Bryce McMurdo WRIGHT

1850 - 1895  (45 years)

• Name	Bryce McMurdo WRIGHT
  Birth	18 Jan 1850	Liverpool, Lancashire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5D4AF4D8365C4E998A68FA439965986A1BDF
  Death	15 May 1895	St Pancras, London   [2, 3]
  Notes	Like his father, Bryce McMurdo WRIGHT was a well-known mineralogist. He and Emma divorced in 1891. 1881 census: at 54 Guildford Street, St George Bloomsbury, London, Bryce McMurdo (31, expert in gems & precious stones, born Liverpool, Lancashire), Emma Sarah Louise (22, born Brixton, London) and Bryce Walford McMurdo (1 month, born London). Also Eliza HUCKS (boarder, widow, 48, monthly nurse, born Hunsley(?), Surrey), Margaret BROWN (20, domestic servant, born Nettswell Cross, Essex), Edmund Thomas JONES (shop-boy, 13, born Brixton) and Annie MANTER (widow, 27, cook, born Twickenham, Middlesex). Robert Wright has said that Bruce left his family in 1890. In the 1891 census: at 17 Linred Road, Fulham, London, May (pet name for Emma, according to Robert Wright), 32, wife, born Kennington, Bryce W Mm (son, 10, scholar, born Bloomsbury, London), Clarence S D (son, 8, scholar, born Bloomsbury, London), Beryl M (daughter, 5, scholar, born Bloomsbury, London) and Edith W (daughter, 3, born Chelsea). Also a domestic servant.
  Person ID	I277	Ipswich, Suffolk
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Bryce McMurdo WRIGHT,   b. 24 Jun 1814, Dumfries, Scotland d. 10 Oct 1874, Holloway, London (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Jane SMITH,   b. Abt 1819, Douglas, Isle of Man d. 3 Dec 1890, Kentish Town, London (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1842	Liverpool, Lancashire   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Sarah Louisa CROUCH,   b. Mar 1859, Brixton, London d. 20 Feb 1929, Hendon RD (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1880	Kennington, London   [5, 6]
  	Marriage record at IGI indicated Emma's father was Edmund CROUCH.
  Marital status	Divorce
  Children	1. Bryce Walford McMurdo WRIGHT,   b. 25 Mar 1881, Bloomsbury, London d. 5 Oct 1898, Bretagne, France (Age 17 years)   2. Clarence Sinclair Darwin Bryce WRIGHT,   b. 30 Nov 1882, Bloomsbury, London d. 20 Jan 1945, Hendon, London (Age 62 years)   3. Beryl May WRIGHT,   b. 11 Aug 1885, Bloomsbury, London d. 25 Feb 1957, N Surrey (Age 71 years)   4. Edith Euclase Winifried WRIGHT,   b. 5 Feb 1888, Chelsea, London d. Abt 1952, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Jan 1850 - Liverpool, Lancashire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index, Q1 1850 Liverpool 20/433. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, aged 45, Q2 1895 Pancras 1b/7. (Reliability: 3). [S31] Robert Wright, from C Smale chart, September 2011. [S3] BMD index, Q3 1842 Liverpool 20/313. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index. [S2] IGI.