James Wright 1869 and Family

[gill14]

Hi ,
Hope someone can help, looking through some old photo's found a photo of James Wright and his family probably taken between 1910-1920 in philadelphia. Didn't even know I had Family that had emigrated, My mother said it is my great grandmothers brother.
I know from the photo the names of the children and found on the federal census 1910 what looks like the family

James Wright aged 41
James                      20
Harey                       13
Isabelle                      9
Marie                          7

No Wife but on the photo I have their is also no wife maybe's died after Marie was born.
 How can I find more infomation out? tried the immgration lists but cant find him.
please help


regards Gill

[suzard]

Where were the children born???

Have you checked the 1900 census for James and son James??

With the loarge age gap between some of the children there is also the possibility James was married twice -and both wives died???

Suz

[*Sandra*]

1900 Census Philadelphia Ward 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James Wright 30 Born England. Immigrated 1887 Married 13 years. Blacksmith. AL (Not applied for Naturalization)
Mary Wright 29 Born England. Had 4 children and 2 survive
James Wright 10 Born PA. June 1889.
Henry Wright 3 Born PA Jan 1897

1910 Census Philadelphia Ward 19, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James Wright 41 Born England. Immigrated 1887. Widowed.
James Wright 20
Harey Wright 13
Isabelle Wright 9
Marie Wright 7
 
 

 
 
 

[*Sandra*]

1920 Census Philadelphia Ward 26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James Wright 51 Born England Widowed. Immigrated 1888. Naturalized 1900. Blacksmiths shop
Isabelle Wright 19 Born PA. Clerk. Dept Store.
Marie Wright 17
John Wright 15
 
 
 

[*Sandra*]

1930 Census Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William H Titus 73
Elonior Titus 33
James Wright 61 Boarder.  Born England. Widowed. (Age at first marriage was age 19 years) Immigrated 1888. Naturalized. Blacksmith at shipyard.
 
 
 

[*Sandra*]

Henry Wright was born Jan 1897 according to the 1900 Census.

WW1 Draft

Henry Joseph Wright born 8 Jan 1897 Morristown. PA. Residing 2523 Mole Street. Philadelphia. PA
Native of the United States. Father born England. The name of employer was US Government. League Island Navy Yard. Name of nearest relative was James Wright at the same address. No physical distinguishing marks.

Dated June 5th 1918

[*Sandra*]

SSDI Index

Harry Wright
Born: 2 Jan 1897
Died: Apr 1983
Last Residence: 17061  Millersburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

[gill14]

thanks for all the information.
Been trying to find which ship he came to America on but none tie up with the dates, it looks as so he married just before he left. So I start looking for that as well

Gill

[*Sandra*]

Hi Gill,

Apologises - I went back to check the 1900 Census and Mary was born May 1871 IRELAND not England and she immigrated in 1887 according to that census.

Not sure if you aware of the sites below but they give Census and some other records

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails&c=fs%3A1388247

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails&c=fs%3A1320976


Sandra