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Ruggles “Rug” Wright

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Ruggles “Rug” Wright

Birth
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Aug 1863 (aged 69)
Hull, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Gatineau, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
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Ruggles is the son of Philemon Wright and Abigail Wyman, he was united in marriage on 25 Mar 1815 to Hannah Chamberlin,daughter of Nicholas Chamberlin and Methable Elliott.and had eleven children. He was a natural leader much like his father as he carried on much of his father's work. He was the person who founded the "Hull Crib Slide" used for shipping the cut logs down the river and over the various falls. Ruggles built his crib slide along side what is now Laurier Avenue and it was the first timber slide in the country capable of passing full cribs. This was used from about 1828 until 1928 when the last logs were passed down the slide.

Ruggles donated land in 1846 for the site of Notre-Dame de Grace Church in Hull, Quebec. He was to become Hull's Postmaster. Ruggles was twice married and had children by both wives.

1st. Hannah Chamberlin (14 Jun 1794-24 Jun 1838) married 25 Mar 1815-Eleven children all born in Hull,Quebec,Canada:

Ruggles Wright-1818-9 Jul 1872-Frances Russell
George Dalhousie Wright-1820-1821
George Dalhousie Wright-1821-1850-Georgiana Harrison
Francis Nathaniel Wright-1824-1824
Charles Brown Wright-9 Aug 1826-19 Aug 1900-Susan Cunningham
Napoleon Wright-Feb 1829-10 Jul 1830-age 17 months
Napoleon Wright-Jan 1830-15 Nov 1830-age 10 months
Hannah C. Wright-1833-26 Jan 1901-Joseph Merrill Currier
Edward Van Cortland Wright-1837-17 Aug 1915-Frances Adelia Marston
Edmund Wright-Dec 1835-25 Jun 1836-age 6 months
Philemon Wetherall Wright-1837-1877-Sarah Elizabeth Slater

2nd. Rosina McDowell (1806-3 May 1862)- married abt 1838:

William McKay Wright-1839-17 Dec 1882
Rosina Wright-1842
Florence Wright-1848
Ruggles is the son of Philemon Wright and Abigail Wyman, he was united in marriage on 25 Mar 1815 to Hannah Chamberlin,daughter of Nicholas Chamberlin and Methable Elliott.and had eleven children. He was a natural leader much like his father as he carried on much of his father's work. He was the person who founded the "Hull Crib Slide" used for shipping the cut logs down the river and over the various falls. Ruggles built his crib slide along side what is now Laurier Avenue and it was the first timber slide in the country capable of passing full cribs. This was used from about 1828 until 1928 when the last logs were passed down the slide.

Ruggles donated land in 1846 for the site of Notre-Dame de Grace Church in Hull, Quebec. He was to become Hull's Postmaster. Ruggles was twice married and had children by both wives.

1st. Hannah Chamberlin (14 Jun 1794-24 Jun 1838) married 25 Mar 1815-Eleven children all born in Hull,Quebec,Canada:

Ruggles Wright-1818-9 Jul 1872-Frances Russell
George Dalhousie Wright-1820-1821
George Dalhousie Wright-1821-1850-Georgiana Harrison
Francis Nathaniel Wright-1824-1824
Charles Brown Wright-9 Aug 1826-19 Aug 1900-Susan Cunningham
Napoleon Wright-Feb 1829-10 Jul 1830-age 17 months
Napoleon Wright-Jan 1830-15 Nov 1830-age 10 months
Hannah C. Wright-1833-26 Jan 1901-Joseph Merrill Currier
Edward Van Cortland Wright-1837-17 Aug 1915-Frances Adelia Marston
Edmund Wright-Dec 1835-25 Jun 1836-age 6 months
Philemon Wetherall Wright-1837-1877-Sarah Elizabeth Slater

2nd. Rosina McDowell (1806-3 May 1862)- married abt 1838:

William McKay Wright-1839-17 Dec 1882
Rosina Wright-1842
Florence Wright-1848

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Ruggles Wright
son of Philemon Wright
died 18 Aug 1863 Aged 69 years & 10 months

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