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Kate Temple Wright

Daughter of James W. Wright · 1873–1945

Kate Temple Wright

Confirmed

Daughter of James W. Wright · 1873–1945

Born
on 21 January 1873
Died
on 28 November 1945
Parents
James W. Wright & Lucy Brooks
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED daughter of James W. Wright and Lucy Brooks, and sister of Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright; later Mrs. Britain. Her death certificate, read from the image, names her father as James Wright and her mother as Lucy Brooks S1146. Added to the family tree on 10 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1873
Born on 21 January 1873 at Dallas; died on 28 November 1945 at Hamilton, Texas S1146

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Probable
Probable confirm or correct → She is probably the “only sister, Mrs. O. D. Britton of Hamilton” of her sister Mollie’s 1934 obituary S1642. What is weak or missing: nothing but the town and the surname joins Britain to Britton; her husband is not on a record read here and is not entered; no marriage record is found. A Britain–Wright marriage record would settle it. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1146 S1642 Card added 2026-10-10

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Kate Temple Wright · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

2 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1146Texas Standard Certificate of Death no. 48594, Hamilton County, 1945 — Mrs. Kate Temple Britain. Ancestry record 82614521. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Confirmed Mrs. Kate Temple Britain, white, widowed, housewife, born 21 January 1873 in Dallas County, Texas; died 28 November 1945 at the Hamilton Sanitarium, Hamilton, Texas, aged 72 years 10 months 7 days; father James Wright, born Tennessee; mother Lucy Brooks, born Tennessee. Informant Mrs. Ruth Harris, Hamilton. Buried at Gentry’s Mill, Texas, 30 November 1945. The informant knew Kate, not necessarily her parents. Her 1878 will entry reads “Kate Templeton Wright” (S84).
  2. S1642Obituary of Mrs. D. E. Coffman — Abilene Daily Reporter, 7 December 1934, p. 15. Read from the newspaper text (OCR); the page images are not yet read by eye. Born 23 October 1859 at Dallas; married D. E. Coffman on 27 October 1878; settled in Taylor County in 1880. Five children named: J. D., J. Frank, J. Lee and D. C. Coffman, and Mrs. L. L. Ashley. “An only brother”, J. B. Wright of Potosi; “an only sister”, Mrs. O. D. Britton of Hamilton. Funeral at the Dudley Church of Christ on 8 December 1934, after an illness of five days. The paper says she died “Friday morning” (7 December); her death certificate, read from the image, says 6 December at 7:20 p.m. (S81), and the certificate is kept.

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