William WRIGHT ¹

  Death Notes:

Name: Wright, William Record Type: Deaths Age at death: 76 Quarter: September Year: 1890 District: Boston County: Lincolnshire Volume: 7a Page: 245 or 21

  Noted events in his life were:

• His occupation is shown as labourer in 1844.

• His occupation is shown as labourer on 27 Sep 1849. at the birth of Mary.

• UK Census: 30 Mar 1851, North Street Boston. ⁴

• His occupation is shown as agricultural labourer on 30 Mar 1851. ⁴

• UK Census: 7 Apr 1861. ⁵ Age 44

• His occupation is shown as Farm labourer on 7 Apr 1861. ⁵

• He lived at 18 Caroline Court Boston in 7 Apr 1861 ⁵

• UK Census: 2 Apr 1871. ⁶ Age 57

• He lived at 18 Caroline Court Boston in 2 Apr 1871 ⁶

• His occupation is shown as agricultural labourer on 2 Apr 1871. ⁶

• UK Census: 3 Apr 1881, 18 Caroline Court Boston. ⁷

William married Mary STRAIGTON on 15 May 1835 in St James Freiston. (Mary STRAIGTON was born in 1814, christened in 1814 in Freiston, died about Apr 1888 ⁸ and was buried on 28 Apr 1888 in Boston Crematorium and Cemetery ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

The Anglican parish church of Freiston is dedicated to St. James, and it is of Norman origin and was restored in 1871. It is called the "Ship of the Fens" and contains several Norman carvings of interest.

A Benedictine Priory was founded here in 1114 on land donated to Crowland Abbey by Guy de CRUON or CREDON. In 1687, the Priory building and lands were granted to the DRYDEN family.