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The Percy born in 1884 could well be him,just that he added a few years to his age when he left home?

But even if you never sort out his correct birth at least now I believe you have his parents.

I hope so anyway.
But you now need to look into it more and do more searching for him in 1901.

Except that Henry was a Gun Maker on the Marriage cert Meg?

And that is what he is on the 1881 and 1891 census I have posted.
Also Percy whatever his name may be really , says born Camden on 1911 and St Pancras on WW1 records and they are there in 1881?

Fanny's Henry in 1881:

1881 England Census
about Henry Wright
Name: Henry Wright
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Birmingham

Civil parish: Pancras
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 106 Stanhope St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Gunmaker

Registration district: Pancras
Sub-registration district: Regents Park
ED, institution, or vessel: 6b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Wright 24
Sarah Wright 25
Henry W. Wright 3
Frederick J. Wright

EDIT, Fanny already had this one!

I was impressed with my 1891 attempt because of all the children's names, but no, he isn't a gunmaker. Fanny's is much more likely, with Percy born about 1884!!!!

I imagine he was likely to be Percy Charles, as on the birth cert, and by the time your grandfather married he'd forgotten his dad's proper name, just knew that he and his brother had loadsa names and assumed his brother was named after dad.

No, nobody checked anything back then, people could lie about all sorts of things (or just get it plain wrong).

Just spotted that Fanny's 1891 on Ancestry has Percy transcribed as Lucy, which is probably why I didn't find him. Excuses....

Fanny's birth also looks good. On the assumption that he lied about his year of birth, he probably didn't lie about his birth date, and by my reckoning he would have been born 5th March 1884.

There are no suitable registrations in the March Qtr 1884, so he must have been registered at the beginning of April.

my aunt kept saying there was a birmingham connection,i am so glad i have u two helping me it's starting to make sence now i think lol

Here is Henry in 1901,,,with a new wife,,,,,,so Sarah must have died between 1891 and 1901.


WRIGHT, Henry Head Married M 45 1856 Gun Barrell Filer
Birmingham
Warwickshire
WRIGHT, Florrie Wife Married F 32 1869
Birmingham
Warwickshire
RG number:
RG13 Piece:
147 Folio:
155 Page:
13

Registration District:
St Pancras Sub District:
Camden Town Enumeration District:
5 Ecclesiastical Parish:
Camden Town

Civil Parish:
St Pancras Municipal Borough:
Address:
54, Kings Street, St Pancras County:
London


Deaths Sep 1894
Wright Sarah 39 Pancras 1b 64

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This is also "your"Percy Wright on Ancestry WW1 records

Name: Percy Wright
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Age at Enlistment: 18
Birth Parish: Kentish Town
Birth County: Middlesex
Document Year: 1900
Regimental Number: 6077
Regiment Name: Middlesex Regiment
Number of Images: 30


Next of kin on enlistment.
Father Henry and 3 brothers and a sister.

It also gives details of his marriage and his first child.


This is him on 1901

WRIGHT, Percy 4th Battn Middlesex Regiment Single M 19 1882 Private
Kentish Town
Middlesex
RG number:
RG13 Piece:
307 Folio:
151 Page:
18

Registration District:
Whitechapel Sub District:
Goodmans Fields Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish:
St Botolph (Without) Aldgate Municipal Borough:
Address:
St Botolph (Without) Aldgate County:
London


So I presume he had to make himself "older"to enlist.

Well, I've just found what Fanny did, she's done a good job.

Interesting that Florrie is from Birmingham too.