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Descendants of Robert Wright

Generation No. 2

2. ANNIE ELIZABETH² WRIGHT (ROBERT¹) (Source: 1871 Canadian census.) was born ca. 1858 in Delaware (Source: 1871 Canadian census.), and died Bef. 1901 (Source: 1901 Canadian census.). She married ISAAC BOSWELL (Source: 1850 census.) Bef. 1880 (Source: 1881 Canadian census (on-line transcription).), son of JOSEPH BOSWELL and MARTHA RICHARDSON. He was born ca. Jan 1850 in Kentucky (Source: 1850 census.), and died Aft. 1901 (Source: 1901 Canadian census.).

Notes for ISAAC BOSWELL:
1850, 1861, and 1871 - see father's listings.
1881 ONT Kent Chatham Dist 180 Sub-dist G div 3 p26 hh117 - all African eo, adults Baptist, children no stated religion
Boswell Isaac 30 bUSA farmer, Annie E 23 bUSA, William Louis 4/12 bDec 1880 bONT, Mathew 10 bONT
1901 ONT Bothwell Chatham Dist 45 Sub-dist c-7 p3 hh26 - both black, both African eo, both Meth
Boswell Isaac 48 widower b8 Jun 1853 bUS immig 1861 farmer, Isaac son 18 single b11 Jan 1883 bOnt farm laborer

Floyd Handsor's files omit Mathew, born by Isaac's first wife, and add Martha.

Children of ANNIE WRIGHT and ISAAC BOSWELL are:

	i.		WILLIAM LOUIS³ BOSWELL (Source: 1881 Canadian census (on-line transcription).), b. Dec 1880, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1881 Canadian census (on-line transcription).).
	ii.		ISAAC BOSWELL, JR. (Source: 1901 Canadian census.), b. 11 Jun 1883, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.); m. MARY RICHARDSON (Source: Floyd Handsor.), Aft. 1901 (Source: 1901 Canadian census.).
	iii.		HENRY BOSWELL (Source: Floyd Handsor.), b. 10 Sep 1884, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.); m. SARAH E. HANDSOR (Source: 1901 Canadian census.); b. 04 Sep 1884, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.).
	iv.		LUCY BOSWELL (Source: 1901 Canadian census.), b. 03 May 1886, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.).

3. WALTER² WRIGHT (ROBERT¹) (Source: 1871 Canadian census.) was born ca. 1860 in Delaware (Source: 1871 Canadian census.). He married (1) ISABELLA HUTCHESON (Source: Union Baptist Church records.) Bef. 1881 (Source: 1881 Canadian census (on-line transcription).). She was born ca. 1860 in Ontario, Canada (Source: 1881 Canadian census (on-line transcription).). He married (2) DELIA MDNNMUNKN (Source: 1910 census.) ca. 1908 (Source: 1910 census.). She was born ca. 1861 in Missouri (Source: 1910 census.).

Notes for WALTER WRIGHT:
1871 - see father's listing.
1881 ONT Kent Dover Dist 180 Sub-dist F Div 3 p28 hh130 - both English eo, both Wesleyan Methodist
Walter Wright 21 bUS labourer, Isabella 21 bONT
1900 MI Wayne Canton p11Awr p31st 17 Jun 1900 - all black
Wright Walter 41 mar 19y bMay 1839 bDE pbDE farmer owns with mortgage, Bell wife 39 mar 19y 9 children 8 living bNov 1860 bCanada pbCanada immig 1885, Lizzie dau 16 bAug 1883 bCanada fbDE mbCanada, [rest of children bMI fbDE mbCanada] Clara dau 12 bJun 1887, Francis dau 10 bFeb 1890, Bessie dau 7 bMay 1893, Robert son 3 bSep 1896, Alice dau 1 bJul 1898
Two children must be living away from the family.
1910 MI Washtenaw Ann Arbor Ward 6 (1320 Volland St) p14Awr p126st 25 Apr 1910 - all mulatto
Wright Walter 50 mar twice 2y this time bDE pbDE janitor at U of MI owns house with mortgage, Delia wife 49 mar twice 2y this time bMO pbUS, [children bMI fbDE mbMO - sic] Robert son 13, Allie dau 11, Hazel dau 9, Clark Cora step-dau 30 mar once 6y no children bMI pbMI, [Clark] Oliver step-son-in-law 32 mar once 6y bOH pbUS machinist at auto factory
1920 not found

Children of WALTER WRIGHT and ISABELLA HUTCHESON are:

	i.		ELIZABETH³ WRIGHT (Source: 1900 census.), b. Aug 1883, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1900 census.).
	ii.		CLARA WRIGHT (Source: 1900 census.), b. Jun 1887, Michigan (Source: 1900 census.).
	iii.		FRANCES WRIGHT (Source: 1900 census.), b. Feb 1890, Michigan (Source: 1900 census.).
	iv.		BESSIE WRIGHT (Source: 1900 census.), b. May 1893, Michigan (Source: 1900 census.); m. HENRY STARKS (Source: Union Baptist Church records.).
	v.		ROBERT WRIGHT (Source: 1900 census.), b. Sep 1896, Michigan (Source: 1900 census.).
	vi.		ALICE WRIGHT (Source: 1900 census.), b. Jul 1898, Michigan (Source: 1900 census.).
	vii.		HAZEL WRIGHT (Source: 1910 census.), b. ca. 1901, Michigan (Source: 1910 census.).

4. FREDERICK² WRIGHT (ROBERT¹) (Source: 1871 Canadian census.) was born ca. 1863 in Delaware (Source: 1871 Canadian census.). He married (1) ETTA BROWN (Source: Union Baptist Church records.). She was born ca. 1868 in Ontario, Canada (Source: 1891 Canadian census.), and died Bet. 1891 - 1893 (Source: Widowed husband's remarriage.). He married (2) LOTTA JACKSON (Source: Marriage record.).

Notes for FREDERICK WRIGHT:
1871 - see father's listing.
1881 not found.
1891 ONT Bothwell Chatham div 4 p22 hh114 - all Baptist
Wright Frederick 28 bUS pbUS farmer, Wright Etta wife 23 bONT pbUS, Alean dau 4 bONT fbUS mbONT

Marriage Notes for FREDERICK WRIGHT and LOTTA JACKSON:
From: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/thisisit.htm (presumably referring to Kent Co., Ontario):
005935-93 (Kent Co.) Frederick WRIGHT, 30, farmer, Ohio, Chatham, widowed, s/o Robert & Nancy, married Lota JACKSON, 19, Canada, Dresden, d/o Lewis & Salesta?, witn Cornelius WRIGHT & George SMITH, both of Chatham, on 22 November 1893, at Dresden

Child of FREDERICK WRIGHT and ETTA BROWN is:

ALEAN³ WRIGHT (Source: 1891 Canadian census.), b. ca. 1887, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1891 Canadian census.).

5. EPHRAIM² WRIGHT (ROBERT¹) (Source: 1871 Canadian census.) was born ca. 1865 in Delaware (Source: 1871 Canadian census.), and died Bef. 1901 (Source: Implied by children in care of Mrs. Howell in 1901.). He married ELIZABETH BROWN (Source: Union Baptist Church records.). She died Bet. Sep 1896 - 1901 (Source: Implied by children in care of Mrs. Howell in 1901.).

Notes for EPHRAIM WRIGHT:
1871 - see father's listing.
1881 and 1891 not found.
Both Ephraim and Elizabeth presumed to have died prior to this 1901 listing for the children:
1901 ONT Kent Chatham City Dist 76 Sub-dist b-12 p4 hh39 - all black, all bONT except Mrs. Howell, all Baptist except Mrs. Howell, all African eo, all labelled "relative" of Mrs. Howell
Mrs Howell 70 bMay 1830 bIndiana immig 1860 [England eo written and crossed out for African] Methodist washing, [Howell] Elsiebeth 30 bApr 1870, Simons Chal's 22 bSep 1878 farmer, Wright Burriss 12 bDec 1889, [Wright] Nina 6 bMay 1894, [Wright] Ora 4 bSep 1896

Children of EPHRAIM WRIGHT and ELIZABETH BROWN are:

	i.	EPHRAIM³ WRIGHT (Source: Union Baptist Church records.), d. Died young (Source: Union Baptist Church records.).
8.	ii.	BURRISS WRIGHT, b. Dec 1889, Ontario, Canada.
	iii.	NINA WRIGHT (Source: Union Baptist Church records.), b. May 1894, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.); m. JOSEPH VANDUSEN (Source: Union Baptist Church records.).
	iv.	ORA WRIGHT (Source: Union Baptist Church records.), b. Sep 1896, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.); m. THOMAS REDMAN (Source: Union Baptist Church records.).

6. CORNELIUS² WRIGHT (ROBERT¹) (Source: Union Baptist Church records.) was born 26 Mar 1873 in Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.). He married (1) CATHERINE SEEVER (Source: Union Baptist Church records.). She was born 20 May 1876 in Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.). He married (2) MALINDA GREEN (Source: Union Baptist Church records.).

Notes for CORNELIUS WRIGHT:
1881 not found.
1891 not found.
1901 ONT Bothwell Chatham Dist 45 Sub-dist c-3 p7 hh74 10&11 Apr 1901 - all black, all bONT, all African eo, all U Babtist
Wright Cornelius 28 b26 Mar 1873 labourer, Wright Catherine wife 24 b20 May 1876, Wright Jenny dau 2 b7 Jan 1899, Wright Ada dau 1/4 b30 Jan 1901

Children of CORNELIUS WRIGHT and CATHERINE SEEVER are:

	i.		JENNIE³ WRIGHT (Source: 1901 Canadian census.), b. 07 Jan 1899, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.).
	ii.		ADA WRIGHT (Source: 1901 Canadian census.), b. 30 Jan 1901, Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.).

7. ROBERT² WRIGHT (ROBERT¹) (Source: 1901 Canadian census.) was born 25 Dec 1883 in Ontario, Canada (Source: 1901 Canadian census.), and died Aft. 1930 (Source: 1930 census.). He married MARY A. DAVIS (Source: 1900 census.), daughter of ZACHARIAH DAVIS and DEBORAH RICHARDSON. She was born Sep 1892 in Michigan (Source: 1900 census.), and died Aft. 1930 (Source: 1930 census.).

Notes for ROBERT WRIGHT:
1901 ONT Kent Dover Dist 76 Sub-dist c-8 p4 hh 34 - both black, both African eo, both Methodist
Myres Adam 29 single b16 Jul 1871 sailor, Wright Robert domestic 17 b25 Dec 1883 domestic farm lab
On same page with John Handsor family including brother Charles Wright.
1910 not found.
1920 MI Washtenaw Ypsilanti Ward 1 (321 Chichester St) p21Awr p191st 18 Feb 1920 - all black except wife Mary
Wright Robert 36[30?] owns no mortgage bCanada fbMI mbCanada immig 1905 resident alien [then crossed out] teamster at cartage co, Mary wife 27 mulatto bMI pbCanada, [children bMI fbCanada mbMI] Robert son 11, Harold son 10, Mary A dau 2 7/12
Next door to brother Charles. On same page as James Grinage.
1930 MI Washtenaw Ypsilanti Ward 1 (321 Chedister St) p27B 1 May 1930 - all Negro
Wright Robert 42 mar first at age 22 owns RE $2000 has radio bCanada fbDE mbUnk immig 1905 resident alien foundry laborer, Mary wife 37 mar first at age 15[sic] bMI pbMI, Harold son 20 single bMI fbCanada mbMI occup none, Mary dau 12 bMI fbCanada mbMI
The enclave of neighbors are all thought to be related to the ONT community. James Grinage, newly divorced, brothers Charles and Robert Wright who married two Davis sisters, Claude and Winnie Handsor, Orval and Bertha Timbers, and William H and Eliza S Harris.

Children of ROBERT WRIGHT and MARY DAVIS are:

ROBERT³ WRIGHT (Source: 1920 census.), b. ca. 1909, Michigan (Source: 1920 census.).

Notes for ROBERT WRIGHT:
1910 - not found.
1920 - see father's listing.
1930 MI Jackson Blackman (Michigan State Prison) p15Awr p242st 14 Apr 1930
Included in list of prison inmates:
Wright Robert white 21 single bMI fbCanada mbMI occup none

	ii.		HAROLD WRIGHT (Source: 1920 census.), b. ca. 1910, Michigan (Source: 1920 census.).
	iii.		MARY A. WRIGHT (Source: 1920 census.), b. ca. Jul 1917, Michigan (Source: 1920 census.).

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