Roy Peter WRIGHT

1888 -

• Birth	16 Mar 1888	Nebraska City, Otoe, NE   [1, 2]
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN   [3]
  	1920 census at 3112 21st Av S, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN shows Roy P. Wright, 33, b. NE, parents b. KY/GERMANY, salesman bakery; Mrs., 26, b. MO, parents b. MO/MO; Mary L., 4, b. MO; Elizabeth J., 3/12.
  Census	11 Apr 1930	Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN   [4]
  	1930 census at 3637 43rd Av, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN shows Roy P. Wright, 37, married at age 27, b. NE, parents b. KY/GERMANY, salesman groceries; Vera J., 33, married at age 23, b. MO, parents b. MO/MO, clerk department store; Mary L., 14, b. MO; Elizabeth J., 10. The census contains a note to advance to the next page where the following are enumerated at the same address. James B. W. Jackson, 72, married at age 23, b. MO, parents b. VA/MO, no occupation; Ada L., 68, married at 19, b. MO, parents b. TN/MO.
  Military Note	5 Jun 1917	Brookfield, Linn, MO   [2]
  	On June 5, 1917 Roy Peter Wright signed up for the WWI draft. He resides in Brookfield, MO and gives his birth date as March 16, 1888 at Nebraska City, NE. His occupation is listed as salesman for the XXX(illegible) Biscuit Co., in XXX City. He states he has a wife and child and claims exemption because of them. The registrar indictes he is of medium height and slender with gray eyes and light hair, he is not bald.

  
  

  Father	Zephaniah Taylor WRIGHT,   b. 1 Apr 1848, KY d. Feb 1914 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Mary BREADEHOFT,   b. 15 Dec 1859, GERMANY d. 4 Dec 1933 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F3930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vera JACKSON,   b. Apr 1892, MO
  Marriage	Abt 1914  [3, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Mary Louella WRIGHT,   b. 1 Jan 1916, Humphreys, Sullivan, MO d. 30 Jun 1997, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 81 years)   2. Elizabeth WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1919, MN
  Family ID	F3001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Mar 1888 - Nebraska City, Otoe, NE Military Note - 5 Jun 1917 - Brookfield, Linn, MO Census - 3 Jan 1920 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN Census - 11 Apr 1930 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1900] 1900 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1900), 1900. [S406] National Archives and Records Administration, WW II Army Enlistment Records, 406. [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930. [S100] MN Department of Health, Ancestry Minnesota Birth Index, 100. [S464] Ahern Family, From obituary file., 464.