Florrie was born on 20th June 1910 in Exeter, Devon, to Francis 'Frank' George Wright (41), a tinsmith and plumber, and Emma Wright (nee Bennett) (39), a former domestic servant and housewife.
Florrie was the eighth of ten children (eight boys and two girls), but the eldest girl:
- Francis 'Will' William 1891 - 1967 (76)
- George Charles 1893 - 1918 (25)
- Charles Arthur 1897 - 1897 (5 weeks old)
- Thomas 'Tom' Edwin 1898 - 1977 (78 or 79)
- Walter Henry 1900 - 1986 (85 or 86)
- Ernest 'Len' Leonard 1905 - 1981 (76)
- Samuel 'Sam' John 1908 - 1977 (68)
- Florence 'Florrie' Ellen 1910 - 1999 (88)
- Doris May 1912 - 1991 (79)
- Harold Reginald 1914 - 1985 (70)
Thirteen years before Florrie was born, her older brother Charles passed away, aged only five weeks, in March 1897, in Exeter.
1911 Census:
Around 1912, two-year-old Florrie and her family moved out of Exeter's poor West Quarter and moved to 11 Clinton Street, also in Exeter.
Florrie was only four, when the First World War began. Her older brother George served. After four years in the Territorial Royal Army Medical Corps, George, aged twenty-one, joined the 7th Reserve (Cyclist) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment as a private, on 17th December 1914. He served at 'Home' until only the 6th January 1915 - only twenty days later - when he was deemed unfit. George passed away, aged only twenty-five, in March 1918, at home in Exeter. Florrie would have been seven years old at the time.
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| Wedding Photograph of one of Florrie's older brothers, c. early 1920's, Exeter Stood far left is Florrie's father Frank, sat far left is Florrie's mother Emma, sat centre left is Florrie's younger sister Doris, and sat centre right is Florrie. Two Wright brothers stand centre as groom and centre left as best man. The fashion clearly puts the photograph around the 1920's; the girls look around ten (young enough to be showing their knees), putting it in the early 1920's - the only Wright brother who married in the early 1920's in Exeter was Walter. And looking at the photograph of the Wright siblings two decades later, the two brothers here bear resemblance to Walter (groom) and Tom (best man). Walter married Winifred Cox in the summer of 1923, in Exeter. If it is their wedding photograph, that would make Florrie just thirteen here, and Doris eleven. |
In Jan/Feb/Mar 1928, Florrie (17) married Walter James Westcott (17), a builder's labourer, in Exeter. Florrie was heavily pregnant when she married (between five and half to eight and half months pregnant).
Florrie and Walter had three sons:
- Thomas Francis Jack 1928 -
- Harry Reginald 1929 -
- Ronald S 1931 -
For the first few years of their marriage, the young couple seemed to have lived at Florrie's family home of 11 Clinton Street. There their middle son, Harry, was born in December 1929.
In Mar 1939, when Florrie was twenty-eight, her father Frank passed away, aged seventy, in Exeter.
By the dawn of the Second World War, Florrie, now in her late twenties, was working as a cloth cutter for Marine Stores, and living with her husband and sons at 27 Coombe Street, also in Exeter.
1939 Census:
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| The Wright Family, c.1940 Stood from left to right: Walter, Doris, Florrie and Harold Sat from left to right: Sam, Tom, their mother Emma, Will and Len |
In December 1944, when Florrie was thirty-four, her mother Emma passed away, aged seventy-three, in Exeter.
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| Wedding of Florrie and Walter's middle son Harry to Freda Maud Elizabeth Tapp, 7th October 1950, St Olave, Fore Street, Exeter From left to right: William Tapp (bride's father), Florrie (groom's mother), Florence Tapp (bride's mother), Walter (groom's father), two unidentified bridesmaids and a pageboy, Harry and Freda (bride and groom) |
On 17th September 1951, when Florrie was forty-one, her husband Walter passed away, aged forty, in Exeter.
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| Florrie celebrating her eightieth birthday with her three sons, 1990 |
On 2nd February 1999, Florrie passed away, aged eighty-eight, in Exeter. She was the last surviving of the ten Wright siblings.
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