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Finding Joseph Wright

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  The Life of Joseph Wright  Wow what a last week or so has been after receiving new information  and working with the wonderful helpers I have.  The Mystery of Joseph Wright I believe may be solved or at least some of it.   I’ve had Josephs name for at least 29years but he had been quite elusive many trips all those years ago to State Library’s and Archives trying to find the clues that would led to Josephs whereabouts.  And after all those years it was of searching, it was some new information that had appear recently that led to the discovery of Joseph Wright for me  The follwing is an Extract from a story found on Ancestry, It was placed on there by Raine who is the  daughther of the Wrights biological daughter Iris Wright,  "Joseph Wright’s Two Families The story was that Joe was transferred to Sydney (without Joyce?) with his work and that Dot followed him there. At the time of Jo-Anne’s birth in February 1960, Joe was a listed as a For...

Joseph Wright Timelime 1928-1982

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    Joseph Wright Timeline 1928-1982  The following is a Timeline that has has been put together by Raine,  Raine is the daughter of Iris.  Iris was the biological daughter of Les and Anne Wright who Adopted Joseph Wright. Raine thought there may be more to uncover about Joseph and she was certainly right and so ever kindly put a huge  amount of information under  " Joseph Unknown k.a. Wright (Adopted)" on Ancestry.  Joseph Wright – Timeline 1928-1982 Born 11 September 1928, Carlton, Victoria (Royal Women’s Hospital?). Melbourne babies are mostly born at RWH Carlton. Could Joe have been born elsewhere; Yarrawonga? Joe was not registered as Joseph Wright in 1928. Was Joe’s birth mother a Catholic. He was later sent to a Catholic private school. In 1928 the Wright family was renting at 38 Deakin Street, Brunswick. Les was listed as a Farrier (on some lists, it was shown as ‘farmer’). The family lived there until around 1931 when they moved to 31 Alb...