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Podcast 04: Trauma Begets Trauma S2  Ep. 2 - Vasper Wright's Early Years Part I

Supplemental and Source Materials

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Familly Tree

Vasper Wright and his early years

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Primary Source Documents

Here are some of the primary source documents used in the investigation.

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Methodology:

1930 Census Dissected & Freedom of Information Example

1930 US Federal Census for Vasper Leo Wright and information gained from it.

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Secondary Source Material

Here you will find examples of secondary evidence, mostly data from encyclopedias and web pages.

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Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles focused on Vasper Wright.

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Sources, References and External Links

This has all the reference material compiled into one location along with some links of interest.

Family Tree

Vasper Wright Family Tree

Made with Family Tree Maker and Adobe Photoshop

Image of Vasper with unknown person. Received from Grandma Hellen in November 2020. She believes this was taken outside his residence in Rock, WV.

Methodology:
1930 Census Dissected

1930 Census Information

Click below to learn more by going to the FAQ about the 1930 U.S. Federal Census at The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Website.

Methodology:
Freedom of Information
Act Example

What I sent via e-mail as per the instructions - Berrien County Michigan Sheriffs Department

Newspaper Articles

Primary Source
Materials

Register of Births

Register of Births for Vasper Leo Wright born on July 3, 1907 with name spelled Vesper Leo Wright. He was born in Rock, WV to A.F. Wright and Effie. The person giving the information is A.F. Wright.

Link to Family Search Index Record with link to original: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMMD-NTT

1920 Federal US Census

WWI Draft Card for Andrew Frazier Wright, Vasper's father

1920 US Federal Census, Andrew Frazier Wright as head of family

Secondary Source
Materials

Information compiled by Nicole Joseph from the data obtained from the United States Bureau Of The Census. Fourteenth census of the United States: 1920 Bulletin. Population: West Virginia. Department of Commerce. 
Link to .Pdf Below. 

Links to local information used in the podcast.

- History Mercer County in e-WV

- About Rock, WV by Jim and Nancy Bailey

- History of Education in West Virginia

Sources, References, & Links

  • Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1900; Census Place: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1766; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 86. Birth date:  Feb 1880 Birth place:  West Virginia Residence date:  1900 Residence place:  Rock, Mercer, West Virginia. (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com. Accessed on 23 September 2023.
     

  • Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1920; Census Place: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1963; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 99; Image:. Birth date:  abt 1881 Birth place:  West Virginia Residence date:  1920 Residence place:  Rock, Mercer, West Virginia. (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com. Accessed 23 September 2023.
     

  • Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1930; Census Place: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia; Roll: 2545; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 1057.0. Birth date:  abt 1880 Birth place:  West Virginia Residence date:  1930 Residence place:  Rock, Mercer, West Virginia. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Accessed 24 September 2023; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
     

  • Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line] Year: 1940; Census Place: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04429; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 28-50. (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
     

  • Ancestry.com, U.S.. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. (Registration Location: Mercer County, West Virginia; Roll: 1992861; Draft Board: 2. Birth date:  13 Feb 1880 Birth place:   Residence date:   Residence place:  Mercer, West Virginia. Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com.
     

  • Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards [database on-line], 1942 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Roll: WW2_2240330; Local board: Mercer , West Virginia. Birth date:  13 Feb 1880 Birth place:  West Virginia Residence date:   Residence place:  Mercer, West Virginia.
     

  • Bailey, Jim & Bailey, Nancy. About Rock. Rockwva.com 2023. Accessed 5 Oct. 2023. https://rockwestvirginia.com/tag/past/ 2023.
     

  • "Bus for School Children." Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, West Virginia · Sunday, November 14, 1926, News, Digital images, newspapers.com(https://www.newspapers.com/article/bluefield-daily-telegraph/134012887/), citing original p.21.
     

  • The history of education in West Virginia. Charleston Tribune Printing Company 1907. Prepared under direction of the State Superintendent of Schools. Obtained from Western Virginia Department of Education.  http://wvde.state.wv.us/downloads/2013/150/History%20of%20Education%20WV%201907.pdf. Accessed on 5 Oct 2023.
     

  • McGehee, C. Stuart "Mercer County." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 09 January 2023. Web. 04 October 2023
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  • “Notice of Bankruptcy,” Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 2 July 1931, News. Digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13103070/bluefield_daily_telegraph/?xid=637), citing original p. 10.
     

  • United States Bureau Of The Census. Fourteenth census of the United States: 1920 Bulletin. Population: West Virginia. Department of Commerce.  Digital Pdf. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-wv-number-of-inhabitants.pdf.
     

  • Unknown Photographer. Personal Photograph. Image of Vasper Wright and unknown person in front of his home in Rock, WV. Dated around the late 1960s. Photo taken by cell phone from original photo that Grandma Helen had. Copy taken November 2020. 
     

  • The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed 24 October 2023. https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1930/general-faqs.html
     

  • "West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMMD-NTT : 10 February 2018), Vesper Leo Wright, 1907; citing Mercer, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 804,468. Accessed on 26 September 2023. Copy of Original Image obtained from West Virginia Archives and History. West Virginia Births, 1852 – 1930 [database on-line]. West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History 2021.  http://archive.wvculture. org/vrr/ Accessed on: 26 September 2023.

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