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Wright family Australia.

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WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 19 Feb 2012 15:09

Most Reverend John Charles Wright married Dorothy Margaret Isobel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes October 1893. They went to Australia where he held the post of Archbishop of Sydney.
I'm looking for descendants, where would one start to look ?!? I've no experience of Aussie records..
:-)

John

John Report 19 Feb 2012 15:32

think the national archives of australia would be a good start you can go to there web site and click on ask a libarian and give them any information you have good luck john

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 19 Feb 2012 15:45

Try a Google search for hints about children

eg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wright_(Archbishop_of_Sydney)

and

http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/journals/adeb/w/wright-john-charles-1861-1933/

Gwyn

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 19 Feb 2012 15:58

Thanks :-)

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 19 Feb 2012 16:08

Hi Kevin, I imagine you have googled for info on this gentleman? There is absolutely loads about him......right down to the house he bought in 1914 and which is supposed to be haunted!


Seems as though he had one son and three daughters. If you have their names that would be a start.


There are several Oz researchers on the Find Ancestors board who would be able to advise you further.


It was interesting to see that he was born just 10 minutes away from where I am!


Cx

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 19 Feb 2012 16:23

I have no names. I was wondering if there was an Australian equivalent of bmd ?

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 19 Feb 2012 16:25

A lot of articles telling us that he was survived by his wife, son and three daughters..

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 19 Feb 2012 21:19

Okay Kevin, here we go:



Norah De Vesce Wright - 1896
Isabel Fiennes Wright - 1901
Bertram John Fiennes Wright - 1903.

All born in Leeds.



Hopefully, this will at least give you a start.



Cx.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 19 Feb 2012 23:21

1901

Name: Norah De Vece Wright
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John Chas Wright
Mother's Name: Dorothy M I Wright
Gender: Female
Where born: Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Leeds
Ecclesiastical parish: St George
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England


Registration district: Leeds
Sub-registration district: West Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 84
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 272
Piece: 4239
Folio: 148
Page Number: 43
Household Members: Name Age
John Chas Wright 39
Dorothy M I Wright 31 born DUBLIN
Margery M Wright 6
Norah De Vece Wright 4
Isabel J Wright 1 Month
Mary J Wright 38*************** SISTER
Florence L Obeirne 24
Sarah L Winstanley 63
Lansa Wilhelm 38
Jane Graham 24
Mabel Hood 15
Sarah Ann Wood 48
Alice Burnett 27
Jane H Dawson 22
Mabel Prior 17


Valerie

Valerie Report 20 Feb 2012 04:53

Hi Kevin
The NSW/BMD is on-line ......Ryerson's Index is too ...it shows John Charles Wright's death 31/12/1953 ..age 77yrs (notice in the SMH 1/1/1954.

Ryerson's show Dorothy Margaret Isobel Wright d 14/11/1961 age 93 at Wimbledon UK ..notice in SMH 17/11/1961.

Son Bertram John Fiennes Wright m 1948 Nancy Noreen Dangar
(NSW/BMD)
Ryerson's show Bertram John Fiennes Wright d 24/4/2001 agee 98 SMH 26/4/2001.
(couldn't see 'Nancy Noreen Wright' in Ryersons Index)

Ryerson's do 'look-ups' ..from newspapers (Sydney Morning Herald etc)
You MAY find Bertram John Wright's family names from death notices.

The 'State Library of NSW' -on-line ..has an 'Ask a Librarian' service ..they will check their records including electoral rolls (past & present) ... helpful for tracing any (male) descendants.

Valerie (WAus)

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 20 Feb 2012 08:46

Kevin, the baptisms of the three children are online - St. George's Leeds.

There is also much about the Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family on line including some family tree research.


It's quite an interesting family history, are you related to them?



Cx



WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 20 Feb 2012 17:15

Thanks everyone, very helpful !

Cynthia, it's my girlfriends family, her mother was a T-W-F. Very easy family to research the history of ! Ranulph Fiennes has written most of it in a book and the tree is on Thepeerage.com ( from Burkes peerage)