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i am looking for my grandfathers dad. my grandads name is james wright and he was born 4th april 1901 in walsall. his mother on his birth certificate is ann wright, but no name for the father or occupation. i have my grandads marriage to rachel peach born in abergavenny 11th march 1906, their marriage was 21st february 1927in walsall. on the marriage cert it states james's father as a james wright (deceased)and he was a railway labourer. ann wright later went on to marry a harry russon, which i think was in the first quarter of 1914 in walsall. ann russon died on 16th november 1959 at 56 shakespeare crescent, walsall. no one in the family seems to know anything about this james wright (deceased) when my grandad was born he lived at 4 court shortacre street, walsall. i have tried family and records and coming up with nothing at all. please can u help me in any way at all as my dad is driving me mad!!!!!!!!

Chances are, his father was a figment of his imagination.

what was his mothers status when she married in 1914 to harry Russon?? Widow or spinster?

Name: Harry Russon
Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's Surname: Wright
District: Walsall
County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 955 (click to see others on page)

Name: Annie Wright
Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's Surname: Russon
District: Walsall
County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 955 (click to see others on page)

If you purchase this certificate - it should tell you whether Annie had been married previously.

Christine

WRIGHT James Walsall 6b 769

1901
The district Walsall is in the county of Staffordshire


found these possibles for death

109 WRIGHT, J Gunner 48905 25/10/1914 23 Royal Field Artillery United Kingdom I. Q. 1. LA GORGUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY


maybe they did not marry. there are alot of jame wrights on cwg for war dead

Marriages Mar 1914 (99%)
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O'NEIL Thomas Sheldon Walsall 6b 955
Russon Harry Wright Walsall 6b 955
Sheldon Rosannah O'Neil Walsall 6b 955
WRIGHT Annie Russon Walsall 6b 955

possible deaths 1902 sept


Wright James 20 Tamworth 6b 232

march 1904 death

WRIGHT James Richard 25 Burton 6b 243


WRIGHT James 27 Stoke T. 6b 119
june 1905

this marriage can't be sure who she married

Marriages Mar 1901 (>99%)
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Turner William Walsall 6b 812
Wisdom Harriet Walsall 6b 812
WRIGHT Annie Amelia Walsall 6b 812
WRIGHT Samuel Thomas Walsall 6b 812

Hi I have looked at 4 court Short Acre Street on the 1901 census and there was no one called Wright or Annie? living there.

If James was born there they must have moved or were somewhere else on Census night.

It;s possible she did not marry James ,Maybe he was a cousin and it was frowned on