Lucy
(1801-After 1880)
Chester E. Wright
(1832-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Jane Sweet

Chester E. Wright 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 1832, New York 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Mary Jane Sweet about 1860 1
  • Died: 1919, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI at age 87 2
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1831 and a birth location of New York.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 79 on the 1910 US Census.
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• He has alternate birth information of September 1831.This birth date appears on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 472D, Roll 0610, District 267, Family 183
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Chester Wright..Self..48..NY..Farmer
(Living with wife, 4 children, and mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 9 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Page 7A, Roll 755, District 205, Dwelling 156, Family 159
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Chester E. Wright..Father-in-Law..68..Sep 1831..NY
(Widowed and living with married daughter, Hattie, and her family.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 21 April 1910. 4

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 308, Family 100, Roll 679
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Charles Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Chester E. Wright..Father-in-Law..79..NY
(Living with married daughter, Hattie, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1832, then his age should have been 77 or 78 instead of 79.
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Chester married Mary Jane Sweet about 1860.1 (Mary Jane Sweet was born in 1833 in New York 1 2 and died in 1885 in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI 2.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 472D, Roll 0610, District 267, Family 183
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Chester Wright..Self..48..NY..Farmer
Mary Wright..Wife..47..NY..Keeping House
Royal Wright..Son..19..MI..Works On Farm
Mary Wright..Dau..17..MI..At home
Lewis Wright..Son..15..MI..At school
Hattie Wright..Dau..7..MI..At school
Lucy Wright..Mother..79..NY
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Sources


1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 267, p. 472D, family 183, Chester E. Wright and Mary Jane Sweet; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0610.

2 April Padgett, "Renton Connections," database(http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7187472/).

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 205, p. 7A, dwelling 156, family 159, William O. Renton and Hattie B. Wright; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 755.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 308, sheet 3B, family 100, William O. Renton and Hattie B. Wright; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 679.


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