Irish Ancestry struggles

[MarthaA]

Thanks so much KG, that’s so helpful, I didn’t know her parents’ names but presume then that this would make her mother and father the Robert Wright and Margaret Leslie mentioned in the thread that were married in 1855 - which would make sense as she was born in 1862.

MarthaA

[DeafDoggy488]

Hello I am trying to trace descendants of the Wright family from Creenagh.

My Great Grandmother was an Ann Wright born circa 1862 into a farming family in Creenagh.

Ann had at least two siblings, a sister Emily and also brother William who married a Sarah Twaddle. I believe that William and Sarah had four children Leslie, Griffith, Charlotte and another daughter. From the scant else I know Charlotte may possibly have married a Pembrokeshire farmer and moved to West Wales.

Hoping that I can find out more as the William and Sarah mentioned in this thread it would seem are directly related to my Great Grandmother Ann Wright.

Many thanks,

MarthaA

Hi Martha, welcome.

I'm the original poster of this thread and I am one of the descendants of the Wright Family from Creenagh. My great grandparents were William Wright and Sarah Jane Twaddle. One of their children- Muriel was my paternal grandmother who was born in 1924 and passed away in 2011. When I started the research on my Irish family tree, I made a connection with a long lost relative who was descended  directly from Ann Wright and John Murtagh.

If you wish, I can help with more of these information and potentially link you to more long lost descendants?! Please private message me and I will see what I can do to help you.

[Kiltaglassan]

My great grandparents were William Wright and Sarah Jane Twaddle. One of their children- Muriel was my paternal grandmother who was born in 1924 and passed away in 2011.

For others viewing this thread, here are the two eldest children both born at Creenagh.

Robert born 28th April 1919
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1919/01239/1515054.pdf

Margaret born 4th September 1920
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1920/01199/1498835.pdf


KG

[DeafDoggy488]

My great grandparents were William Wright and Sarah Jane Twaddle. One of their children- Muriel was my paternal grandmother who was born in 1924 and passed away in 2011.

For others viewing this thread, here are the two eldest children both born at Creenagh.

Robert born 28th April 1919
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1919/01239/1515054.pdf

Margaret born 4th September 1920
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1920/01199/1498835.pdf


KG

Thanks for that. Although MarthaA may have got her family tree a bit  mixed up. She mentioned that William and Sarah (my great grandparents) had 4 children called Leslie, Griffith, Charlotte and another daughter. This is not wholly true. I will explain.

William and Sarah had 6 children- Robert, Margaret, John, Muriel, William, Leslie between 1919 and 1930.

HOWEVER, William had a paternal uncle, also called William Wright, who married a woman called Letitia Griffiths and they had 5 children together. One of their sons- Robert Wright (born 1883) had married a Charlotte McDowell and they had 4 children- Beatrice, Olive, Charlotte and Arthur.

I’m guessing that it must be from this particular branch that she got her information from. It’s certainly plausible that Robert and Charlotte would have another child called Griffith, named after Letitia Griffiths.

@MarthaA I would like to know where you got your original information from? It may help us to figure out whereabouts in the family tree you fit in.

[Kiltaglassan]

One of their sons- Robert Wright (born 1883) had married a Charlotte McDowell and they had 4 children- Beatrice, Olive, Charlotte and Arthur.

Marriage in 1915. Both from the townland of Gurteenorna.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1915/09832/5570059.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/longford/longford/clongesh/caldragh/gurteenorna/

One of the witnesses was Charlotte's sister Della.
Residents of a house 3 in Gorteenorna (Caldragh, Longford)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Caldragh/Gorteenorna/586942/

Births of the first three children. Beatrice's record links incorrectly but it has been reported.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qbv/


KG

[Kiltaglassan]

It’s certainly plausible that Robert and Charlotte would have another child called Griffith, named after Letitia Griffiths.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F19R-J3R

His marriage?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTY4-KMS

[MarthaA]

One of their sons- Robert Wright (born 1883) had married a Charlotte McDowell and they had 4 children- Beatrice, Olive, Charlotte and Arthur.

Marriage in 1915. Both from the townland of Gurteenorna.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1915/09832/5570059.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/longford/longford/clongesh/caldragh/gurteenorna/

One of the witnesses was Charlotte's sister Della.
Residents of a house 3 in Gorteenorna (Caldragh, Longford)
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Caldragh/Gorteenorna/586942/

Births of the first three children. Beatrice's record links incorrectly but it has been reported.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qbv/


KG

Many thanks again, it would seem then that by 1911 Letitia was a widow and residing also in Gorteenorna with her 28 year old son who was recorded as being a Farmer. Presumably the Wrights would have known the McDowells as it seems to be a small local population and perhaps Robert and Charlotte’s daughter also a Charlotte may be the family member I have been told of.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Caldragh/Gorteenorna/586947/

[Kiltaglassan]

Many thanks again, it would seem then that by 1911 Letitia was a widow and residing also in Gorteenorna with her 28 year old son who was recorded as being a Farmer. 

Letitia Wright passed away in 1932 aged 77 years at Gurteenorna. The informant was her son, Robert Wright.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1932/04870/4316984.pdf


KG

[Kiltaglassan]

The informant was her son, Robert Wright.

Robert Wright died at Gurteenorna in May 1956 aged 73 years. The informant was G Wright (possibly Griffith).
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1956/04413/4150403.pdf


KG