Charles was born around February 1897 in Exeter, Devon, to Francis 'Frank' George Wright (28), a tinsmith and plumber, and Emma Wright (nee Bennett) (about 26), a former domestic servant and housewife.
Charles was baptised on 6th March 1897, in St Mary Major, Exeter. At the time of his baptism, the family lived on Prospect Place, in Exeter's West Quarter.
Charles was the third of ten children (eight boys and two girls):
- Francis 'Will' William 1891 - 1967 (76 years old)
- George Charles 1893 - 1918 (25 years old)
- Unnamed Stillborn Child 1894 - 1894 (0 years old)
- Unnamed Stillborn Child 1895 - 1895 (0 years old)
- Charles Arthur 1897 - 1897 (5 weeks old)
- Thomas 'Tom' Edwin 1898 - 1977 (78 or 79 years old)
- Walter Henry 1900 - 1986 (85/86 years old)
- Ernest 'Len' Leonard 1905 - 1981 (76 years old)
- Samuel 'Sam' John 1908 - 1977 (68 years old)
- Florence 'Florrie' Ellen 1910 - 1999 (88 years old)
- Doris May 1912 - 1991 (79 years old)
- Harold Reginald 1914 - 1985 (70 year old)
Sadly, Charles passed away, aged only five weeks, in March 1897, in Exeter. He was buried on 14th March 1897 in St Mary Major, Exeter.
Charles was the only one of Frank and Emma's ten children to pass away in infancy.
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