Thursday 18 June 2020

Great Great Uncle Charles Arthur Wright

My Great Great Uncle Charles (1897 - 1897) was an older brother of my Great Grandfather Ernest 'Len' Leonard Wright (1905 - 1981).



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)
  • 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)

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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