Author talk:Cuthbert Vail Wright

Year of birth
Year of birth is more than likely 1892 (see Cuthbert Wright; don't know how I can change that here. Ni&#39;jluuseger (talk) 23:15, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert_Wright#cite_note-6 and given the information below the year 1893 seems more likely to me. Pinging also . --Jan Kameníček (talk) 13:55, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The information provided on the passport application AND the WWI draft form is the information of the informant/applicant, so unless they are not telling the truth for the DoB to their government, it will probably be 1893, though we are talking two secondary sources with information provided from the subject. We would need to find a true primary record like birth certificate or somethign that shows clearly alive in 1892 or the early parts of 1893. — billinghurst  sDrewth  20:59, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, user:Ni'jluuseger, happy to concede that 1892 is year of birth, more records online now then when I did that search 10 years ago. Seems that Wright has an honest lack of knowledge about his year of birth. — billinghurst  sDrewth  21:22, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Noting that I have now also merged the two WD items. — billinghurst  sDrewth  21:27, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi all, thanks for the update. Just to summarise: the best primary source I've found, the New York State Birth Index, confirms March 20, 1892. Censuses up to 1905 back this up. The YOB 1899 already cropped up in Wright's lifetime. This lends plausibility to William A. Perry's statement that "Wright often pretended to have been born in 1898 or 1899" (although of course, that being hearsay, I haven't used this particular source for the article). I could go with Wright being confused about 1892/1983, but 1899 is a clear fabrication that may well have originated with Wright himself. Ni&#39;jluuseger (talk) 11:02, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

=Sources=

passport
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Civil: 6 Oct 1919 Residence: Paris

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Civil: 6 Oct 1919 Residence: Kent Connecticut

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Father: William Edgar Wright Birth: 20 Mar 1893 Civil: 20 Jul 1921 Residence: 1 Rue De Fleurus, Paris,

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Father: Reverend William Edgar Wright Birth: 20 Mar 1893 - Elmira, New York Civil: 23 Apr 1923 Residence: Kent, Connecticut

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Father: Reverend William E Van Wright Birth: 20 Mar 1893 - Elmira, New York Civil: 6 Oct 1919 Residence: Kent, Connecticut

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Father: William Edgar Wright Birth: 20 Mar 1893 - Elmira, New York Civil: 24 Jun 1921 Residence: No 1, Rue De Flourus, Paris

military
U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Military: Massachusetts Publication: 1921

WWI
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Birth: 20 Mar 1893 - New York;United States of America Residence: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Other: Cambridge City

WWII
Name: 	Cuthbert Wright Gender: 	Male Race: 	White Birth Date: 	20 Mar 1893 Birth Place: 	Elmira, New York, USA Residence Place: 	Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Military Draft Date: 	1942 Next of Kin: 	Miss Adelaide Wright
 * The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of Massachusetts; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2090

Education
Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory Name: Cuthbert Vail Wright Residence: Elizabeth, NJ, U.S.A.

census
Name: 	Cuthbert Wright Race: 	White Gender: 	Male State: 	New Jersey County: 	Monmouth Locality: 	Freehold Family Number: 	67 Roll: 	V227_92 Page: 	12 Line: 	11 [Age: tick in 5 years and less column]
 * New Jersey Department of State. 1895 State Census of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ, USA: New Jersey State Archives. 54 reels.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Cuthbert V Wright Birth: 1892 - New York Residence: 1910 - Newark Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey

birth
Name: 	Cuthbert Wright Birth Date: 	20 Mar 1892 Birth Place: 	Elmira, New York, USA Certificate Number: 	11575
 * New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Birth Index

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