in the county of Surrey. I have a photocopy of the marriage certificate.

John Henry Wright Sr had trained as a stationer's assistant and then became a paper envelope cutter ...everything was done by hand at that time and it was a craftspersons trade to cut special envelopes.

John Henry Jr was the first of their 3 children.

After Emma died in 1913, John Henry Wright Sr emigrated to Canada with his three children. The two boys went to work on farms as labourers while John found a place to live in downtown Toronto with his daughter Margaret and his sister-in-law Alice Walker who had accompanied them to Canada and was their housekeeper. The family was split up when they arrived in Canada due to a "one man one city" policy. John's daughter believes that John Henry went to Edmonton and maybe even attended the University of Edmonton, Arthur went to Winnipeg where he worked for the T Eaton Company and Margaret worked on a farm and ran the kitchen. It was also believed that the indirect cause of Margaret's (Maggie's) death in 1920 was the Spanish flu.

When the war broke out, both John & Arthur were in Winnipeg area and enlisted there. Both were sent to England and then on to France to fight.

John Henry became ill with terrible lung problems due to the living conditions while the solders fought. He was exposed to gas which damaged his lungs.

He was sent back to hospital in England twice to recover and then went back to fight. Finally he had to be discharged because of his health.

While he was in England, either for his recovery or on leave, he met Kate Sylvia Fenemore and married her March 6 1918 in the registry office in Fulham before he returned to active duty. Kate continued to live with her family in Fulham while John went back to active service. By June 1919, Kate realized that she was pregnant and like many war brides, traveled alone to Canada to meet her husband's family and have her child in the country of her new husband,

John Henry was discharged from active service February 18 1920 and returned to Toronto where he was treated at Christie Street Military Hospital for his lung problems and a partial stroke. He worked on small jobs for the rest of his life but received a small disability pension as he could not work full time any more and continued to suffer from the damage to his lungs.

He died in Feb 24 1936 in Toronto and is buried in the veteran's section at Prospect Cemetary. http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/pre-planning/cemeteries/properties/p has a picture of the veteran's memorial and a brief write up. Every year the first ceremony of the day in Toronto is held on Remembrance Day at this memorial. John Henry's grave marker is an official flat marker in the ground in the circle around the monument.

John's brother Arthur was taken prisoner during the war and suffered poor treatment in a prisoner of war camp. After he was released at the end of the war, he returned to Winnipeg and married.

Shortly after John returned to Canada, where he was hospitalized, his young sister Margaret died on April 21 1920 from tubercular meningitis. She was buried on April 24 1920 in Prospect Cemetery. The family was desolated by her death. She was not yet 26 years old.

In September 1920, with John Henry still unfit to travel, Kate took her new son John home to England to be christened in St Paul's, Hammersmith, London, and to see her family.

John Henry Wright and his wife Kate bought their home at 5 Newman Avenue in Toronto in 1924. They were living there when John Henry died and Kate continued to work and live there and raise her children on her own after his death. Kate was a strong woman who had worked and looked after her children and her husband. She was very involved in the running of the local chapter of the Royal Canadian Legion and found it to be a great resource and emotional support.

Marriage

Husband: John Henry (Jr) Wright

Wife: Kate Sylvia Fenemore

Marriage:

Date: 6 Mar 1918

Place: Registry Office, Fulham District, County of London^[18]

Husband: John Henry (Sr) Wright

Wife: Emma Elizabeth Walker

Child: John Henry (Jr) Wright

Marriage:

Date: 23 Dec 1888

Place: St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England^[19]

Death

He passed away on 24 Feb 1936. (source needed) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ^[20][21]

Burial

He was buried on 27 Feb 1936 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada^[22]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S7 Note: John's date of birth confirmed in Attestation papers from enrollment in Canadian Army. CONT John's place of birth is from the 1901 census return 1901 census RG13 / 1264 page 21.
2. ↑ Source: #S48 Note: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Matthew, Newington, Register of baptisms, P92/MTW, Item 002 CONT Source Information: CONT Ancestry.com. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. CONT Original data: Board of Guardian Records, 1834-1906 and Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1906. London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts, London. Data: Text: London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1558&enc=1> �about John Henry Wright CONT Name: John Henry Wright CONT Record Type: Baptism CONT Date: 6 Apr 1890 CONT Father's Name: John Wright CONT Mother's Name: Emma Elizabeth Wright CONT Parish: St Matthew, Newington CONT Borough: Southwark CONT County: Middlesex CONT
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X963-H62 : 20 May 2019), John Wright in household of John Wright, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Edmonton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW52-8KN : 9 May 2019), John Henry Wright in household of John Wright, Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Source: #S48 Note: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Matthew, Newington, Register of baptisms, P92/MTW, Item 002 CONT Source Information: CONT Ancestry.com. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. CONT Original data: Board of Guardian Records, 1834-1906 and Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1906. London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts, London. Data: Text: London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1558&enc=1> �about John Henry Wright CONT Name: John Henry Wright CONT Record Type: Baptism CONT Date: 6 Apr 1890 CONT Father's Name: John Wright CONT Mother's Name: Emma Elizabeth Wright CONT Parish: St Matthew, Newington CONT Borough: Southwark CONT County: Middlesex CONT Address 33 Aldbridge St, Surrey Square, CONT
6. ↑ Source: #S22 Page: RG12 358/102 page 47 Data: Text: 33 Abright Street, Walworth, Newington, Surrey CONT John Wright, head, married, age 29, paper envelope cutter, born London Walworth CONT Emma Wright, wife, married, age 24, born London, Southwark CONT John Wright, son, age 1, born London Southwark
7. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: 1901 census RG13 / 1264 page 21
8. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: RG13 / 1264 Folio 15 page 21 Data: Text: John Wright, head, married, 39, envelope cutter, born Newington Surrey, CONT Emma Wright, wife, marrried, 34, born Newington Surrey CONT John Wright, son, 11, Newington, Surrey CONT Arthur Wright, son, 9, born Camberwell, London CONT Margaret Wright, daughter, 6, born Camberwell, London CONT CONT 12 Nelson Road, Edmonton, Middlesex
9. ↑ Source: #S5 Note: daughter Joy remembers bein told that John was assined to Edmonton upon arriving in Canada
10. ↑ Source: #S5 Note: Worked for a farmer (Dowdall) in Orangeville
11. ↑ Source: #S7 Note: John's address is noted on his Military Induction papers only as Winnipeg.
12. ↑ Source: #S5 Note: purchased 5 Newman Avenue, East York, Toronto 13, on May 7, 1921 for $3,500.00
13. ↑ Source: #S84 Note: Ancestry.com. London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project </handler/domainrd.ashx?Domain=CommunityDomain&url=/wap/dashboard.aspx> contributors. CONT Original data: School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Data: Text: London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1938&enc=1>�about John Henry Wright CONT Name: John Henry Wright CONT Age: 7 CONT Birth Date: 20 Feb 1890 CONT School: Mina Road School CONT Borough: Southwark CONT Admission Date: 29 Mar 1897 CONT Parent: John CONT Notes: Mina Road School (0569) opened in 1882. Remodelled in 1905. Closed or reorganised in 1939 CONT Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV08/MIN/AD/002 CONT
14. ↑ Source: #S6 Note: presentation copy of Darwin's Journal, given by the School Board for Edmonton, dated Midsummer 1903, as a prize for regular Attendance at Eldon Rd. Boy's School awarded to John Wright VI (may indicate grade), signed by C Orchard, Head Teacher and prepared by John Moule Clerk (of Edmonton School Board) and owned by his son, John Fenemore Wright CONT School Background- Eldon CONT Opened in 1899 by Edmonton School Board as an elementary school. After the 1944 Act the senior departments formed a mixed secondary modern school which eventually formed part of Salisbury School
15. ↑ Source: #S7 Note: Regimental number 721978 CONT Government of Canada Archives CONT RG 150 Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10605-27
16. ↑ Source: #S7
17. ↑ Source: #S73 Note: Passenger list of the Tunisian from findmypast.com Data: Text: Name: Mr J H WRIGHT CONT Date of departure: 28 March 1914 CONT Port of departure: Liverpool CONT Passenger destination port: Halifax, Canada CONT Passenger destination: Halifax, Canada CONT CONT Date of Birth: 1890 (calculated from age) CONT Age: 24 CONT Marital status: CONT Sex: Male CONT Occupation: Clerk CONT Passenger recorded on: Page 17 of 20 CONT CONT The following people are potential travelling companions from your search: - CONT CONT John WRIGHT Page 17 of 20 CONT A C Wright Page 17 of 20 CONT Miss M E Wright Page 17 of 20 CONT CONT Ship: TUNISIAN CONT Official Number: 111248 CONT Master's name: G Hamilton CONT Steamship Line: Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd CONT Where bound: Halifax, Canada CONT Square feet: 17160 CONT Registered tonnage: 6802 CONT Passengers on voyage: 642 CONT
18. ↑ Source: #S7
19. ↑ Source: #S2 Data: Text: 1888. Marrriage solemnized at St Jude's Church in the parish of St George the Martyr in the county of Surrey. CONT No. 423, December 23 1888, John Wright, 27, Batchelor, Stationer's assistant, Residence at time of marriage: 19 Fairford Grove, Kennington Lane; Father's name: John Wright, Engineer's labourer (deceased) CONT To Emma Elizabeth Walker, 21, spinster, (no profession entered); Residence at time of marriage: 19 Fairford Grove; Father's name: George Thomas Walker, baker CONT married in the church of St Jude according to the rites and Ceremonies of the Established church after Banns by me C H Clark, Curate. CONT this marriage was solemnized between us: John Wright and Emma Elizabeth Walker in the presence of us: CONT George Thomas Walker, Ellen Jane Walker
20. ↑ Source: #S9 Note: Records of the Mount Pleasant Group (cemeteries) show the date of death as February 24, 1936; the cause of death is recorded as Mitral Stenosis; the place of death was Christie Street Hospital.
21. ↑ Source: #S24 Note: Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. CONT Original data: CONT Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1936. MS 935, 576 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CONT Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. MS 944, 11 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CONT Archives of Ontario. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 5-10, 16, 21, 26-27. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Data: Text: Source Citation CONT Citation Information CONT Transcription of text Birth date: abt 1890 Birth place: England Death date: 24 Feb 1936 Death place: York, Ontario, Canada Residence date: Residence place: Ontario, Canada CONT Detail Roll: 31526_212007. CONT Date CONT Notes CONT Web Address <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=2910158&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt> CONT Source Information CONT Source Title (view source details </tree/12812232/source/856446026?pid=-114235907&cid=3387838534&aid=7096476635&pg=32772%2c32854&pgpl=pid%2cpid%7ccid>) Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 CONT Source Repository (view repository details </tree/12812232/repository/856390192?pid=-114235907&cid=3387838534&aid=7096476635&pg=32772%2c32854&pgpl=pid%2cpid%7ccid>) Ancestry.co.uk CONT
22. ↑ Source: #S9 Note: Recorded in the burial books for Mount Pleasant Group as record number 03-53852-1; Prospect Cemetery, Veteran's Grave No 1441, Section 7; Internment no 0039; Ground property of the Department of Pensions and National Health; Medical Attendant: O J S Little; Undertaker: Trull Burials; Name and Address of Deceased's Nearest Relation: Kate S Wright, 5 Newman Ave.

• Source: S22 Title: 1891 census
• Source: S24 Title: Death certificate
• Source: S3 Title: 1901 census transcription
• Source: S48 Title: Parish Records
• Source: S5 Title: Anecdotal
• Source: S6 Title: personal items
• Source: S7 Title: Military records
• Source: S73 Title: Passenger List
• Source: S75 Title: 1911 Census
• Source: S84 Title: School Admissions
• Source: S9 Title: Cemetary records

Acknowledgement

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.Wright-12628 was created by Kate Haushalter through the import of Wright John Henry 2014.ged on Aug 5, 2014.