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Dear Alamar

Thankyou for your response, have also e-mailed a bookshop in the general area to see if they can help.

Wishing you and your family a merry xmas from the uk

Sue Baker

Hi Rosaleen
Just picked up your message. At long last another bod researching the Wright family!! Don't know if the following is any help but here goes.
Great Great Grandfather Alfred Wright born St Georges Middx 1847 married Harriet Susannah (Potter) born Frittenden Kent 1850, believed married in London c1870. Children - Alfred Thomas born 1871 Brede Sussex, James Edward? born 1873 Withyham Sussex, Sidney Arthur ( my Great Grandfather ) born 1876 St Just in Penwith Cornwall, Herbert Walter born 1878 St Gerrans Cornwall, Alice Mary born 1879 St Newlyn East Cornwall, Archie Wilfred born 1882 Lanceston Cornwall, Margaret Cowan born 1884  Dodbrooke Devon, Annie Mabel born 1886 Chudleigh Devon, Ada Beatrice born 1888 Weymouth Dorset, Nellie May born 1890 Pickering North Yorkshire.
Best Regards Sue, what rellie are you to the above please.

I have recently obtained my Great Grandparents marriage certificate and it would appear that one of the witnesses was Walter Marks (born in Reigate?). The groom's address was given as Sydney Cottage Frenches Road Redhill ( think this should be Reigate) and I think that Walter may have married the groom's sister Annie Mabel Wright. My Great Grandparents names were Sidney Arthur Wright and Florence Louise Laurence. They married at the parish church in Salehurst, East Sussex in 1906. Unfortunately Sidney died before the birth of his second daughter Stella Frances Beryl Wright in April 1912 and I believe his death was registered in Reigate in the first quarter of that year.
If anyone can shed some light on this for me I would be very grateful as, although one of 11 children, I am having great difficulties in tracing any of the Wright descendants. Thankyou for your time  Sue

I am seeking info on my great grandfather's family who I believe resided in Charles Street Maidstone in 1901. Harriett Susanna Wright is living at 26? Charles Street along with 6-7 of her youngest children. My Great Grandfather Sidney was, at this time in the Royal Engineers in South Africa during the Boer War and one of his brothers Herbert Walter Wright was in the police force in Dartford. Harriett's husband Alfred does not appear to be living with her at this time.

Anyone who can help solve the mystery of the missing Wrights or perhaps point me in the right direction would be most welcome, as my tree has come to a full stop at present, and there must be some living descendants somewhere.

Thank you for your time. Sue

Hi Caz

My, you have been very busy, and thankyou so much for the info you have provided.
I wonder if Alfred, like his younger brother Sidney, also went into the Boer War. Are there any records like Cwgc I could consult?
With regard to his possible death, I do know that there was a lot of TB during this time, although he could have been wounded in Boer War and shipped home on one of the many hospital ships. If it is him, how sad to die so young.
Ada Beatrice was indeed one of my relatives, a younger sister to my Great Grandfather Sidney. I Suppose it was inevitable that, amongst 11 children, there would be one at least who died in childhood.

Thankyou again for your kind assistance sue