Wright, James

Birth Name Wright, James
Gender male
Age at Death 56 years, 2 months, 4 days

Notes

Note

James Wright (1877): In the 1881 Census he is living at 140 Palmerston Street, South Shields with his mother, Uretta (there are many variations on her Christian name) and his four siblings. His father, also called James, died in 1882. His mother re-married, marrying Nilson John Rosengren,(from Sweden but a naturalized British subject) at the beginning of 1883. Uretta, (maiden name Uretta Emily Taylor) originally from Bath, died in South Shields in 1912. James Wright senior came from West Bromwich, Staffordshire and was the son of a farmer.

In the 1891 census there is a James Wright, aged 14, from South Shields, on board the HMS Wellesley, moored up at North Shields. She had been refitted as a reformatory school and served as "The Tyne Industrial Training Ship of Wellesley Nautical School" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Wellesley_(1815)). There is nothing to connect this James Wright to ours but it may be the same.

In the 1921 census, James, his wife Josephine (nee Wetherell) and four children have moved to Carlisle. James' step-father, Nilson John Rosenigren (aged 66) is also with them. They both work for S. W. Couling, a plumbers merchant, based in Blackfriars Street, Carlisle. Nilson is the store keeper, James the sales rep.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 16 Feb 1877 South Shields, Co. Durham Birth of James Wright 1a
Note

Birth of James Wright (1877); exact date from an Ancestry family tree.

Census 5 Apr 1901 South Shields, Co. Durham 1901 Census: James Wright (1877) Ironmongers Clerk living with mother, step-father, two siblings and niece 2a
Note

311 South Taylor Street, with Step-father (who was born in Sweden but British citizen) three full siblings

Census 2 Apr 1911 26 Coleridge Avenue, Low Fell, Gateshead, Co. Durham 1911 Census: James Wright (1877) Ironmongers Cashier, wife Josephine Wetherell and four children 3a
Census 19 Jun 1921 82 Aglionby Street, Carlisle, Cumbria 1921 Census: James Wright (1877) Plumbers Merchants Commercial Traveller with family 4a
Residence 1932 Roseneath, Bentinck Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1932: James Wright (1877) with his children and a maid 5a
Death 20 Apr 1933 Wooler, Northumberland Death of James Wright (1877) 6a
Note

Death of James Wright (1877): Left £3,314 to Josephine Wright (widow), and John Bell Wright and James Wright, plumbers' merchants. This is approximately £250,000 today.

Residence 20 Apr 1933 Roseneath, Bentinck Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland Residence of James Wright (1877) until his death 6a

Families

Family of Wright, James and Wetherell, Josephine
Married Wife Wetherell, Josephine ( * 18 Feb 1880 + 28 Oct 1952 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about Apr 1902 South Shields, Co. Durham Marriage of James Wright 1877) and Josephine Wetherell 7a
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Wright, Violet13 Aug 190223 Nov 1959
Wright, Bessie Cayabout Jul 190423 Nov 1941
Wright, John Bell16 May 19063 Aug 1964
Wright, James18 Oct 1908about Nov 1989
Wright, Josephine WetherellNov 1914about Jan 1935

Source References

  1. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright): England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
      • Date: 1877
      • Page: Birth of James Wright: South Shields Volume 10a Page 801
      • Birth of James Wright (1877)
  2. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901: 1901 England Census
      • Date: 31 Mar 1901
      • Page: 1901 Census: James Wright, mother, step-father and siblings: South Shields ED 72 Piece 4736 Folio 188 page 43
      • 1901 Census James Wright (1877)
  3. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911.: 1911 England Census
      • Date: 2 Apr 1911
      • Page: 1911 Census: Josephine Wetherell and James Wright: Gateshead, Registration District 557, Gateshead, ED 78 Piece 30488
      • 1911 Census Josephine Wetherell and James Wright
  4. © Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England.: 1921 England Census
      • Date: 19 Jun 1921
      • Page: 1921 Census: Josephine Wetherell & James Wright: Carlisle District 574 Sub-district 1 Enumeration District 8 RG15 Piece 25797 Schedule 222
      • 1921 Census Josephine Wetherell Wright and family
  5. Newcastle electoral registers. Tyne & Wear Archives, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974
      • Date: 1932
      • Page: 1932 Josephine Wetherell Wright, father and siblings: Newcastle upon Tyne, Register of Electors(West)
  6. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1861-1941
      • Date: 20 Apr 1933
      • Page: Death of James Wright (1877): Wooler, Probate 1 Aug 1933 Newcastle upon Tyne
      • Probate for James Wright (1877)
      • Citation:

        Death of James Wright (1877): "of Roseneath, Bentinck Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne died 20 Aug 1933 at Wooler... to Josephine Wright widow and John Bell Wright and James Wright plumbers' merchants. Effects £3314 9s 3d"

  7. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright): England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
      • Date: about Apr 1902
      • Page: Marriage of James Wright and Josephine Wetherell: South Shields Volume 10a, page 1239
      • Marriage of Josephine Wetherell and James Wright