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Robert WRIGHT
(1735 – Bef 1810)
Janet SMITH
(1760-After 1809)
James PRINGLE
(1757 –1832)
Mary DUDGEON
(1769 – Bef 1861)
Francis Charteris WRIGHT
(1791–1870)
Alison PRINGLE
(1795 –1861)
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Francis James WRIGHT
(1823 –1893)

 

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1. Ellen PEDDER

Francis James WRIGHT 1 2 3 4
  • Born: 1 July 1823, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2 3 5 6 7
  • Christened: 28 July 1823, Saint Andrews Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): Ellen PEDDER on 12 August 1870 in Brighton, Victoria, Australia
  • Died: 4 June 1893, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 69
  • Buried: 5 June 1893, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

bullet   Another name for Francis was Francis WRIGHT.5 7

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bullet  Christening Notes

28 [July 1823]
Wright. Francis Wright Esq Mercht & Mrs Alison Pringle HS S. And.
        ASB 1st Instant Named Francis James

bullet  Burial Notes

Melbourne General Cemetery, Presbyterian, Monumental, Compartment I, Grave 894

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life


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  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 5 8 9

1841 Scotland Census (06 June 1841) — Saint Cuthberts, Edinburghshire, Scotland

              Address:  10 Middleby Street
         Civil parish:  Saint Cuthbert's
Ecclesiastical Parish:  Newington
               County:  Edinburgh City/Midlothian
        Parish Number:  685
Enumeration District:  5
                Folio:  224
                Pages:  12 and 13

                            Estimated
Name            Sex
   Age   Birth Year   Birthplace                     Occupation
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Francis Wright   M     50   abt 1791     Scotland (not in Midlothian)   Merchant
Alison Wright    F     45   abt 1796     Scotland (not in Midlothian)            
Robert Wright    M     21   abt 1820     Midlothian, Scotland           Engineer
Francis Wright   M     17   abt 1824     Midlothian, Scotland             
Eliza Wright     F     16   abt 1825     Midlothian, Scotland              
Jemima Wright    F     14   abt 1827     Midlothian, Scotland              
John Wright      M     10   abt 1831     Midlothian, Scotland              
Henry Wright     M     10   abt 1831     Midlothian, Scotland              
William Wright   M      8   abt 1833     Midlothian, Scotland              
Jane Wright      F      5   abt 1836     Midlothian, Scotland              
Agnes Hepburn    F     20   abt 1821     Scotland (not in Midlothian)              
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  • He worked as a Clerk to Broker (Colonial) on 30 March 1851 in West Derby, Lancashire, England. 7

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  • He appeared on the 1851 England Census on 30 March 1851 in West Derby, Lancashire, England. 7

    John Stowell      35
    Agness Stowell      66
    Catherine Hughes      23
    Francis Wright      27
    Henry Wright      19
    William Wright      17
  • His death and funeral notices were published on pages 1 and 8 of The Age on Monday, 5 June 1893 in Melbourne, Victoria.

    DEATHS.

    WRIGHT.-- On the 4th June, at his late residence, No.
    16 Benjamin-street, Parkville, James Francis Wright, in
    his 70th year, for many years with W. M. Walker and Co.
    and Moline, Walker and Co.
    A valued friend and a faithful servant.



    Funeral Notices.

    WRIGHT.-- The Friends of the late Mr. FRANCIS
    JAMES WRIGHT, late with Moline, Walker and
    Company, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to
    the place of interment, in the Melbourne General Ceme-
    tery. The funeral will move from his late residence, No.
    16 Benjamin-street, Parkville, THIS DAY (Monday), 5th
    June, 1893, at 3 o'clock.
    GEORGE H. DICKASON, Undertaker, 129 Bridge-
    road, Richmond; Burwood-road, Hawthorn; Union-
    road, Surrey Hills ; and Box Hill. Telephone No. 1078.

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Francis married Ellen PEDDER, daughter of John PEDDER and Ellen MACKERELL, on 12 August 1870 in Brighton, Victoria, Australia. (Ellen PEDDER was born in 1847 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, christened on 2 April 1854 in Saint Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, died on 30 October 1916 in North Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and was buried on 31 October 1916 in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Index of Births & Christenings, 1553 –1854 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom: General Register Office for Scotland), GROS numbers 685/01 0041; 685/01 0055; 685/01 0056; and 685/01 0057. The Old Parish Registers are church records of births, baptisms, banns, marriages, deaths, and burials that were kept by individual parishes within the Church of Scotland ("the Established Church") from 1553 until 1855 when civil registration began.  All original registers are now held by the General Register Office for Scotland at New Register House in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) [database on-line] (Copyright © 1980, 2002), Parish Records, Batch No. C119835 (Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), 1820 –1827.
  4. Birth Certificate (digital or paper copy of official birth record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  5. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1841 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–151. © Crown copyright), Francis Wright household, 10 Middleby Street, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Parish of Newington (685/02), Edinburghshire, Scotland, enumeration district (ED) 224/02, pages 12 and 13.
  6. Birth Certificate (digital or paper copy of official birth record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining), 1823 Francis James Wright in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England), Francis Wright, lodger in John Stowell household, Kensington Street, West Derby Parish, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Class HO107, Piece 2192, Folio 138, Page 7, GSU roll 87200-87201.
  8. Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–151), Francis Wright household, Middleby Street, Saint Cuthberts, Edinburghshire, Scotland; Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 5G; Page: 12; Line: 1140; Year: 1841.
  9. FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/), 1841 Census of Scotland (FreeCEN search engine, layout and database Copyright © 2003-2012 The Trustees of FreeCEN. Scottish Census Data - Crown Copyright © General Register Office for Scotland. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland), Francis Wright household; Piece: SCT1841/685; Place: St Cuthbert's -Midlothian; Enumeration District: 5; Civil Parish: St Cuthbert's; Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Newington; Folio: 224; Pages: 12 and 13; Address: 10 Middleby Street.


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