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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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Robert Pringle WRIGHT
(1819 –1897)

 

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Robert Pringle WRIGHT 1 2
  • Born: 3 July 1819, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2 3 4 5
  • Christened: 5 August 1819, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Died: 18 October 1897, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland at age 78 6 7

bullet   Other names for Robert were Robert WRIGHT 3 and Robert P. WRIGHT.4 5

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He worked as a civil engineer. 7
  • He worked as an engineer on 6 June 1841 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 3 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 Commercial Traveller / Dealer in Sea on 30 March 1851 in South Leith, Edinburghshire, Scotland. 4
  • He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in North Leith, Edinburghshire, Scotland. 4

Francis Wright household:
3 Vanburgh Place, Leith South, Edinburghshire (Midlothian), Scotland

                             Marital
Name              Relation   Status    Sex   Age    Occupation                      Where Born
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WRIGHT Francis    Head         M        M     59    Merchant In The Fine Arts       Haddington, East Lothian
WRIGHT Alison     Wife         M        F     55                                    Haddington, East Lothian
WRIGHT Robert P   Son          U        M     31    Commer Travelar Dealer In Sea   Edinburgh, Midlothian
WRIGHT Eliza S    Daur         U        F     25    Spinster                        Edinburgh, Midlothian
WRIGHT Jane M     Daur         U        F     15    Scholar                         Edinburgh, Midlothian
HOOD Ann          Visitor      U        F     26    Governess                       Newcastle, England
ANDERSON Ann      Servant      U        F     28    House Servant                   Dansl, Berwick
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Year: 1851; Piece: SCT1851/692; Civil Parish: Leith South; Parish Number: 692/2; County: Midlothian;
Enumeration District: 1; Page: 27; Household Schedule Number: 92; Lines 13-19; Roll: CSSCT1851_188.

  • He worked as a traveller on 7 April 1861 in Inveresk Village, Inveresk Parish, Midlothian, Scotland. 10 11

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  • He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Inveresk Village, Inveresk Parish, Midlothian, Scotland. 5 11

    Inveresk, Smeaton Park:

Francis  Wright       Head        Mar   M   69      Merchant                  Haddington               *
Alison   Wright       Wife        Mar   F   65                                Haddington
Robert P.    "        Son         Un    M   41      Traveller                 Edinburgh
Elizabeth S. "        Daur        Un    F   35                                  "
Jane M.      "        Daur        Un    F   25                                  "
Jemima Harrower       Visitor     Mar   F   34      Wife of a Corn Merchant     "
William S. Harrower   Grand Son         M    5 mo                             Broughton Ferry
Mary Robertson        Serv              F   17                                Midlothian Musselburgh
Catherine Torrance    Serv              F   12                                Edinburgh
   *7 or more rooms with one or more windows


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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. 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.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Francis Wright household, 3 Vanburgh Place, Leith South, Edinburghshire (Midlothian), Scotland.
  5. Scotland. Midlothian, 1861 Census of Scotland. Digital images. (National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd. ScotlandsPeople. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : © Crown copyright), Parish of Inveresk (689), Village of Inveresk, enumeration district (ED) 2, page 13, schedule no. 45, Robert P. Wright(https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 13 January 2006); citing © Crown copyright census data from the General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  6. Statutory Registers of Scotland, Index of Deaths, 1855 – 2012 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom: General Register Office for Scotland).
  7. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  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.
  10. Scotland. Midlothian, 1861 Census of Scotland. Digital images. (National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd. ScotlandsPeople. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : © Crown copyright), Parish of Inveresk (689), Village of Inveresk, enumeration district (ED) 2, page 13, schedule no. 45, Alison Wright(https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 13 January 2006); citing © Crown copyright census data from the General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  11. Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1–150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Francis Wright household, Inveresk Village, Inveresk Parish, Midlothian, Scotland, GROS Data 689/00 002/00 013.


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