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WILLIAM ALBERT WRIGHT 1873 LEIC BORN NOTTS
I KNOW HE MARRIED SARAH A L SMITH IN 1914. BUT WAS HE MARRIED BEFORE THEN?
AS HE HAD SEVEN CHILDREN BEFORE 1914. PLEASE CAN ANY ONE HELP

It would help a lot if you said who he was ....

And where he lived ...

can you give his name date and place of birth please

In which case you should be able to locate him and his brood on the 1911 census.

Is this him??

Marriages Mar 1914 (>99%)
Smith Sarah A L Wright Leicester 7a 376
WRIGHT William Smith Leicester 7a 376

1911:
WRIGHT, William Head Married M 37 1874 Iron Moulder Iron Foundry Nottingham Notts VIEW
WRIGHT, Sarah Ann Lydia Wife Married
3 years F 29 1882 Leicester Leicestershire VIEW
SMITH, Leonard Stepson M 8 1903 Leicester Leicestershire VIEW
WRIGHT, Mary Ann Lydia Daughter F 2 1909 Leicester Leicestershire VIEW
WRIGHT, Elsie May Daughter F 1 1910 Leicester Leicestershire VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
19216 Reference:
RG14PN19216 RG78PN1150B RD407 SD1 ED52 SN226

Registration District:
Leicester Sub District:
North West Leicester Enumeration District:
52 Parish:
Leicester

Address:
42 Thurcaston Road Leicester County:
Leicestershire

Looks like he and Sarah were living together before they married.

His marriage cert to Sarah should state that he was a widower, if he had been married before.

1901:

Name: William Wright
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Nottinghamshire, England
Civil parish: Leicester Formerly St Margaret
Ecclesiastical parish: Leicester St Mark
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation: Iron Moulder

Condition as to marriage: Unmarried

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: North West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 26
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 147
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Ann Williamson 54
George A Williamson 23
John H E Williamson 21
William Wright 27


Just a guess for Sarah based upon her mothers name:

1901:

Name: Sarah A Smith
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Alfred F Smith
Mother's Name: Lydia Smith
Gender: Female
Where born: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Leicester Formerly Newarke
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: South Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 56
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred F Smith 42
Lydia Smith 41
Sarah A Smith 19
Agnes J Smith 16
Alfred Smith 14
Lizzie Smith 12
Georgie Smith 10
Katie Smith 10
Lily Smith 4
Daniel Palmer 55

yes jonsey, this is him and i know Sarah was married to a gorge dobbs before William.

thank you for trying to sort this out

If Sarah was married to George Dobbs before William she should have married in the name Sarah Dobbs.

How do you know she was married before?

Edit.

Found this marriage.

Marriages Mar 1904 (>99%)

Dobbs George Edward Leicester 7a 291
Smith Sarah Ann L Leicester 7a 291

Christine

that's true it says she spinster so that cant be right can it.

Do you have both of the marriage certs?

I added the marriage to Dobbs in my post above.

Christine

1911 George Edward Dobbs, married but no wife with him:

DOBBS, Edward Head Married M 57 1854 Hydrautic Engine Man Leicestershire Cosby VIEW
DOBBS, Fanny Wife Married
30 years F 67 1844 Great Barr Staffordshire VIEW
>>>DOBBS, George Edward Son Married M 29 1882 Hydrautic Cleaner Leicestershire Leicester VIEW
DOBBS, Thomas William Son Single M 26 1885 Porter Leicestershire Leicester VIEW
DOBBS, Annie Elizabeth Daughter Single F 23 1888 Dress Maker Leicestershire Leicester VIEW
DOBBS, Phyllis May Langton Grandchild F 0 (9 MONTHS) 1911 Leicestershire Leicester VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
19219 Reference:
RG14PN19219 RG78PN1151 RD407 SD2 ED2 SN78

Registration District:
Leicester Sub District:
North East Leicester Enumeration District:
2 Parish:
Leicester

Address:
70 William Street Leicester County:
Leicestershire

marital status on marriage certs can be "ahem" incorrect it depends on what the couple told the vicar or registrar

my great grandparents are listed as batchelor and spinster on their cert despite the fact he was a widower and she was either a bigamist or widow (or wasn't married to the man who had previously fathered her 4 children)

its strange because my mother was born 1911. George dobbs died 1911 he was killed in an accident falling off a crane. in Blackburn .i know sarah was her mother.

glad other people have the same prob.

Something is just not adding up.

Have you got a copy of your mothers birth certificate? Is there an address where she was born on it and who registered the birth?

What was your mother's name?

Was she registered as Dobbs?

Christine

no i afraid its the original wrote on the back in pencil
mother Sarah -- father William

Hi Marilyn,

If your mother was registered as a Wright then obviously William accepted that he was the father even though at the time he and the child's mother (Sarah) were not married in the eyes of the law.

Nothing unusual in that as divorce was only an option for the rich many couples whose original marriages had floundered simply moved on to new partners. Although Sarah's original husband died in 1911 it looks like that Sarah and William simply delayed getting married until 1914.