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James George WRIGHT

Male 1867 - 1936  (69 years)    Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James George WRIGHT 
    Birth 1867  Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 02 Apr 1871  Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 03 Apr 1881  Northwold, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 03 Apr 1881  [5
    Apprentice grocer 
    Census 05 Apr 1891  Stamford, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 05 Apr 1891  [7
    Grocers assistant 
    Immigration From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897  Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Immigration From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897  steamship GOTHIC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Occupation From 1905 to 1919  [10, 11
    Grocers salesman, Auckland 
    Residence 1905  Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 1911  Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence From 1914 to 1919  Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 1928  Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 1935  Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Death 22 May 1936  Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Burial 26 May 1936  Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Probate 03 Jun 1936  Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I8161  NZ Genealogy Project
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2024 

    Father George Samuel WRIGHT,   b. 1827, Gateley, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Feb 1881, Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann BARNARD,   b. 1822, Costessey, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1874, Wayland RD, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1855  Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Documents
    1861 Census
    1861 Census
    1871 Census
    1871 Census
    Marraige registration
    Marraige registration
    Family ID F1004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1867 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 02 Apr 1871 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 03 Apr 1881 - Northwold, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 05 Apr 1891 - Stamford, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1905 - Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1911 - Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1914 to 1919 - Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1928 - Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 May 1936 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 26 May 1936 - Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 03 Jun 1936 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    1897 Voyage to NZ on the steamship Gothic
    1897 Voyage to NZ on the steamship Gothic
    Details of the Gothic and the 1897 voyage to New Zealand. Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE, his wife Ellen Sarah WRIGHT and their six children migrated to New Zealand on the steamship Gothic in 1897. Mary Alice WRIGHT and James George WRIGHT, Ellen's sister and brother, also traveled to New Zealand on the voyage.

  • Sources 
    1. [S93] 1871 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    2. [S92] FreeBMD, (http://www.freebmd.org.uk//), none.
      Births Mar 1867. James George Wright, District Wayland, Vol 4b, page 248.

    3. [S93] 1871 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      George James Wright, born abt 1867 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England; Son; residence Great Ellingham Norfolk

    4. [S94] 1881 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: James George Wright; Age: 14; Estimated birth year: abt 1867; Relation: Apprentice; Gender: Male; Where Born: Gt Ellingham, Norfolk, England; Civil parish: Northwold; County/Island: Norfolk; Country: England; Street address: Crown St; Occupation: Appr To Grocer.

    5. [S94] 1881 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    6. [S197] 1891 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: James G Wright; Age: 24; Estimated birth year: abt 1867; Relation: Assistant; Gender: Male; Where Born: Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England; Civil parish: St Michael; Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael; Town: Stamford; County: Lincolnshire; Country: England; Occupation: Grocers assistant.

    7. [S197] 1891 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    8. [S68] Michael A Rushbrooke, Lavenham, Suffolk, Rushbrooke Family, (Michael Rushbrooke, Lavenham, Suffolk 2000).

    9. [S67] Chris J Korte, Rushbrooke Voyage to New Zealand 1897, (Chris Korte, Horsham, Australia 27 Jan 2007).

    10. [S39] David Bryant, NZSG Index - Probate records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.).

    11. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    12. [S85] Auckland Cemetery Records, (Auckland City Libraries 2004), none.
      Name WRIGHT, JAMES GEORGE; Details M: died 22-05-1936: aged 70; Place Hillsborough; Location Area 10 Block B Lot No 50; DATE OF WARRANT 26-05-1936 Inscription reads "In loving memory of James George Wright died 22 May 1936 aged 70."

    13. [S213] Copy of Entry of Marriage, (General Register Office, England).
      1855 Marriage solemnized at Great Ellingham in the district of Wayland in the county of Norfolk on 15 Nov 1855. Groom: George Samuel Wright, 28 years, bachelor, farmer, resident of Great Ellingham at the time of marriage, son of George Wright, Farmer. Bride: Mary Ann Barnard, 33 years, spinster, resident of Great Ellingham at the time of marriage, daughter of James Barnard, Farmer. Married in the Baptist Chapel according to the rights and ceremonies of the Particular Baptists by me, James Cragg, minister.