Finding Emily's Story (2024)

There are a number of public trees with photos of Emily WRIGHT 1868-1960 and her father John 'Jack' WRIGHT. The trees shows that John "Jack"WRIGHT's mother was an Aborigine and the people in the photos indicate that this could be the case. One of your previous threads mentioned that Emily may have been of Maori descent.

Are any of the trees yours?

There are a number of public trees for John "Jack" WRIGHTand his wife Mary Ann POTTER.

These are claimed to be their children - Mary 1861–1904, Louisa 1863-1899, Emily 1868-1960, Mary A 1869-1904, Henrietta "Ettie" 1874-, Walter 1878-1918, Louisa 1880–1938, Janet 1884-1947,

According to the trees John died 27 Feb 1936 at Trangie.

Australian Electoral Roll
1930
WRIGHT John Four Mile Road, Trangie Labourer.

Death
2688/1936
WRIGHT John 105 years Trangie
District Narromine

I found these obituaries and and they show conflicting info. Probably a bit local folk lore as well. The local registrar has his age as 105 which may have been taken from John/Jack's pension record.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99601632
Trangie News and Narromine Advocate 28 Feb 1936.
118 Years Old.
TRANGIE RESIDENT DIES.
Daughter Aged 94.
Claimed to be 118 years of age, an old-age pensioner, named Jack Wright, passed away yesterday morning at Trangie.
There is no authentic record of this remarkable old age, but it has been established that a daughter aged 94 is living at Newcastle.
Jack Wright, who has been drawing the pension ever since it was made available 26 years ago he was one of the first to be enrolled retained remarkable use of his faculties.
Until a year ago he was active and was a familiar sight in Trangie. It is only comparatively recently that his sight and hearing were almost perfect. Only five years ago he was
more active than many men but half his age.
His father lived at Orange where he was married twice, rearing a family by each wife.
Jack Wright was his first son by his first wife, who was an aboriginal, and was born at
Windsor.
He came to Trangie and was remembered by the fathers of present residents as an old man. In those days he was a hard worker and a hard drinker, too. In this connection he often told the story of how a bush publican could not cash one of his cheques, claiming that he had insuffcient change. Jack set about reducing the amount by buying drinks. Each time be did so he asked if the publican had enough and was told that he had better 'shout' again.
He did so until at last, becoming disgusted, he took the cheque and chewed it up. After that he never drank again.
Tobacco, often cited as one of the curses of civilisation, was his chief consolation, and he used it for smoking and chewing.
During his lifetime he saw many different things come to pass and many were the tales be used to tell.
An effort is being made to secure these for publication.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162514133
Mudgee Guardian and North Western Representative 2 Mar1936
DIED AT 118
Hardy Old-timer
BELIEVED to have been 118 years of age, Jack Wright a Trangie pensioner, and a veteran of the old school, has died.
Born in Windsor, he was the father of 11 children, most of whom predeceased him, but also died of old age.
He was partial to smoking and chewing tobacco, and gave up drinking only because a bush publican would not cash his cheque until he had spent most of it.
He is survived by a daughter, aged 94, who lives at Newcastle

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131590083
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate 1936
Mr. Jack Wright died at Trangie on Thursday. His estimated age is be tween 112 and 118 years. About four years ago, it is said that he received a certificate giving his age at 114, but
this has not been found. He has been drawing the pension ever since it started, about 26 years ago. He had a family of eleven, but has outlived most of them. One of the surviving daughters, who is living at Newcastle, is 92 years of age. Deceased has been living in Trangie as long as anyone can remember.
Up till a couple of years ago, when his sight became impaired,he was very active, and until five years ago could step dance. About 40 years ago he was a heavy drinker, and right up to his death he was very fond of tobacco. His mother was a full blooded aborigine and his father a white man.
Recently lie had been under treatment at the hands of Dr. Maclean for heart trouble, and this was the cause of his death. After eating a good meal, he went to bed in the best of spirits and passed away in his sleep.
The funeral took place yesterday morning, the police being in charge.

There are similar reports in various NSW newspapers.

Cando

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