John Wright

1822-1869

John was baptised on the 15^th December 1822 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wright (nee Triggs) who were married on the 25^th May 1817 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

John’s father Richard was baptised on the 25^th February 1787 at St Nicolas Church Newbury the son of John and Sarah Wright (nee Brunsdon) who were married on the 13^th November 1780 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. He worked as a Tanner and a Coal Merchant’s Labourer. He died aged 63 in 1850 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2^nd August.

His mother Elizabeth was baptised on the 13^th May 1791 at St Nicolas Newbury the daughter of Richard and Jane Triggs (nee Kember) who were married on the 28^th May 1787 at St Nicolas Newbury. She died aged 77 in 1867 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15^th February.

John’s siblings were:

Ann baptised 12^th April 1818

Jane baptised 3^rd September 1820

Richard baptised 17^th July 1825

Charles baptised 25^th November 1827

Sarah baptised 14^th February 1830

Elizabeth baptised 12^th May 1833 (died aged 5 months, buried 24^th September at St Nicolas Newbury)

Eliza baptised 21^st September 1834 (died aged 1, buried 21^st August 1835 at St Nicolas Newbury)

John married Livinia Challis in 1848 in Newbury. (Livinia was baptised in Newbury in 1827, the daughter of Frederick and Martha Challis (nee Walter) who were married on the 11^th November 1821 in Speen).

John and Livinia had the following children:

Twins: Jane and Richard John 1849 (Richard died aged 9 weeks, buried 6^th June 1849 at St Nicolas Newbury)

Richard c1851

Female c1855 (died without being given a name soon after birth)

Annie Maria 1856 (died aged 3, buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery Newbury on the 24^th April 1860 )

Elizabeth 1859

Annie Livinia 1862

Frederick John 1864

Joseph Cornelius 1867

In 1861 John (37) was recorded as a Bargeman living in West Mills Newbury with his wife Livinia (31) a Shoe Binder and their children Richard (10) and Elizabeth (2).

John died aged 46 in 1869, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2^nd October.

Livinia remarried in Newbury in 1874, her 2^nd husband was Henry Waite.

Both the 1881 and 1891 census records record Livinia as a Laundress, living in Mayor’s Lane Newbury. In 1881 her children Annie Wright (18) a Housemaid, Joseph Wright (14), a Bricklayer’s Labourer and her granddaughter Alice Wright (3) (illegitimate daughter of her daughter Elizabeth) were recorded living with her. In 1891 she was recorded living alone.

Livinia died aged 66 in 1896, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th February.

Sources: