Person:Joseph Wright (31)

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Joseph Oliver Wright
m. Abt 1832
  1. Mary Ann Wright1834 - 1912
  2. James WrightAbt 1838 - Abt 1848
  3. Amelia WrightAbt 1839 - Abt 1848
  4. Charlotte Gertrude Wright1842 - 1893
  5. Elizabeth Jane Wright1844 - 1926
  6. John Wright, Jr.Abt 1845 - Bef 1926
  7. Joseph Oliver Wright1846 - 1926
m. 12 Mar 1867
  1. William James Wright1867 - 1868
  2. Letitia Amelia Wright1870 - 1951
  3. Thomas John Wright1872 - 1932
  4. James Fredrick Wright1876 - 1951
  5. Joseph Oliver Wright1876 - 1876
  6. Eva Charlotte Wright1879 - 1973
  7. William Henry Stevens Wright1881 - 1959
  • HJoseph Oliver Wright1846 - 1926
  • WSarah _____1860 -
m. 1887
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Oliver Wright
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Feb 1846 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marriage 12 Mar 1867 Toronto, York, Canada West, CanadaSt. Stephen's Church
to Elizabeth Jane Cunneyworth
Marriage 1887 to Sarah _____
Death? 5 Nov 1926 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Burial? 8 Nov 1926 Ocean View Cemetery, Vancouver, B.C.

Joseph was said to have entered the U.S. through Buffalo New York. He went to Omaha and then to Chicago. He enlisted in the 102nd New York Volunteers during the Civil War. He was in the infantry. He received U.S. citizenship papers upon discharge. However he returned to Canada and had a family before returning to the U.S. after 1881. He became a U.S. citizen again in 1923 in Chicago. Toward the end of his life he was living with his daughter Lettie in Vancouver British Columbia for some unknown reason. Elizabeth continued to live down the street from the James Wright family in Chicago. He is buried in the Ocean View, Sea View or Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.