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William WRIGHT

Male 1852 - 1924  (72 years)


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  • Name William WRIGHT 
    Birth 1852  Sproxton Helmsley Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1881 Census
    Gender Male 
    Death 1924 
    Burial 15 Nov 1924  Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry North Yorkshire CofE records Sowerby No 433 15th Nov 1924
      William Wright of Sowerby aged 74
    Person ID I26407  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2025 

    Father Richard WRIGHT,   b. 1830, Slingsby Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899 (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Ann SCOBY,   b. 1828, Oswaldkirk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1903 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1851  Helmsley Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry North Yorkshire CofE records Helmsley No 285 27th Nov 1851
      Richard Wright full age bat servant in husbandry of Sproxton son of William Wright labourer to
      Ann Scoby ful age spin of Wombleton dau of William Scoby labourer
      By banns; Richard signed; witnessed by Robert Wilson & John Stephenson
    Family ID F6850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane LISLE,   b. 1853, Borrowby Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1874  Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestry North Yorkshire CofE records St Oswald Sowerby No 222 26th Dec 1874
      William Wright aged 24 bat labourer of Sowerby son of Richard Wright labourer to
      Jane Lisle aged 22 spin of Sowerby no father noted
      By banns; both signed; witnessed by John Hall & Jane Wright
    Children 
     1. Esther Ann WRIGHT,   b. 1875, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933 (Age 58 years)
    +2. John WRIGHT,   b. 1878, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. James William WRIGHT,   b. 1880, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Fred WRIGHT,   b. 1882, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Elizabeth WRIGHT,   b. 1885, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary Jane WRIGHT,   b. 1887, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Arthur WRIGHT,   b. 1891, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892 (Age 1 year)
     8. Margaret WRIGHT,   b. 1893, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Edith Ellen WRIGHT,   b. 1896, Sowerby Thirsk Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F6832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2025 

  • Notes 
    • 1861 RG9 3627 34 at Church Lane Slingsby son single aged 9 born Helmsley B Moor
      1881 RG11 4820 101 at Main Street Sowerby head married shepherd aged 29 born Sproxton Helmsley
      1891 RG12 3982 83 at Back Lane Sowerby head married curriers labourer aged 39 born Sproxton
      1901 RG13 4547 106 at Sowerby head married curriers labourer aged 49 born Sproxton
      1911 RG14 29043 279 at Sowerby 4 rooms widower married 31 years 10 children born alive and 8 still living curriers labourer aged 59 born Sproxton Helmsley Also had Leonard gson aged 2 born Sowerby
      1921 RG15 23945 160 at Sowerby head widower curriers labourer for Gilling & Co aged 70 & 2 months born Sproxton