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Hi
Looking for help to find John & Jane Wright I think they were married in Wakefield, Yorkshire 1846. John born c1827 and Jane c1826. They migrated to Australia on the Fatima 1850 and Jane gave birth onboard to her first son (I believe) Richardson John Wright.
Thats all I've been able to find out I'm in Australia and John & Jane are my x5 great grandparents any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Diana
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Hello,
Is this the marriage?
John Wright 19 yrs - father Abraham, labourer and Jane Wright, 18 yrs, father George, a bricklayer.
26th April 1846. Wakefield, St John the Baptist
Heywood
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If that is the couple, Jane is living with parents George and Mary with siblings in Pincheon Street, Wakefield in 1841 1272 / 16/ 24
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Hi thats all I really know before them coming to Australia (although Johns Occupation was a labourer when he migrated) and their children here were christened in a baptist church and they the right age so sounds like them ;D thank you!
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There is a published tree which seems to indicate that Jane's whole family emigrated, possibly on the Stag in 1850.
George and Mary died in Goolwa SA. Does that fit?
George's wife- Mary Ann Crooks
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This looks interesting
Marriage. 7th June 1821 Wakefield All Saints
Abraham Wright of Sandall Magna and Mary Richardson of the parish
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Hi
I never knew much before they came to Australia (may have found their parents now thanks to Heywood) They lived in Norwood, and Stirling as far as I've found out .. That marriage of Abraham and Mary Richardson would explain how the first son got his name..
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I am also a descendant of George and Mary Wright and John and Jane Wright. My great grandfather Richardson John Wright was born on the Barque Fatima two weeks before it arrived in Australia. I have researched the families in Australia and although I know that both George's family and John and Jane arrived in Adelaide at the same time (on different boats) and I can follow Richardson John's tragic life I know nothing of George and his family in South Australia. Can anyone help? Also I have a death of a Jane Wright at Stirling many years after her husband, but wonder who she was then living with and if this was my relative.
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Hi PMRR, We must be related then 😊 I would love to hear your stories, I have a little info on Richardson & his family as well as his parents.
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Yes Diana. We are certainly related. My father was Lewis Wright, son of Herbert Wright, who was the first child of Richardson John. Until recently we have known little of my grandfather"s family as he was an orphan when he married and no family talk has come down through the generations. Where does your relationship come in?
Trish
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My great great grandfather is William Henry Wright (Richardson John's brother) my mother actually done most of the family tree (she died when I was young) the info she had put together didn't include Richardson's birth but had him as a child. Instead William Henry as the one who was born on the ship as there was another William Henry Wright born in that year (different person) and none listed for my William Henry Wright (unsure why and he was baptised in 1852). I have a bit of info on the family (where they lived, marriage, buried etc) Seems this family didn't talk much about previous generations (maybe more than a few secrets I'm thinking!) I found that William Henry's wife's mother wasn't married when she was born and appears to have changed when she came to Australia.
Interesting to compare notes if your interested
Diana
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I am descended from George via his son Frank (Francis) and I have records of that branch - most of the living descendants that I am aware of live in NSW.
I have Y-DNA tests which may help with matching records - Y-DNA changes slowly and there are very few matches worldwide for this line.
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My great great grandfather is William Henry Wright (Richardson John's brother) my mother actually done most of the family tree (she died when I was young) the info she had put together didn't include Richardson's birth but had him as a child. Instead William Henry as the one who was born on the ship as there was another William Henry Wright born in that year (different person) and none listed for my William Henry Wright (unsure why and he was baptised in 1852).
The SA records I have found indicate that "Wm Hy" is the probable name of the child born at sea. In which case where does Richardson come from because he has no birth or entry record that I can find.
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Wow, this is an old post, and I only just discovered it. I believe I am a descendant of George Wright and Mary Ann Crooks, who came to South Australia on the Stag. I believe Jane, their daughter, married another Wright called John, and they came out on the Fatima.
George and Mary Ann had a son called George William Wright, and I am descended through him. He married a Catherine Moran. Would love to exchange/share information with any of you.