William Bert Wright (1867 - 1948)

Born 5 Jul 1867 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Edna Earl (Howe) Wright — married 5 Apr 1888 in Kaufman, Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1948 at age 81 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Biography

William Bert Wright was born on July 5, 1867 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. He died on July 21, 1948 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. He is buried in the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States ^[1][2]

An 1870 census shows him at age 4 living in Township 15 Range 6, Attala, Mississippi, ^[3]

An 1880 census of Mitchells Mills, Attala, Mississippi, USA shows him at age 14 living with his grand mother Jenny Palmer.^[4]

William married Edna Earl Howe on April 5, 1888 in Kaufman, Texas, USA. ^[5]

A 1900 Kaufman County, Texas census shows him age 32 living with his wife Edna E. (26) and their children: Agga M Wright (11), William C Wright (16), Bertie A Wright (6) and Carrie E Wright (1). ^[6]

A 1910 Jack County, Texas census shows William age 47 living with his wife Edna (36), and their children William C Wright (19), Bertie A Wright (17), Carrie Wright (11), Ola Wright (9), Jewel Wright (7), Georgia Wright (5), and Leo Wright (0). ^[7]

A 1920 Place: Bentley, Atoka, Oklahoma census shows William age 56 living with wife Edna (47), and their children Ola Wright (19), Georgia B Wright (14), Leo A Wright (11), Bertha Wright (9), Wilbur J Wright (7), Stella G Wright (3), and Clifford L Wright (0). ^[8]

An Arizona death certificate shows a divorced William died on July 21, 1948 in Maricopa County, Arizona. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave 92779353
2. ↑ Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
3. ↑ 1870; Census Place: Township 15 Range 6, Attala, Mississippi; Roll: M593_722; Page: 19A; Family History Library Film: 552221 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. USA.
4. ↑ 1880; Census Place: Mitchells Mills, Attala, Mississippi; Roll: 641; Page: 83A; Enumeration District: 016. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
5. ↑ Kaufman County Clerk's Office; Kaufman, Texas; Kaufman County Marriage Records
6. ↑ 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Kaufman, Texas; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1241651. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
7. ↑ 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Jack, Texas; Roll: T624_1567; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375580. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
8. ↑ 1920; Census Place: Bentley, Atoka, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1452; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 1 Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9. ↑ Arizona Department of Health Services; Phoenix, AZ, USA Source Information:Ancestry.com. Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Arizona Department of Health Services. Arizona Death Records.