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Silas Wilmore Wright 1845 – 1952 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1845

Birth Location: Chance, Maryland

Death Date: 16 Aug 1952

Death Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Silas Wright

Mother: Charlotte Brown

Spouse(s): Clara Williams

Children(s): Lillie Wright, Henry Wright, Wilmore Wright, Wilmore Wright, Sinclair Wright, Ethel Wright, Samuel Sr., Orville Wright, Hazel Wright, Calvin Wright

Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. was born in 1845 in Chance, Maryland, the child of Silas Wilmore Wright and Charlotte Brown. In 1870, Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided in Tangier, Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA. Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. married Clara Virginia Williams, and had children including Lillie Wright, Henry Wright, Wilmore Wilbur Wright, Wilmore Prettyman Wright, Sinclair John Wright, Ethel Clara Wright, Samuel Brewster (Bruce) Wright Sr., Orville Wright, Hazel Winifred Wright, Calvin Arvett Wright. Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. passed away in 1952 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. was born in 1845 in Chance, Maryland, the child of Silas Wilmore Wright and Charlotte Brown.
  • In 1870, Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided in Tangier, Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA.
  • Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. married Clara Virginia Williams, and had children including Lillie Wright, Henry Wright, Wilmore Wilbur Wright, Wilmore Prettyman Wright, Sinclair John Wright, Ethel Clara Wright, Samuel Brewster (Bruce) Wright Sr., Orville Wright, Hazel Winifred Wright, Calvin Arvett Wright.
  • Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. passed away in 1952 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Silas Wright
1829 – 1915
Birth Location: Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
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Charlotte Brown
1830 –
Birth Location: Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
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Spouses(s)

Clara Williams
1884 – 1970
Birth Location: Fruitland, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
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Children(s)

Lillie Wright
1867 – 1985
Birth Location: Princess Ann, Somerset, Maryland, USA
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Henry Wright
1891 –
Birth Location: Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
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Wilmore Wright
1900 – 1937
Birth Location: Fruitland, Maryland
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Wilmore Wright
1904 – 1986
Birth Location: Fruitland, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
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Sinclair Wright
1905 – 1988
Birth Location: Fruitland, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
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Ethel Wright
1909 – 1937
Birth Location: Maryland
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Samuel Sr.
1914 – 1995
Birth Location: Maryland
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Orville Wright
1920 –
Birth Location: Fruitland, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
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Hazel Wright
1922 – 2003
Birth Location: Fruitland, Maryland
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Calvin Wright
1924 – 1967
Birth Location: Maryland
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Silas Wright's Ancestors

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Silas Wright
1845 – 1952
Birth Place: Chance, Maryland
Parents
Silas Wilmore Wright
1829 – 1915
Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Charlotte Brown
1830 –
Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Mingo Wright
1797 – 1912
Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Hannah Waters
1800 – 1870
Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, USA
George Brown
1803 –
Virginia
Eliza Brown
1807 –
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Wright
1769 – 1844
Bethyer Dutton
1774 – 1867
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Silas Wright's Descendants

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Silas (Wilmore) Wright (1845 – 16 Aug 1952) m. Clara (Virginia) Williams (7 Dec 1884 – 30 Nov 1970)
  1. 1. Lillie Wright (04 Mar 1867 – Jan 1985)
  2. 2. Henry Wright (1891 – )
  3. 3. Wilmore (Wilbur) Wright (1900 – 11 Mar 1937)
  4. 4. Wilmore (Prettyman) Wright (13 Apr 1904 – July 13, 1986)
  5. 5. Sinclair (John) Wright (5 Dec 1905 – 31 Mar 1988) m. Drucilla (Muzzalee) Dashiell (12 Apr 1908 – 14 Jun 1972)
    1. 1. Drucilla (Elizabeth) Wright (24 May 1927 – 25 Jul 2008) m. William (Monroe) Hearne (7 Sep 1923 – 26 June 2009)
      1. 1. Princess (Monica) Wright (15 Dec 1959 – ) m. Ronald (Dwayne) Bussey (11 Aug 1959 – 24 Jul 2004) m. Nykki (L. Starr aka Karl Glenn) Boyd (18 May 1959 – )
        1. 1. Andrea (M.) Bussey (1988 – )
        2. 2. Indya (Morgan) Bussey (7 Feb 1996 – )
        3. 3. Joshua (Ronald Leviticus) Starr (5 Aug 1999 – ) m. Camara (Njeri) Stampley (13 Apr 2000 – )
    2. 2. Helen (V.) Wright (1929 – )
    3. 3. Norma (Lee Wright) Barkley (4 Feb 1930 – 3 Apr 2021) m. Marion (Winfield) Barkley (8 Mar 1930 – 6 Oct 2017)
    4. 4. Fredrick (Douglas) Wright (6 Feb 1931 – 30. June 2017)
    5. 5. John (Richard (Dickie)) Wright (8 Mar 1932 – 12 Apr 2010) m. Doris Spry
      1. 1. Tanya (Darleen) Wright (02 Oct 1959 – 6 Mar 2007)
    6. 6. Ogria (Delores) Wright (3 Apr 1933 – 2 Apr 1998) m. Rossie (Alfonze) Bratten (18 Aug 1930 – 31 May 2021)
      1. 1. Rossie (Alfonze) Bratten (24 Oct 1961 – ) m. Sharon (Christine) Brown (10 May 1963 – 21 Apr 2021)
        1. 1. Rossie (Alfonze) Bratten (16 Mar 1999 – )
    7. 7. Catherine (Anna) Wright (14 Dec 1934 – 14 Jan 2015)
    8. 8. Clifton (Eugene) Wright
    9. 9. Sinclair (J) Wright
  6. 6. Ethel (Clara) Wright (abt 1909 – 15 May 1937)
  7. 7. Samuel (Brewster (Bruce) Wright) Sr. (abt 1914 – October 10, 1995) m. Florence (Naomi Wright) Wright (21 December 1915 – 8 Feb 2001)
    1. 1. Samuel (Brewster) Wright (30 Mar 1934 – 27 Feb 1957)
    2. 2. David (Eugene) Wright (11 May 1939 – 9 Mar 2004)
    3. 3. Wanda (Jean Wright) Wallace (19 Apr 1947 – 23 March 2017)
  8. 8. Orville Wright (1920 – )
  9. 9. Hazel (Winifred) Wright (22 Jan 1922 – 2 Mar 2003)
  10. 10. Calvin (Arvett) Wright (November 24, 1924 – November 21, 1967) m. Martha (Corrine) Gale (20 Dec 1923 – 31 May 2008) m. Elois ("Bootsie") Jones (4 Jul 1933 – )
    1. 1. Calvin (Wilmore) Wright (25 Oct 1946 – 4 Jul 2005)
    2. 2. Darren (Laray) Wright (30 Jan 1960 – 19 Mar 2005)
    3. 3. Tanya (Calvette) Wright (21 Feb 1964 – 21 May 2000)

Silas Wright's Timeline

11 Records

1845
1845
Birth of Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. in Chance, Maryland
Chance, Maryland
1856
1856
Age 11
Birth of Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. in Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
1870
1870
Age 25
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Tangier, Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Tangier, Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA
1880
1880
Age 35
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Princess Ann, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Princess Ann, Somerset, Maryland, USA
1910
1910
Age 65
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Camden, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
Camden, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
1920
1920
Age 75
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Trappe, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
Trappe, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
1935
1935
Age 90
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Fruitland, Shad Point, Wicomico, Maryland
Fruitland, Shad Point, Wicomico, Maryland
1940
1940
Age 95
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Elec Dist 16, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
Elec Dist 16, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
1950
1950
Age 105
Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. resided here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1952
16 Aug 1952
Age 107
Death of Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. in 4620, Merion, ave, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4620, Merion, ave, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1952
16 Aug 1952
Age 107
Death of Silas Wilmore Wright Jr. in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1856
    Event Place: Chance, Somerset, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Princess Ann, Somerset, Maryland; Roll: 515; Page: 188C; Enumeration District: 065

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: Chance, Maryland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Tangier, Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Tangier, Somerset, Maryland; Roll: M593_595; Page: 423A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Princess Ann, Somerset, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Princess Ann, Somerset, Maryland; Roll: 515; Page: 188C; Enumeration District: 065

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Camden, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Camden, Wicomico, Maryland; Roll: T624_570; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1374583

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Trappe, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Trappe, Wicomico, Maryland; Roll: T625_678; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 125

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Fruitland, Shad Point, Wicomico, Maryland
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wicomico, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01563; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 23-29

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Elec Dist 16, Wicomico, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wicomico, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01563; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 23-29

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 21 Aug 1952
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Philadelphia
    Record Source: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Publication Date: 21 Aug 1952; Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.38447875,0.16965511,0.50820017&xi

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1952
    Event Place: 4620, Merion, ave, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1952
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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