Sunday, January 11, 2015
February 1, 2015
Anniversary of the death of our great great grandpa, Davis Charles Wainright
Davis is standing in the middle of his daughter-in-law Viola Vann and his daughter Elizabeth Davis Wainright Ramsey
Davis Charles Wainright was borne on May 8, 1876 in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents John B Wainright and Emma (Nee Huntley)
Davis was just 4 years old when he lived at 9 Whittaker Street less than a football field away from the railroad tracks and the Ohio River. This would later be the place of his future wife's death and his aunt's unfortunate drowning at the young age of 14.
He would marry his future wife and close neighbor Catherine Margaret "Maggie" Fagin.
Maggie grew up on 55 East 3rd Street just houses down from David and in 1910 records show they were married and moved to 1140 East Front Street. The shared their home with their sister and brother in law, Dora nee Hollander and Charles Fagin (Fagan)
In 1913 Davis, Maggie, and 72 other of their kin endured a flood which rose upwards of 20 feet over flood stage. Davis would live to see another flood in Cincinnati Ohio in 1937.
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This old post card I found camme from Cincinnati views website collected by Mr. Kramer 
Florence Fagan Wainright (his daughter)
   freight depot He registered for the war in 1940's. He was described as short and slender having gray eyes and brown hair. As young girls, we always saw him in suits that he must have worn for his clerk job. Maggie and Davis had 4 children from 1902-1908. The first is a girl we came close to due to her kindness of sending us birthday cards without fail. Florence Fagin Wainright who was born 1902 and died in 1993 at the age of 91 in a nursing home in Mason, Ohio. The second child was Lawrence J Wainright born 1905 and died in 1986 at the spry old age of 81. Then came the birth of our grandfather, Charles William Wainright born 1906 and died in 1976 at the age of 69. Lastly, Howard William Wainright who died as an infant of 8 months with Enteritis or poisoning cause by contaminated food or water. Davis had two sisters. Elizabeth Davis Wainright Ramsey born 1870 and died 1953 at age of 83. With the birth of Jeannette or Nettie Wainright in 1878, she tragically died 14 years later of drowning in the Ohio River after an outing in a rowboat with 4 other young friends. Maggie died in her early 50's when she fell in the path of a train right in front of her house. She had just come from a church meeting in Cincinnati and had stepped off the trolly and stepped back from a passing truck. Both are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery on Spring Grove Avenue.  Charles William Wainright (1906-1976) This is our paternal grandfather sometimes commonly know as Charlie. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and lived on 1140 East Third Street now known as Eastern Avenue. There he lived with |
| Davis C Wainright | 33 |
| Margaret Wainright | 32 |
| Florence Wainright | 7 |
| Lawrence Wainright | 4 |
| Charles Wainright | 3 |
| Dora E Fagan | 22 |
| Charles Fagan | 17 |
He was only 4 years old when his 8 month old brother, William Howard Wainright died from enteritis which was due to contaminated food or water. My grandpa never talked to us about him and maybe didn't remember much about his death.
What he did between 1910-1927 is unknown to us. It is sad that we do not think to ask our ancestors the right questions when we were young.
Then he married my grandmother, Viola Vann on Valentine's Day April 14, 1927 when he was only 21 and she 17. Grandpa drove a taxi to make ends meet. They lived at 1133 East Third Street which is not far from his birth home. The houses are no longer there for the making of I-71 and several ramps took away those precious memories. Here is a link you can go to to see the spot as it is today on Google map.
Then he married my grandmother, Viola Vann on Valentine's Day April 14, 1927 when he was only 21 and she 17. Grandpa drove a taxi to make ends meet. They lived at 1133 East Third Street which is not far from his birth home. The houses are no longer there for the making of I-71 and several ramps took away those precious memories. Here is a link you can go to to see the spot as it is today on Google map.
https://goo.gl/maps/iYwWZ or
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.10276,-84.500353,3a,75y,92.45h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sfLB85Ns5fiTaIMdhizrVyg!2e0!6m1!1e1
In 1930 they moved to 1208 East Front Street. Again it was in the same house as his father-in-law James A. Vann, in Covington, Kentucky as always near the river. My grandpa was a truck driver again changing his job to whatever he could to take care of his family. At this time they had my father, Charles William Wainright who was at this time just 2 years old. Then my grandparents had a daughter in 1934, Margarent Ann. He now had to sister to fight and play with. When my dad turned 12, they were living on 1140 Eastern Avenue with his grandfather Davis, his Aunt "Sis" Florence(never married). My grandpa's mom died tragically 6 years before when she stepped off a trolley after a church meeting and was struck by a train. This must have been sad times for all. Also , as you can see they moved quite a bit which might have been common then. Charlie became a shipping clerk for the United States Post Office in 1940.
In the 1950's my grandparents moved to Dayton Kentucky again not too far from the mighty Ohio River. They lived at 707 Ervin Terrace in a rented house that had a basement and two floors. During that time Charlie took on a job working as a bartender at a Covington bar called Bridge Bar. Before he died, he joined the Covington Police Department and achieved the rank of Sergeant before he died in 1976.
To end, we would like to share some memories we had of him at this last residence. On cool summer nights, he would sit out on the front porch that had a swing. I remember waiting for the sweet sound of a Mr. Softee truck that would grace me with a chocolate malt or vanilla ice cream cone.
Photo by Evan Sklar
Grandpa was always a very giving grandfather. Also, to entertain us, he would ask us to pull his finger, and we knew that within the first yank, a not so pleasant sound came from behind him. He made us laugh alright. I do remember that one day, he challenged me to eat 10 White Castle hamburgers. He never lived to see me do this but it was a cinch. One of his bad habits that probably put him in his grave was a couple of packs of unfiltered Camel cigarettes a day
In the 1950's my grandparents moved to Dayton Kentucky again not too far from the mighty Ohio River. They lived at 707 Ervin Terrace in a rented house that had a basement and two floors. During that time Charlie took on a job working as a bartender at a Covington bar called Bridge Bar. Before he died, he joined the Covington Police Department and achieved the rank of Sergeant before he died in 1976.
To end, we would like to share some memories we had of him at this last residence. On cool summer nights, he would sit out on the front porch that had a swing. I remember waiting for the sweet sound of a Mr. Softee truck that would grace me with a chocolate malt or vanilla ice cream cone.
Grandpa was always a very giving grandfather. Also, to entertain us, he would ask us to pull his finger, and we knew that within the first yank, a not so pleasant sound came from behind him. He made us laugh alright. I do remember that one day, he challenged me to eat 10 White Castle hamburgers. He never lived to see me do this but it was a cinch. One of his bad habits that probably put him in his grave was a couple of packs of unfiltered Camel cigarettes a day
Emma Jane Huntley Wainright
(1847-1908)
To begin, Emma Jane did not grow up with the best of circumstances as you will see below.
Emma was born September 15, 1847 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Charles W. Huntley and Elizabeth Huntley. She had one brother, Benjamin Franklin Huntley born born 9 years before her in 1836.
The Underground Railroad was running full strength at her birth and would affect all of Cincinnati and the world.
She lived in what they called Ward 6 in Cincinnati. Wards were made because
Her father came from Dovershire, England and live to be 64 years old dieing just 8 years after Emma was born.
Her mother remarried in to James W. Henshaw. He died tragically in 1853 in Tennessee while working over a vat of molten steel. Again Emma Jane is to grieve at the innocent age of 7 for a step-father.
If matters were for the worse, her mother marries again in 1854 to Michael G Davis who was in his mid fifties. He died later in 1875 when Emma was 48 and living with her husband John B. Wainright in 1867.
What is most confusing are the 1860 census files. At this time, census did not show relationships of the household members. She was staying with Jones and a child of only 2 years of age. We can only assume that she might have been their servant and was only 12 years of age.
Now for one of the most devastating events to affect especially a parent and that was the drowning death of her daughter, Nettie Wainright at age 14 in the Ohio River while out with 3 others in their teen. One year after her death, they wrote a memorial that appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer on 1894.
Now for one of the most devastating events to affect especially a parent and that was the drowning death of her daughter, Nettie Wainright at age 14 in the Ohio River while out with 3 others in their teen. One year after her death, they wrote a memorial that appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer on 1894.
Emma dies at the age of on February 5, 1908, just 4 years before her husband John B. She has endured the death of her father and 2 stepfathers,
February 8, 1927
Today was the anniversary of my father, Charles Wm Wainright's birthday.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Charles William Wainright (1906-1965) and Viola Vann Wainright (1909-1987).
His first residence was on 1133 East Third Street. Then in 1930, his parents moved to 1208 East Front Street. It was seldom that he lived with just his parents. Since this was during the depression, many kin lived with their children to make ends meet.
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