Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Edward Wright
and Elizabeth Lucy (Lunt) Wright
Sister of
Russell E Wright and Ralph Oscar Wright
Wife of
Charles Ager
— married
19 Dec 1935 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jean (Ager) Campbell
Died
at age 86
in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Bernice Wright was born in 1910 and was the daughter of Thomas Wright and Elizabeth Lunt . She taught Sunday school at church and was a pianist for Huntersville United Methodist Church. She was a grange member for Allegheny Grange 1843 and enjoyed gardening and canning. She passed away in 1994 at her daughter's house. [1]
Bernice (Wright) Ager is buried in Webster Cemetery.
Census
- 1910
- location: Mill Creek, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA
- occupation: none
- family
- Thomas E Wright 35
- Elisabeth L Wright 34
- Russel E Wright 14
- Ralph O Wright 8
- Bernice E Wright 0 [2]
- 1920
- Location: Mill Creek Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation: none
- Family:
- Thomas Wright, 45
- Elizabeth Wright , 43
- Bernice Wright, 9
- 1930
- Location: Mill Creek Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation: Weaver
- Family:
- Thomas Wright, 55
- Elizabeth Wright , 53
- Bernice Wright, 20
- 1940
- Location: Wolf Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation: house wife
- Family
- Charles N Ager, 31
- Bernice E Ager, 30
- John T Ager, 31
- Jean A Ager, 0
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Christine Preston, Aug 1, 2011
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDN-PZW : accessed 22 February 2022), Thomas E Wright, Mill Creek, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1372; FHL microfilm 1,375,385.
- Christine Preston, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Christine and others.
- Williamsport Sun-gazette Obituary
- Find A Grave: Memorial #61508839
- Monumental inscription. United States. Webster Cemetery, Huntersville. 1994(b. 1910) Ager, Bernice. GPS: DATA HERE. Photographed by: Chrissy Preston: 2017
- 1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - 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, Reco
- 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,
- 1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bernice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bernice:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bernice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bernice:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
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