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  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Early Life. Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, the middle child in a family of five children. His father, Milton Wright, was a bishop in the Church of the United...

  3. Jul 20, 2010 · Keeping the Wright Brother’s Legacy Alive. by Marie · July 20, 2010. Orville and Wilbur Wright never married or had children. They did however have siblings. Today two descendants of those siblings help bring life to the legacy of first flight left by the Wright Brothers.

  4. Deacon Samuel Wright of Wrightsbridge, Essex County (b. 1606, d. 1665) married Margaret Stratton (b. circa 1604, d. 1681) in 1625. While still in England, they had four children – Samuel Jr., Margaret, Hester (or Esther), and Lydia. About 1636, they sailed to America where they had four more – James, Judah, Mary and Helped.

  5. Oct 31, 2022 · Wilbur Wright, c.1876, LOC, via Wikimedia Orville Wright, c. 1876 LOC, via Wikimedia Before they made history, Wilbur and Orville were, in one sense, fairly unremarkable children.

  6. Apr 11, 2024 · Katharine Wright's Role as Archivist. High-profile events aside, much of Katharine’s work took place out of the public eye. While Wilbur and Orville set and broke flight records, she helped ...

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  7. Wilbur Wright. (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) Orville Wright. (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) The Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, were the two youngest boys of Milton and Catherine Wright’s seven children. The family moved around often during the boys’ childhood due to Milton’s profession as a bishop in the Church of the ...

  8. On a November night in Paris in 1908, Wilbur Wright addressed a group of French aviation enthusiasts gathered to honor him and his brother, Orville, saying that this honor was really a tribute to “an idea that has always impassioned mankind.”. With these words, Wilbur Wright recognized what might be called the universal aspiration to fly.

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