Records of Oliver Wright on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Oliver Wright in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Oliver Wright and the Wright Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wright Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Wright family tree.

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Wright Genealogy Databases

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Wright Forums

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Miscellaneous Wright Databases

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Some Famous People called Oliver Wright

Oliver Wright (trade unionist)

Oliver Walter Wright (1881 – 21 January 1938) was an English trade unionist and political activist.

Born in Swanwick in Derbyshire, Wright began working in a coal mine at the age of nine. He later worked for the Butterley Company, and in 1920 was elected as lodge secretary for the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA), and as a delegate to its council. He stood for the Labour Party in Belper at the 1922 general election. Unusually, he was nominated by the local Labour Party, but later acquired the sponsorship of the DMA after it failed to agree an alternative candidate. He was not elected and, although he stood again in 1923, his vote fell. He was nominated again as a candidate for the 1924 general election, but given his poor performance, decided it wise to withdraw and instead back another candidate - he hoped Hugh Dalton would stand, although ultimately he did not. Following this, Wright decided to restand as the DMA nominee, but lost the nomination to Jack Lees.

Wright then devoted his time to the union. He was appointed as one of its trustees, and in 1928 beat eleven other candidates, including Joseph Lynch and Samuel Sales, to become the DMA's treasurer. He served in the post for ten years, but he suffered from poor health and had to take frequent absences due to illness. He died, still in office, in 1938.

Source: Oliver Wright (trade unionist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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