Civil servant.
Born at Winnipeg in 1872, son of Archibald Wright, his family owned and developed the area that became the Town of Tuxedo. He was superintendent of works for Tuxedo for 43 years (1906-1949). Following his retirement, on 11 January 1950, he was presented with a chair by David R. Finkelstein, then Mayor of Tuxedo, who addressed Wright saying, “You did practically everything – your four-horse grader plowed those snow drifts long before tractors; if a water main broke in the night you were there.” Wright took great pride in his horses, which he showed at events in Canada and the United States.
On 23 November 1893, he married Mary Emily Else (1874-1947) at Winnipeg and they had six children: Robert Wallace Wright (1894-1949), Archibald Francis “Archie” Wright (1896-?), Genevieve Viola “Girlie” Wright (1899-1992, wife of Clarence Kenneth Connery), Vera O'Dell Wright (1901-1983, wife of Paul Kelpin), Wesley W. Wright (1907-?), and Reginald Murray Wright (1915-?).
He died at his Winnipeg home, 1 Frank Street, on 1 October 1963 and was buried in the St. James Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Robert John Wright, Mary Emily Else], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Robert Wallace Wright, Frances Archibald Wright, Genevieve Viola Wright, Vera Odell Wright, Reginald Murray Wright], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Genevieve Violo Wright, Clarence Kenneth Connery], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Vera O'Dell Wright, Paul Kelpin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“Tuxedo’s ‘handiman’, Mr. Wright honored for public service,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 January 1950. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B10, page 129]
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 3 October 1963.
Obituary [Viola Connery], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 April 1992, page 39.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 July 2023
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