Wilbur Wright

1867 - 1912  (45 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Wilbur Wright
  Birth	16 Apr 1867	Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 May 1912
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. Reuchlin Wright,   b. 1861   d. 1920, Kansas, USA  (Age 59 years)   2. Lorin Wright,   b. 1862   d. 1939  (Age 77 years)   3. Wilbur Wright,   b. 16 Apr 1867, Indiana d. 30 May 1912  (Age 45 years)   4. Ida Wright,   b. 1870, Dayton, Ohio, USA d. 1870, Dayton, Ohio, USA  (Age 0 years)   5. Otis Wright,   b. 1870   d. 1870  (Age 0 years)   6. Orville Wright,   b. 1871   d. 1948  (Age 77 years)   7. Katherine Wright,   b. 19 Aug 1874, Dayton, Ohio, USA d. 3 Mar 1929  (Age 54 years)
  Person ID	I302477	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Wright brothers at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Bishop Milton Wright,   b. 17 Nov 1828, Rush County, Indiana, USA d. 3 Apr 1917 (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Susan Catharine Koerner,   b. 30 Apr 1831, Hillsborough, Virginia, USA d. 4 Jul 1889, Dayton, Ohio, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1859	Union County, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F121306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Inventor of airplane, and aviation industry pioneer Probably during the winter of 1885-1886, Wilbur was hit with in the face with a bat while playing an ice-skating game. The injury at first did not seem serious. In the Bishop's words, "In his nineteenth year when playing a game on skates at an artificial lake at the Soldier's Home near Dayton, Ohio, a bat accidentally flew out of the hand of a young man... and struck Wilbur, knocking him down, but not injuring him much. A few weeks later, he began to be affected with nervous palpitations of the heart which precluded the realization of the former idea of his parents, of giving him a course in Yale College." For the next four years, Wilbur remained homebound, suffering perhaps as much from depression as from his vaguely-defined heart disorder. During this period, Wilbur cared for his mother Susan, who was dying from tuberculosis. During the years 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903, the two brothers developed the first effective airplane.