WRIGHT; IRL>QC,CAN>MN,USA>OR,USA; 1830- -- [ From: Bill Denney * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- The following Wright line is my wife's. Any suggestions on taking this line further back in time or in proving it further, would be appreciated .. FIRST GENERATION 1. John William WRIGHT, Jr. was born about 1830 in Ireland. He married Susanna DALY on 9 Jan 1855. They had the following children: 2 i. John Henry WRIGHT, died on 26 May 1881. +3 ii. Caroline Susan WRIGHT +4 iii. Ellen WRIGHT +5 iv. Peter Elzear WRIGHT +6 v. Lewis James WRIGHT Dentist SECOND GENERATION 3. Caroline Susan WRIGHT married Alexander Ritchie DRYSDALE on 30 Jun 1885. 4. Ellen WRIGHT married Andreas Kareneus HANSEN on 16 Jan 1888. 5. Peter Elzear WRIGHT was born about 1855. He married Mary Teresa MURPHY. They had the following children: +7 i. John Renshaw WRIGHT +8 ii. Mary Frances WRIGHT +9 iii. Martha Ann WRIGHT 10 iv. John Joseph WRIGHT was born on 11 Mar 1877. 11 v. Peter Edmond WRIGHT was born on 16 Dec 1878. 12 vi. Ellen Mary Augusta WRIGHT was born on 28 Aug 1880. +13 vii. Kathleen Eliza WRIGHT 14 viii. Sarah Ann Veronica WRIGHT was born on 5 Nov 1883. 15 ix. Agnes WRIGHT was born on 26 Jan 1885. 16 x. May WRIGHT was born on 16 Jun 1887. 6. Lewis James WRIGHT Dentist was born in 1857 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He married Kathryn "Kate" Mary Gertrude MCCORMICK on 24 Dec 1876 ; separated about Feb 1896. Kathryn "Kate" Mary Gertrude MCCORMICK was born on 28 Sep 1858 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Died on 16 Apr 1931 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, MN. Buried on 20 Apr 1931 in Little Falls, Morrison County, MN. Emigrated on 1 Oct 1880 from Quebec. Immigrated to Little Falls, Morrison County, MN. They had the following children: 17 i. Harry WRIGHT 18 ii. Francis Lewis James WRIGHT 19 iii. Robert Leon Joseph WRIGHT 20 iv. May WRIGHT was born after 1876. Christened. Died about 10 Apr 1877. 21 v. John Henry WRIGHT was born about Dec 1876. Died on 26 May 1881 in Little Falls, Morrison County, MN. Buried on 28 May 1881 in Little Falls, Morrison County, MN. +22 vi. Arthur Horatio Patrick WRIGHT +23 vii. Clara Emmaline Gertrude WRIGHT THIRD GENERATION 7. John Renshaw WRIGHT married M. Stella JORDAN on 14 Sep 1904. 8. Mary Frances WRIGHT married Peter Jos. QUINN on 2 Sep 1914. 9. Martha Ann WRIGHT was born on 10 Nov 1875. She married Fergus MURPHY on 15 Aug 1894. 13. Kathleen Eliza WRIGHT was born on 6 Feb 1882. She married Dollard BERTRAND on 6 Jun 1905. 22. Arthur Horatio Patrick WRIGHT was born on 15 Jun 1878 in Quebec City , Quebec, Canada. Died on 24 Mar 1945 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN (State Hospital). Buried on 28 Mar 1945 in Little Falls, Morrison County, MN (Calvary Cemetery). He married Eva Jane ENGLISH on 25 Dec 1904 in Bimidji, Beltrami, MN. Eva Jane ENGLISH was born on 23 Mar 1879 in Muskogee/Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Died on 15 Dec 1942 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR. Buried on 18 Dec 1942 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR (Columbian Cem.). They had the following children: 24 i. Baby WRIGHT was born on 7 Oct 1905 in Bimidji, Beltrami, MN. Died on 10 Oct 1905 in Bimidji, Beltrami, MN. 25 ii. Thomas Lewis WRIGHT was born on 29 Nov 1907 in Bimidji, Beltrami, MN. Died in 1976 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR. +26 iii. Arthur William WRIGHT 27 iv. Clifford Leon Robert WRIGHT was born on 3 Aug 1912 in Portland, Multnomah, OR. Died on 7 Mar 1983 in Landers, San Bernardino County, CA. Buried on 15 Mar 1983 in Riverside, Riverside County, CA (Riverside Nat'l Cemetery). 23. Clara Emmaline Gertrude WRIGHT was born on 24 Apr 1884 in Little Falls, Morrison County, MN. Died on 4 Oct 1984 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried on 9 Oct 1984 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada (Resthaven Memorial Gardens). She married Calvin West TEMPLE. Calvin West TEMPLE was born on 19 Apr 1876 in Springfield, Clark County, OH. Died on 27 Feb 1949 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried on 2 Mar 1949 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks again. -- Bill Denney--Vancouver USA wgrp33a@prodigy.com