John Millington Wright

Male 1859 - 1868  (~ 186 years)


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  • Name John Millington Wright 
    Birth Between 01 and 31 Oct 1859  Chorlton Registration District Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Apr 1868  Cheetham, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I2934  Calow/Doig family tree
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 

    Father John Goodier Wright,   b. Between Apr 1832 and 30 Jun 1833, Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Apr 1891 (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Grounds,   b. Between 20 Jun 1831 and 19 Jun 1832, Moore, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1891, Radcliffe, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 04 Nov 1855  Salford Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • John and Ann seem to have become estranged in the late 1860's, after the death of their son John Millington, although in 1861, Ann was living with her father in Salford and John was lodging at Ashton under Lyne. They must have have been living together after that as Esther Ann was born in 1863. In 1871 Ann was living with her sister and brother in law at Dunham and John was living with another woman at Gorton. In 1881 Ann was still living at Dunham and John was living with a different woman in Hulme. There were three children living with them, Thomas, Jane and Elizabeth but, although they have the name Wright on the census, there are no children of these names born to John or John G in the indexes for Manchester or Salford. They may therefore be the children of his partner only, who have conveniently been given the name Wright.
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Report in the Manchester Courier 13th April 1868:-
      "A boy shot on Saturday. The city coroner held an inquest on the body of John Millington Wright, the boy who was accidentally shot at Lower Broughton on Good Friday. The boy's father and two men named Thos. Berry and Thos. Smith went out to shoot small birds and the boy accompanied them. Smith aimed at a bird but the gun miss fired and the party not having another cap amongst them were about to return home, when, as Smith was putting down the trigger for that purpose the gun went off and the bullet lodged in the chest of the child who died in Strangeways while being conveyed by cab to the infirmary. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death but expressed a strong reprobation of the reprehensible practice, which a juryman said was unfortunately very common of men comparatively unused to fire arms, going out to shoot small birds in the neighbourhood of Broughton."

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] 1861 census.
      Age 18 months

    2. [S150] GRO Birth Index, Chorlton, December quarter 1859, volume 8c page 500.

    3. [S160] GRO Death Index, Manchester, June quarter 1868, volume 8d page 258.

    4. [S99] Death certificate.

    5. Footnote: Certificate.