Curran Wright History

Category: England

  • Mary Ann Crooks

    Mary Ann Crooks is my great, great, great grandparent (maternal side). She was born in Bingley, Yorkshire, England in 1809. Her father was John Crookes (1780-?). Her mother is unknown.

    She married George Wright on 26 December, 1826 at Holy Trinity in Rothwell, Yorkshire. She was 17 years old. They had 10 children, their 7th being Jesse Wright (1845-1899), my great, great grandparent.

    George Wright and Mary Ann Crooks Marriage Certificate

    Mary Ann died in Goolwa, South Australia on 11 August 1880. She was 71 years old. The cause of death was bronchitis.

  • Jesse Wright and Mary Ann Hancock

    Jesse Wright (2nd great-grandfather, maternal side) was born in 1845 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1899, possibly in Wentworth, NSW. He was the son of George Wright (1807-1882) and Mary Ann Crooks (1809-1880).

    Jesse Wright's Baptism Record

    Jesse was a grazier.

    Mary Ann Hancock was born in 1851 in Euston, NSW and died in 1931 in Mildura. She was the daughter  of John Hancock and Louise Gibbs.

    Mary Ann was a mid-wife [who] travelled on paddle-steamers on the Murray and Darling River systems to homesteads of pregnant women. [She is] written about in the book, ‘Water into Gold’ by Ernestine Hill.

    Jesse and Mary Ann married in 1871 in Wentworth. They had ten children, including their first born, Frederick George Wright (16 September, 1872) who married Josephenna Theresa Cramer.

    Frederick and Josephenna were Cyril Wright’s parents. They’re my great grandparents on my mum’s side (Eileen, Mary Wright-Curran). 

    Information Source: Mary Davis – Family History Records

    Jessie and Mary Ann's Graves

    Jesse Wright - Death Notices