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George Wright

Male Abt 1860 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Wright was born about Feb 1860 in Tipton (son of William Hurst and Ann Underhill, son of Benjamin Wright and Caroline Beresford).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Wright was born in 1831 in Wolverhampton (son of James Curran and Mary Parry, son of Thomas Wright); died about May 1916 in Runcorn.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Waterman

    Notes:

    Widowed in 1871 census on a cabin boat at Harris Wharf, Toll End, Tipton, next to a Martha Fisher, widow, 28, and daughter Mary, 2, with William Beresford, 32, brother of Benjamin's first wife Caroline Beresford and her sister Martha. It is thought likely that this Martha Fisher is the widowed Martha Digoray, nee Beresford, who becomes Benjamin's partner thereafter.

    Benjamin married Caroline Beresford on 1 Aug 1854 in Coseley, Staffordshire. Caroline (daughter of Joseph Wright and Alice Dyer, daughter of George Beresford and Ann Underhill) was born in 1834 in Tipton, Staffordshire; died about Nov 1870 in Tipton, Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Caroline Beresford was born in 1834 in Tipton, Staffordshire (daughter of Joseph Wright and Alice Dyer, daughter of George Beresford and Ann Underhill); died about Nov 1870 in Tipton, Staffordshire.
    Children:
    1. John Thompson was born in 1828 in Scotland.
    2. Betsey Wright was born about Nov 1857 in Tipton.
    3. 1. George Wright was born about Feb 1860 in Tipton.
    4. Thomas Wright was born about Feb 1860 in Tipton.
    5. Mary Ann Wright was born about Nov 1863 in Tipton.
    6. Jesse Wright was born about May 1867 in Tipton.
    7. David Wright was born in 1869 in Tipton.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Wright

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman

    Children:
    1. 2. Benjamin Wright was born in 1831 in Wolverhampton; died about May 1916 in Runcorn.

  2. 6.  George Beresford was born in 1805 in Tipton; died before 1849.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman

    Notes:

    Berrysford, widower, in 1832 marriage record.

    George married Ann Underhill on 28 Mar 1832 in St Peter, Wolverhampton. Ann (daughter of Matthew Hurst, daughter of Stephen Underhill) was born in 1810 in Tipton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Ann Underhill was born in 1810 in Tipton (daughter of Matthew Hurst, daughter of Stephen Underhill).
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Beresford was born in 1832 in Tipton, Staffordshire.
    2. William Hurst was born in 1815 in Tipton.
    3. 3. Caroline Beresford was born in 1834 in Tipton, Staffordshire; died about Nov 1870 in Tipton, Staffordshire.
    4. William Beresford was born in 1838 in Tipton, Staffordshire.
    5. Thomas Beresford was born in 1841 in Tipton, Staffordshire.
    6. Martha Beresford was born in 1843 in Tipton, Staffordshire; died about Feb 1917 in Runcorn.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Stephen Underhill
    Children:
    1. Charlotte Wright was born in 1909 in Runcorn.
    2. 7. Ann Underhill was born in 1810 in Tipton.



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