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John WRIGHT
(1702 – Bef 1767)
Isobell WOOD
(Abt 1710 – )
David SMITH
(Abt 1720 –1809)
Lillias GARDNER
(Abt 1725 – Bef 1784)
Robert WRIGHT
(1735 – Bef 1810)
Janet SMITH
(1760-After 1809)
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George WRIGHT
(1784 –1854)

 

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1. Jean CRAIG

George WRIGHT 1 2
  • Born: 15 November 1784, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland 2
  • Christened: 21 November 1784, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland 2
  • Marriage (1): Jean CRAIG on 28 July 1806 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 19 May 1854, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland at age 69
  • Buried: 1854, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

bullet   Other names for George were Geo WRIGHT 3 and George Gordon WRIGHT.

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bullet  Burial Notes

Warriston Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He worked as a merchant in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 3

Geo Wright       50   Scotland (outside Midlothian)   Mercantile Agent
Margt M Wright   20   Midlothian, Scotland
Jane Wright      20   Midlothian, Scotland
Geo WrightJr.    20   Midlothian, Scotland            Mercantile Agent
Davida Wright    15   Midlothian, Scotland
Margt Warglo     50   Scotland (outside Midlothian)
Janet Beator     20   Scotland (outside Midlothian)   Female Servant

  • He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Leith South Parish, Midlothian, Scotland. 4

George Wright       66   Haddington                   Commmision Merchant
Davida C Wright     28   Edinburgh
Isabella H Wright   24   Edinburgh
Agnes Jaffrey       20   Bannockburn, Stirlingshire   House Servant


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George married Jean CRAIG, daughter of William CRAIG and Margaret MATHIE, on 28 July 1806 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 (Jean CRAIG was born on 21 July 1787 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, christened on 10 August 1787 in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died on 22 November 1843 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and was buried in 1843 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

OPR for Glasgow, Ref 644.1/28, Frame 3116
1806. George Wright, Mercht. in Glasw. & Jean Craig L.D. of the decd. William Craig, Mercht. there. Married 28th July by Mr Robert Rennie, Minister of Kilsyth.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564 –1950.
  3. 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), Geo Wright household, Edinburgh St. Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.
  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, George Wright household, 31 Windsor Street, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland.


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