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Dr. John S. Wright, son of Abel Wright (1827-1911) and Mary Dobie (1828-1914) was born in Ontario, ca. 1863, one of ten children. The family are descendants of Abel Wright (1631-1659) born in Massachusetts, U.S.A, who was a sailor in the New England area, around 1655.

Direct line shown here:
Abel Wright (1631-1725, Mass., USA)

Ensign Abel Wright (1664-1691, Mass., Conn., USA)

Ebenezer Wright (1701-1786., Conn., USA)

Ebenezer Wright (1727-1809, Conn., USA; Cornwall, CA)

Asahel Wright (1754-1813, Conn., USA; Ontario)

Abel Wright (1791-1879, Ontario)

Abel Wright (1827-1911, Ontario)

John Sutherland Wright (ca 1860-1939, Ontario; Edmonton, Alberta).

The family of John’s great-grandfather, Asahel Wright (1754-1813), was caught in the American Revolution. The loyalties were divided in the family. Asahel and some sons sided with the British and went to Canada, where they received some land grants in return for their loyalty. Asahel’s other sons remained in the New England, U.S.A. area.
John is a descendant of the branch of the family that went to Ontario and became farmers in the Township of Sullivan area, Grey County, Ontario.
In 1891, John lived in Manitoulin, Ontario and worked as a school teacher. He married Matilda Dawson on November 16, 1891 in Little Current, Ontario. Their daughter, Helen Walker Wright, was born October 10, 1895, in Toronto, Ontario while John was a medical student.
John, Matilda and Helen moved to the United States in 1897, settling in the town of Lysander, New York. Sometime between 1901 and 1910, Matilda died and, John and Helen returned to Canada.
In 1910, John opened a practice in Edmonton, Alberta on Jasper Avenue. In 1911, he moved his practice to the Stovel Block, at 423 Namayo Avenue (later known as 10329 - 97th Street).
John married Marion Georgina Weatherston, from Hayesland, Ontario, on August 31, 1910 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. John’s practice remained at the Stovel Block and the family, John, Marion and Helen, lived in the same building. By 1916, Helen Walker Wright was a teacher at McCauley School and still lived with her father and stepmother at 10329 – 97th Street.
In 1924, John moved his practice to the Tegler building at 10189 – 101 Street, and the family moved to 10152 – 115 Street. His practice remained in the Tegler building until he retired in 1938.
Helen Walker Wright married Wilmer Gerald Grothier, a bank clerk, on May 5, 1921 in Toronto. They had two children. Helen Walker (Wright) Grotheir died December 3, 1931 in Woodstock, Ontario.
Marion Georgina (Weatherston) Wright died ca. 1929.
Dr. Wright died In Edmonton June 5, 1939 and is buried in the family plot in Perry, New York, U.S.A.

Harold Percy Brown was born in England in 1886 and he immigrated to Canada in 1908. He married Evelina Mann in 1911 in Edmonton and they had two sons, Percy and Leslie.
Harold Brown was the director of visual instruction and studio director of CKUA Radio in the faculty at the Department of Extension at the University of Alberta. He was instrumental in the formation of the first community league in the city (the 142nd Street and District Community League) and the Federation of Community Leagues.
The 142nd Street and District Community League was formed in 1917 with George Hall as President and Harold P. Brown as Secretary.
The community league carried out a number of activities, including cultivating a vegetable garden to help with the war effort, raising funds for a school, piano, undertaking programs for children and families and providing amenities for returned veterans in the local hospital. The League continued its programs of sporting events, fairs, competitions and good works for many years.
In the 1930s the name was changed to the Jasper Place, Westgrove and District Community League. Harold Brown remained as secretary. The name was shortened to the Jasper Place Community League before the end of the 1930s. In 1951 the name changed again to reflect the renaming of the west end subdivision to Crestwood and Capital Hill Community League. The league opened their new hall in 1958. Harold Brown was still on the executive as Chair of the education committee. He created a scrapbook of community league news clippings and other material to document the early history of the community league. The name was again shortened to Crestwood before the end of the 1960s.
Harold Percy Brown died in Edmonton in 1965.

Louis Lucas was born 25 Aug 1894 in Ukraine. He came to Canada about 1910.
He married Helen Schultz in Edmonton in 1925. They had two children, Thelma and Gordon. Mr. Lucas built a career in the hospitality industry, first working in a restaurant on 101 St, near the Empire Block, then owning the Louis Waffle Shop on Jasper Avenue from 1927 to 1934. In 1935 he became manager of the Alberta Hotel and by 1940 he was manager at both the Alberta Hotel and Queen’s Hotel. In 1950 Louis purchased the Alberta Hotel and Queen’s Hotel, forming the Jasper Hotels Ltd. Company. Louis Lucas died 13 Jan 1955 in Edmonton and is buried at St. Joachim’s Cemetery in Edmonton.

The first Alberta Hotel was built in 1898 on the corner of Fraser and Jasper Avenue. In 1903 a new, four storey, sandstone and brick structure was erected on the same site. It boasted all the modern amenities including the first elevator and shower baths in Edmonton. Prime Minister Laurier stayed there during the inauguration ceremonies for the province in 1905.
After Louis Lucas’s death in 1955, the Alberta Hotel remained in the hands of the Lucas family until the 1980s. After protracted attempts to preserve the landmarks failed, both hotels were demolished in the early 1980s to facilitate development on Jasper Avenue. The Alberta Hotel was dismantled and put into storage for later reconstruction on another site.

Eliza Victoria McDougall was born on 14 Aug 1849 to Elizabeth Chantler and Rev. George Millward McDougall. Eliza married Richard Hardisty, Chief Factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Edmonton, on 20 Sep 1866. Eliza and Richard had three children - Clara Victoria, Richard George and William David.
Eliza Victoria McDougall Hardisty died in 1929.

Charles Edward K. Cox was born in England. He and his wife immigrated to Canada in 1907 and he was City Clerk for Edmonton AB from 1912 to 1934. He was active with various Edmonton musical organizations, including the Strathcona Choral Society, which he organized in 1908, and the Alberta Music Festival, for which he served as President. He was also a prominent member of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, particularly involved with its choir.
Charles Edward K. Cox died on 6 Feb 1937.

William A. Glen was a mechanic and manager at Edmonton Motors from 1926 to 1931. The following year he started his own business, Glen’s Auto Wreckage, which became Glen’s Ltd. around 1947.
In 1940 William A. Glen married Catherine MacLean in Edmonton.
William A. Glen died around 1975.

Frank William Wiggins was born in London, England 3 Oct 1889. He was a civil servant in England before immigrating to Canada. He worked in Manitoba and southern Alberta, then at the Swift Canadian Company in Edmonton, Alberta, as a cashier. He enlisted on 16 Feb 1916, having been a member of the 101st Edmonton Fusiliers. He served in A Company, 49th Battalion, C.E.F., received the Military Medal at the Second Battle of Cambrai for bravery, attained the rank of sergeant and was in Mons at the Armistice 11 Nov 1918.
After the war he homesteaded near Barrhead, Alberta, and later became Secretary-Treasurer for the Lac Ste. Anne School Division.

Anthony Graham Shute was born in Lindsay Township, Bruce County, Ontario, 28 Jan 1870. He joined the police force at Owen Sound, Ontario, where he served for eight years before moving to Edmonton, Alberta, and joining the city police force in 1911.
He was promoted to sergeant on 1 Jan1912, inspector on 1 Mar 1913, Acting Chief of Police, ca. January 1920 and Chief of Police on 10 May 1920.
He was a member of the Edmonton Boxing and Wrestling Commission from ca. 1916 to 1951. He retired from the police force in 1942.
He married Sarah Ellen Rodgers on 9 Oct 1901.
Anthony Graham Shute died 14 Jan 1958.

The donors of the records were private citizens who wished to remain anonymous.

Daniel Taylor Ritchie was born in 1898 in Scotland and was in Edmonton by 1906. He worked in a variety of Edmonton printing and publishing companies, including Western Veteran Publishing Co., Bulletin Printers, Reliable Printing and Hamley Press.
Daniel T. Ritchie died in 1972.