Harold Mansfield Wright (1915 - 1936)

Born 12 Oct 1915 in Alberta, Canada

Ancestors

Died 8 Jun 1936 at age 20 in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada

Biography

Harold was born in 1915. He was the son of Charles Wright and Bertha Johnson. He passed away in 1936.

Obituary

From a newspaper, presumably in Lloydminster: Funeral service was held in Grace United Church on Thursday, June 11th, [1936] for the late Mr. Harold Mansfield Wright, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Wright of Burmis, Alberta. Mr. Wright had been a patient in the Lloydminster hospital for about a month, and death came unexpectedly from a heart attack on Monday, June 8th. The deceased had been in delicate health from the age of five, when he suffered from an attack of scarlet fever, to the time of his death at 20 years. He had resided in the Kinnaird and Streamstown districts, with a short residence in Burmis. For reasons of health he returned to the Kinnaird district, living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wright. He had borne his sickness with great patience, and by his kindly disposition and sterling character made a wide circle of friends, a large number of whom attended to pay their last respects to one who will be sadly missed............immediate relatives: Father and mother, of Burmis, Alberta; brothers George, Calvin and Kenneth, and sisters Alice and Hazel, all residing at Burmis; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph wright, of Field, B. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sowerby [later, Byron and Tracy Sheridan] (sister); of Vancouver, B. C.; and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wright of Kinnaird, Alberta. Family story: Harold and someone else were driving to Field and when they came to a railroad crossing the car tipped over. the metal of the car made contact with the rails, setting off the crossing bell. He thought it was an approaching train and the thought sent him into shock because of his heart condition and that started his decline to death.

Sources

"Canada Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5B-KX2 : 5 November 2014), Lloyd Wright in household of Charles Wright, Alberta, Canada; citing p. 27, line 17; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,967.

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33W7-RYZ : accessed 4 April 2018), entry for Harold Mansfield /Wright/; "Ralph Hall - Shirley Brand" file (2:2:2:MMD8-W1F), submitted 3 November 2013 by Ralph_L_Hall [identity withheld for privacy].