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HOW WE USED TO LIVE - Family History

SAMUEL WRIGHT 1802 Born on the 25th July and baptised on the 28th at Little Dunham.

1823 31st August. Married SUSANNA BONE at Sporle with Palgrave.

1868 20th February. Burial of wife Susanna in Sporle churchyard.

1876 26th September. Burial of Samuel Wright in Sporle churchyard.

 

CHILDREN of Samuel and Susanna:

 

SARAH ANN WRIGHT 1824 Born the 20th of June and baptised the 25th July in Little Dunham.

1844. A child was born: John Brown Wright.

1853 15th January. Married Smith Green in Sporle, son of John and Alice Green.

Children: Charles Smith Green 1853, Emma Susan Green 1856, Ezra Green 1858, Dennis William Green 1861, Georgiana Green 1863, Laura Green 1866.

 

ROBERT WRIGHT 1826 Born on the 19th of March and baptised on the 14th of May in Little Dunham.

1849 18th December. Married Susan Dawes in Sporle with Palgrave.

She was already the mother of two children: Robert Dawes 1847, James Dawes 1849.

Children from the marriage: Maria Wright 1851, Thomas Wright 1854, Frederick Wright 1857.

 

MARY WRIGHT 1828 Born on the 17th of February and baptised on the 8th of June in Little Dunham.

1848 25 April. Married John Green in Sporle with Palgrave, a son of William and Ann Green.

Children: twins, John and Mary Green 1849, William Green 1851, Ellen Green 1854, Henry Green 1855, Thomas Green 1858, twins, Joshua and Caleb Green 1864, Joshua Green 1868, Julia Green 1870.

 

MARIA WRIGHT 1830 Born on the 21st May and baptised on the 10th of October in Lt. Dunham.

1853. A child was born: William Wright.

1856 15th March. Married James Perry in Sporle with Palgrave, a son of John and Clara Perry.

Children: Adeline Perry 1859, Ellen Perry 1861, Susanna Perry 1864, Edgar Perry 1867, Henry Perry 1869, Rebecca Perry 1872.

 

HENRY WRIGHT 1832 Born on the 5th of April and bapt. on the 31st August 1834 in Lt. Dunham.

1853 23 February. Married Mary Ann Cook in Sporle, a daughter of John and Martha Cook.

Children: Mary Martha Wright 1857, Frederick John Wright 1859, George William Wright 1863, Frances Maria Wright 1867, Robert Henry Wright 1872, Thomas Edward Wright 1874.

 

ELLEN WRIGHT 1834 Born on the 2nd of August and baptised 31st of August in Little Dunham.

1839 28th July. Burial in Sporle churchyard.

 

THOMAS WRIGHT 1836 Baptised on the 26th of June in Sporle with Palgrave.

1858 11th December. Married Jane Gout in Sporle with Palgrave, a daughter of William Gout.

Children: Laura Wright 1862, Dennis Wright 1865, Edgar Wright 1867, Anna Wright 1869, Julia Wright 1872, Charles Wright 1874, William Thomas Wright 1876, Maria Wright 1879.  

 

JAMES WRIGHT 1839 Baptised the 18th March in Sporle with Palgrave.

1844 24th March. Burial in Sporle churchyard.

 

CHARLES WRIGHT 1841

1868 Married Mary Ann Green, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Green.

 

ELLEN WRIGHT 1843 Registered in the Swaffham district.

 

JAMES WRIGHT 1845 Baptised on the 20th of March in Sporle with Palgrave.

1868 Married Emma Green, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Green.

She was already the mother of one child: Charles Herbert Green 1867.

Children: Samuel Wright 1869, Samuel Wright 1871, Susan Wright 1874, Mary Wright 1876, Charles Wright 1878, Emma Wright 1881, Mabel Wright 1883, James William Wright 1886, Sidney Henry Wright 1890.

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