Adam Henry Wright (1846 - 1930)

Born 6 Apr 1846 in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Flora May Anne (Cumming) Wright — married 6 Jan 1874 in Trenton, Ontario

Died 20 Aug 1930 at age 84 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Adam Henry was a medical doctor in Toronto, Ontario, who helped advance the field of obstetrics. In 1911 he was chairman of the Provincial Board of Health in Ontario.^[1]

He was the son of Henry Wright and Sarah Jane Webb. He married Flora Cumming in 1874.^[2](Witnesses to their marriage were Richard Zimmerman MD of Toronto and Jennie Wright of Colbourne.) They had two sons and three daughters.

He died in 1930 and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul Adolphus Bator, “WRIGHT, ADAM HENRY,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 26, 2020, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/wright_adam_henry_15E.html.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMN3-M5R : 11 March 2018), Adam Henry Wright and Flora Mary Anne Cumming, 06 Jan 1874; citing registration , Trenton, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,892.
3. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNYR-MYP : 26 March 2020), Adam Henry Wright, 20 Aug 1930; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, 006190, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,313,241.