Hi everyone
Hmm, where to start. I think I will work my way backwards!
I have the WRIGHT family that end up in South Australia. They came across on ship Stag, 7th February 1850 / Plymouth 22nd February 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 11th June 1850.
Wright George 40 Carpenter - Yorks.
Mary 39
George 16
John 14
Francis 11
Jesse 5
William 3
Harry inf
From this information I went back and believe I found the right family on the 1841 census, living at Wakefield in Yorkshire. Except George was a bricklayer, rather than a carpenter as stated on the immigration record.
George Wright 30
Mary Wright 30
Jane Wright 14
George Wright 7
John Wright 5
Frank Wright 3
James Wright 7 Mo
Jane, the eldest daughter, married a man, who also happened to be another Wright, called John Wright, and they immigrated to Australia shortly after the rest of the family on the Fatima from London 17th January 1850 / Plymouth 13th February 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 11th June 1850.
On the 1841 census it says that George and Mary Wright were NOT born in Yorkshire. I guess they could have still been married there, though. I don't know. This is what I'm looking to find out - Mary's maiden name, where/when they married. Ideally I'd love to know where George was born.
I found a birth for George that I thought could be likely. His son, George Jnr, is later in life known as George William Wright, so perhaps George Snr was called that, too? I don't really know a way of confirming/disproving this.
George William Wright
Baptism 11 Jul 1813
Father Charles Wright
Mother Mary Wright
Parish Woolwich St Mary Magdalene
Greenwich
Again, I found two potential marriages for George and Mary, and don't really know how to go about confirming or denying them.
George Wright
and Mary Ann Ringshall
Marriage
1 Aug 1825
St Marylebone
Westminster
OR
George Wright
Marriage or Bann Date: 26 Dec 1826
Parish: Rothwell, Holy Trinity
Spouse Mary Ann Crooks
Well, I think that's all! Thank you to anyone in advance who has a look at this. I hope it's not too confusing.
Ande.
xxx