James Daniel (“Daniel”) Wright (1899 – 1986)

Birmingham, England
Birth, 25 September 1899 40, Highbury Road, Kings Heath, Worcestershire, England
Census, 31 March 1901 1, Eton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England
Census, 2 April 1911 19, Gosford Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England
Residence, 11 September 1911 Children's Emigration Home, St. Luke's Road, Highgate, Birmingham, England
Entered institution, between 11 September 1911 and 4 June 1912 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (from Liverpool, England)
Travelled, 25 May 1912 Eastport, Idaho, USA (from Canada)
Travelled, 19 October 1922 Douglas, Oregon, USA
Marriage, 4 November 1924 East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USA
Census, 1 April 1930 East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USA
Census, 1 April 1940 Drain-Yoncalla Masonic Cemetery, Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, USA
Burial, 1986 Lane, Oregon, USA
Death, 2 June 1986

James Daniel (“Daniel”) Wright^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

Male

Parents

Father	Stanley Wright (1861 – )
Mother	Mary Ann Harper (cal 1865 – 1932)

Family with Hazel Elizabeth Cockle (1909 – 1987)

Son	Leslie Arnold Wright (1925 – 2009)
Daughter	Donna Marie Wright (1927 – 1929)
Daughter	Phyllis Lavelle Wright (1929 – 1976)
Daughter	Lois A. Wright (1933 – 2018)

Life Events and Attributes


Birmingham, EnglandG Birth 25 September 1899	Location Birmingham, EnglandG	Location	Birth 25 September 1899 (age 0)	Birmingham, England^6,1,11
40, Highbury Road, Kings Heath, Worcestershire, EnglandG Census 31 March 1901	Location 40, Highbury Road, Kings Heath, Worcestershire, EnglandG	Location	Census 31 March 1901 (age 1)	40, Highbury Road, Kings Heath, Worcestershire, England¹
1, Eton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, EnglandG Census 2 April 1911	Location 1, Eton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, EnglandG	Location	Census 2 April 1911 (age 11)	1, Eton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England²
19, Gosford Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, EnglandG Residence 11 September 1911	Location 19, Gosford Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, EnglandG	Location	Residence 11 September 1911 (age 11)	19, Gosford Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England¹²
Children’s Emigration Home, St. Luke’s Road, Highgate, Birmingham, EnglandG Entered institution between 11 September 1911 and 4 June 1912	Location Children’s Emigration Home, St. Luke’s Road, Highgate, Birmingham, EnglandG	Location	Entered institution between 11 September 1911 and 4 June 1912	Children’s Emigration Home, St. Luke’s Road, Highgate, Birmingham, England¹² Notes: The application stated ‘parents separated; 5 children with Mother’.
Liverpool, England Travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaG 25 May 1912	Location Liverpool, England	Location Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaG	Travelled 25 May 1912 (age 12)	Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada¹³ 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.
Military Service from 14 August 1918 to 3 January 1919	Location	Location	Military Service from 14 August 1918 to 3 January 1919	Attestation for Canada Over-Seas Expeditionary Force¹⁴
Canada Travelled to Eastport, Idaho, USAG 19 October 1922	Location Canada	Location Eastport, Idaho, USAG	Travelled 19 October 1922 (age 23)	Canada to Eastport, Idaho, USA¹⁵
Douglas, Oregon, USAG Marriage 4 November 1924	Location Douglas, Oregon, USAG	Location	Marriage 4 November 1924 (age 25)	To Hazel Elizabeth Cockle Douglas, Oregon, USA¹⁶
Occupation 1 April 1930	Location	Location	Occupation 1 April 1930 (age 30)	Edgerman⁴
East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USAG Census 1 April 1930	Location East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USAG	Location	Census 1 April 1930 (age 30)	East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USA⁴
Occupation 1 April 1940	Location	Location	Occupation 1 April 1940 (age 40)	Edgerman⁵
East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USAG Census 1 April 1940	Location East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USAG	Location	Census 1 April 1940 (age 40)	East Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, USA⁵
Drain-Yoncalla Masonic Cemetery, Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, USAG Burial 1986	Location Drain-Yoncalla Masonic Cemetery, Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, USAG	Location	Burial 1986 (age ~87)	Drain-Yoncalla Masonic Cemetery, Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, USA⁷ James Daniel Wright
Lane, Oregon, USAG Death 2 June 1986	Location Lane, Oregon, USAG	Location	Death 2 June 1986 (age 86)	Lane, Oregon, USA⁶

Citations

[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.
[S116] “United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9X-NFP : 8 December 2015), James D Wright, 1930.
[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.
[S66] FreeBMD, “Search,” database, FreeBMD (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl )
[S95] British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO), “Home Children records, 1869-1932”, database, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/immigration-records/Pages/immigration-records.aspx : accessed 20 October 2016), entry for Frank Leslie WRIGHT, applied 11 November 1911, Middlemore Children’s Emigration Homes; citing Library and Archives Canada, A-2105, restricted microfilm., MG28 I492, Middlemore Children’s Emigration Homes, database number 172103.
[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.
[S702] “Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1918”, database with images, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx : accessed 10 February 2019), entry for James Daniel WRIGHT (4062386) citing Library and Archives Canada, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10603 – 31, Item Number 323939
[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.