George Alexander Wright

[conahy calling]

Some unusual variations of Wright
Right
Ryte
Whright
Wrighte
Write
Got these on following link
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/

Just enter surname in box, click "Go".  The list of variants will be along on right hand side.

[tom mix]

Thanks!!
Another path to walk down! 

Alan

[Shane H]

I expect the Ipswich barge skipper George Alexander Wright will be my 2x Great Grandfather of that name, who was a barge skipper operating out of Ipswich and nearby Pin Mill. He drowned in the River Orwell in 1916, after going overboard from his barge 'Pride of Ipswich'. The only potential problem is that he wasn't born until 1856, so he would have been very young to skipper a barge in 1870.

[Shane H]

Just checking further, my great-great-grandad George Alexander Wright had an uncle of the same name (who lived 1820-1913 and was also a barge ), so the 1870 news item is undoubtedly referring to the uncle. He was master on-board the barge Ann docked at London in the 1871 census.