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Osborn Wrightson (1836 - 1895)

Osborn Wrightson
Born in London, England, United Kingdommap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 5 Jun 1865 (to 1881) in Moruya, New South Wales, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 59 in Wolumla, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Osborn Wrightson was born in about 1836.

On 5 June 1865 he married Martha Stephens at the Yarragee Presbyterian Church, Moruya, New South Wales. Martha died by suicide in 1881.

Osborn remarried to widow Emma Jane Westaway (nee Norman) at Eden, NSW, in 1883.[1]

He retired from teaching in 1895.[2]

He passed away in 1895,[3] and was buried in the Wolumla Cemetery.[4]

Research Notes

Unsure about the name George Osborn Wrightson on his Findagrave memorial - every other document seems to have him as Osborn or Osborne.

Ancestry family trees have his parents as John Wrightson and Fanny Osborn.

Sources

  1. Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 28 May 2023), Index entry for OSBORN WRIGHTSON and EMMA WESTAWAY; District: EDEN; Registration Number: 4571/1883
  2. Government Gazette. (1895, June 3). Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108099209
    Mr. Osborn Wrightson, teacher, public school, Three-mile Waterhole, Wolumla, has retired.
  3. Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 30 Dec 1899), Index entry for WRIGHTSON OSBORN; Parents: UNKNOWN & UNKNOWN; District: BEGA; Registration Number: 7771/1895
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/207335362/george-osborn-wrightson: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for George Osborn Wrightson (4 May 1836–14 Jul 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #207335362, citing Wolumla Cemetery, Wolumla, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Dr. J The Seeker (contributor 47214870).
  • Declared insolvent in November 1881: IN INSOLVENCY. (1881, November 22). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 6018. Retrieved May 28, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221696939




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