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Manx Genealogy

Re: Wrights of Isle of Man
In Response To: Re: Wrights of Isle of Man ()

Brian Lawson's 1861 census index has:
Surname Forename Age Parish Piece Folio Schedule:
WRIGHT David 47 Douglas 4418 60 52
WRIGHT Isaac 8 Douglas 4418 60 52
WRIGHT Joseph 8 Douglas 4418 60 52
WRIGHT Margaret 45 Douglas 4418 60 52
WRIGHT Richard 5 Douglas 4418 60 52
WRIGHT Thomas 12 Douglas 4418 60 52
WRIGHT William 20 Douglas 4418 60 52
See: www.iomfhs.im/lawsons/LawsonBMD/census/1861-census/c61-w.html

In 1851 Ancestry has the family as:
Name: John George Wright
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Where born: Douglas, Isle of Man, Isle of Man
Relation: Son
Father's name: David Wright
Mother's name: Margaret Wright
Gender: Male
Civil Parish or Township: Conchan
Town: Douglas
County/Island: Isle of Man
Registration district: Isle of Man
Household schedule number: 43
Piece: 2525
Folio: 348
Page Number: 11
Household Members: Name Age
David Wright 39 whitesmith b.Scotland
Margaret Wright 37 b.Douglas
William Wright 14
Margaret Wright 12
John George Wright 9
Thomas Wright 2
All the children b.Douglas.

The IGI (Familysearch.org) has extracted entries (from par reg) for 10 children including Isac Christening: 23 NOV 1851 Saint Mathews, Douglas, Isle Of Man. In other children's bapts Margaret's maiden name is given as WHITE.

The IGI has a MARGT WHITE Christening: 24 APR 1814 Patrick, Isle Of Man Father: WM WHITE, Mother: MARGT KNEALE (although she gave Douglas as birthplace in 1851).

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