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Thank you Chris for the Googling, it's a great site but again I can't be sure if they are my Wright's as going by the 1841 census for James the schoolteacher he was already married to a Janet .

Thank you all for your replies.
ArgylleGran, yes that's the marriage , sorry about the christian name Margaret is Elizabeth's sister.
I too can't find Elizabeth and John on any census but I did find Elizabeth with her 3 children Henry, mary and John jnr living with Elizabeth's brother Felix McCluskey, he is the head at looks like 74 Kirk Street, Glasgow.

safc,
The 1841 looks good as it shows James Wright occupation Teacher, which would coincide with his son John's marriage lines.
Not sure about the 1851 though.

This will be the marriage you meant for John, Jean.

Her name's Elizabeth, not Margaret. She's 22, same as John. Father Henry, mother Helen nee Butler. Witnesses: Daniel Butler, Ellen Mccuskey, and John black (the priest who performed the marriage).

I still can't find either of them in censuses - nor her parents.

1867 WRIGHT JOHN MCCUSKEY ELIZABETH BRIDGETON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/03 0044

Interesting website, though, Chris - I'll scour it later for some of my relatives!

Thankyou AG, can always rely on you and rg, lol.

(always one for a 'google', I am!)

Chris :)

Not sure it's the same John, though. Seems more likely to be the one born in 1839, son of perhaps totally different Mary King and James Wright.

The 1861 census I posted on page 1 will also be this John Wright.

Jane Wright
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: Jane Wright
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : John Wright
Gender: Female
Where born: Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire
Registration Number: 874
Registration district: Kirkpatrick Durham
Civil Parish: Kirkpatrick Durham
County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Address: Shankfoot Cottage
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 51
LINE: 5
Roll: CSSCT1891_402
Household Members:
Name Age
John Wright 51 - born Southwick - ie - Colvend; general labourer
Jane Wright 50
Robert Wright 12
Maggie J Wright 10
Agnes N Wright 8


John Wright
in the 1881 Scotland Census
Name: John Wright
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Jane Wright
Gender: Male
Where born: Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire
Registration Number: 861
Registration district: Colvend
Civil Parish: Colvend
County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Address: Fairgirth Cottage
Occupation: Farm Serv.
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 17
LINE: 19
Roll: cssct1881_328
Household Members:
Name Age
John Wright 41
Jane Wright 39
John Wright 15
William W Wright 12
Andrew Wright 10
Hugh Wright 9
Joseph Wright 6
Robert Wright 2
Mary Lizzie Wright 4
Maggie Jane Wright 10 Month

This would be the marriage of the John Wright and Jane Murphy mentioned in that list:

1863 WRIGHT JOHN MURPHY JANE URR /KIRKCUDBRIGHT 884/00 0003


Jane Murphy
in the 1861 Scotland Census
Name: Jane Murphy
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Relationship: Servant (Employee)
Gender: Female
Where born: Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire
Registration Number: 861
Registration district: Colvend
Civil Parish: Colvend
County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Address: Uppertown
Occupation: Dairy Maid
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 14
LINE: 25
Roll: CSSCT1861_146
Household Members:
Name Age
Adam Dickson 54
Mary Dickson 56
William Kerr 23
James Johnstone 18
Samuel Wilson 19
Mary Mcminn 21
Jane Murphy 20

http://www.kirkyards.co.uk/colvend/colvend.asp?offset=260

(putting james wright mary king on google search brings above, no idea if relating!)

Chris :)

(who did John Marry?)

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1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Annfield Street, St Johns, High Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Wright Head Married Male 65 1796 Clerk Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Janet Wright Wife Married Female 51 1810 - Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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William Wright Son Unmarried Male 16 1845 - Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Ann Wright Daughter - Female 10 1851 Scholar Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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1851 Census
4 Records found


Piece: SCT1851/654 Place: Rutherglen -Lanarkshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Rutherglen Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 629 Page: 10 Schedule: 35
Address: 35 Glasgow Road

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
WRIGHT James Head M M 52 Inn Keeper Dumfries-shire - Closeburn
WRIGHT Janet Wife M F 40 Dumfries-shire - Sanquhar
WRIGHT William Son U M 6 Dumfries-shire - Sanquhar
WRIGHT Anne Dau - F 1m Lanarkshire - Rutherglen

1841 Census
3 Records found


Piece: SCT1841/848 Place: Sanquhar -Dumfries-shire Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Sanquhar Burgh Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 2 Page: 25
Address: High Street - West Side

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
WRIGHT James M 41 Teacher Dumfries-shire
WRIGHT Janet F 31 Dumfries-shire
WRIGHT Anne F 10m Dumfries-shire

Hi rootgatherer,

My McCluskey's are from Ireland but all settled in the Anderston district Glasgow .
John Wright married Margaret McCluskey in Bridgeton in 1867 .

I'm very well thank Jean. I hope you are too.

Now, if they are Irish McCluskeys that settled in Dumfriesshire, I hope you have more luck than I had with my Irish lot who settled in Wigtonshire.

You could be right alviegal, I will have to have a look on Scotlandspeople as rootgatherer suggested .

That will have to wait till tomorrow off to bed now, thank you all for your help .

If the child baptised in 1839 had the same Mary King as his mother then she would have been very young when he was born.

Sorry don't know anything about Mary King apart from her name on her son's marriage cert , although it does show her as Mary Wright m.s. King dec'd.

The census alviegal has found seem to fit in with names and d.o.b's for Mary and John, not sure about the 1861 though where it shows John's occupation as servant , on his marriage lines his occupation is Merchant seaman.

Hi rootgatherer, hope you are keeping well.
as you can see I am still looking for ancestors , although this lot are not really connected to my Moore's but to my McCluskey's who are another headache.

Yes, you're probably right, alviegal.

I thought the John baptised 1839 had possibly died and that is why the 1845 one is also called John.

Possibly the (maybe ) son John ??? Southwick was Colvend - the parish was called Colvend and Southwick..

Admittedly, he wasn't the only John Wright born in the area about 1839-ish.

John Wright

in the 1861 Scotland Census
Name: John Wright
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Relationship: Servant (Employee)
Gender: Male
Where born: Southwick, kirkcudbrightshire
Registration Number: 861
Registration district: Colvend
Civil Parish: Colvend
County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Address: Barcloy
Occupation: Ploughman
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 12
LINE: 11
Roll: CSSCT1861_146
Household Members:
Name Age
John Wilson 30
Jane Wilson 29
James Wilson 8
George Wilson 6
Janet Wilson 7 Mo
John Wright 21
William Mcniel 19
Helen Sloan 19
Janet Steele 16

Possibly Mary in 1841, with a brother Jonathan ???

Mary King
in the 1841 Scotland Census
Name: Mary King
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Gender: Female
Where born: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Civil Parish: Annan
County: Dumfriesshire
Address: Johnstone Street
Occupation: F S
Parish Number: 812
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary King 40
Margaret King 20
Jonathan King 15
Mary King 15