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....pretty sure that the 1843 marriage isn't John Baker Wright (see previous post) - looks like there has been a translation mistake and this is John Daken Wright.

cheers

Tony

Hello Ambly,

This is good stuff - it effectively rules out the 1843 Marriage - for which I was contemplating buying the certificate to see if the marriage was to Sarah Hobson.

As (my) John Wright and Sarah Hobson had their first child (John) in 1839 i would have expected their marriage to be prior to this.

Your lead from the 1851 census could be good also - 'gentleman' could be a term used for a Solicitor and again in 1851 (like 1841) Sarah is shown with the children but no John.

Unless I can find any more John Wrights in both the 1841 and 1851 census (without family and being a Solicitor)?

Are you able to find a John Wright (married to Henrietta) in the 1861 cencus with a birthplace (which matches Thames Ditton Surrey)? and being a Solicitor?

cheers

Tony Wright

thanks for this

....also (circumstantial i know) i see William Wright and Susannah Sophia Wright (nee: ) who we believe to be the parents of John Baker Wright - had other children (Frances Jane Hester Wright b 1818 and George Hayes Wright b. 1819).

It may be coincidence but my John Wright (who I hope is John Baker Wright) also had children he named Frances and George?

William and Susannah also had child William Wright b. 1820 - this William could be the one shown on the 1841 census as a clerk with John Wright solicitor (at New Broad St city).

I wonder if John Baker Wright may have divorced Sarah Wright (nee Hobson) between 1849 and 1857 - was divorce possible back then?

cheers

Tony

Hello,

I understand from another rootschatter (chat title: Who was Sarah?) that Sarah is shown on a number of census after 1861 (i don't have access to these).

I don't know if she has ever been shown with a profession or not?

cheers

Tony

Hello,

I don't think a marriage certifcate has ever been found for Sarah Hobson to either John Wright or Joseph Algar.

I have the feeling (based on no known facts) that Sarah married John at some stage but never married Joseph and that maybe she said she was a widow in 1851 but was separated from John and he was still alive.

Maybe John remarried Henrietta and JBW is still my guy! There is also a marriage for John Baker Wright 1843 Starnd London - but I don't know who this marriage was to?

cheers

Tony Wright