Entered institution between 11 September 1911 and 4 June 1912
Children's Emigration Home, St. Luke's Road, Highgate, Birmingham, England
Notes: The application stated 'parents separated; 5 children with Mother'.12
Travelled 25 May 1912 (age 12)
Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Notes: He travelled with a group of British Home Children from the Middlemore Home in Birmingham; his brother Frank and sister Dorothy were on the same ship.13
Military Service from 14 August 1918 to 3 January 1919
Attestation for Canada Over-Seas Expeditionary Force14
[S19] 1901 census of England, Worcester, Kings Norton, Kings Heath, Stanley Wright; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 07 September 2016); citing Class: RG13; Piece: 2806; Folio: 118; Page: 38.
[S34] 1911 census of England, Worcestershire, Balsall Heath, Mrs M. Wright; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 20 September 2016); citing Class: RG14; Piece: 17910; Schedule Number: 181.
[S93] "Canadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935", digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 19 October 2016), entry for Frank L. Wright aged 14 and James D. Wright aged 11 England arrival 8 Jun 1912 in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada; citing Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
[S117] "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRG-Z66 : accessed 24 October 2016), James D Wright, Reedsport, East Reedsport Election Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-23, sheet 3B, family 76, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3360.
[S119] "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZW2-3WL : 11 December 2014), James Dan Wright, 02 Jun 1986; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 86-09671, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
[S120] "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL8-2TV8 : 13 December 2015), James Daniel Wright, 1986; Burial, Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, United States of America, Drain-Yoncalla Masonic Cemetery; citing record ID 88727244, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
[S122] "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ4C-31F : 11 December 2014), Hazel Eli Wright, 24 Feb 1987; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 87-03258, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
[S125] "Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985", database online, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 25 October 2016), entry for Phyllis Lavelle Wright married 12 Mar 1955; citing Marriage Index. Various Utah State Public Record Offices.
[S126] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", database online, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 25 October 2016), entry for Phyllis Lavelle Wright born 13 Jun 1929 died Jan 1977; citing Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
[S91] "UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960", digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 19 October 2016), manifest, Carthaginian, departing 25 May 1912, Ticket number 1385, Frank Wright age 14 and Jas. Wright aged 11;citing Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
[S127] "Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF6H-6ZC : 30 December 2014), Daniel Wright, 1922; citing Immigration, Eastport, Idaho, United States, NARA microfilm publication A3460 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S121] "Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008", database with digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 25 October 2016), entries for Hazel Cockle and James D. Wright marriage date 4 Nov 1924 ; citing Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008. Portland, OR, USA: Oregon Health Division, Center for Health Statistics.