Somehow Related: Wright Brothers

Friday, September 9, 2022

Exploring the Skies ~ Samuel Langley & the Wright Brothers

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2022: Week 36 (EXPLORATION)

The Wright Brothers are my 6th cousins 4x removed on my mother's maternal line.

Wilbur (Will) Wright
BIRTH 16 APR 1867 • Millville, Henry County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 30 MAY 1912 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
&
Orville (Orv) Wright
BIRTH 19 AUG 1871 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
DEATH 30 JAN 1948 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, US

Also through this line is the man who almost beat them to flight, Samuel Pierpont Langley, my 7th cousin 4x removed

Samuel Pierpont Langley
BIRTH 22 AUG 1834 • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 27 FEB 1906 • Aiken, South Carolina

I wonder if they knew they were 7th cousins working toward the same goal - FLIGHT.

Exploring the skies was the dream at the time.

Samuel Pierpont Langley had great ideas and plans, but he didn't successfully make it happen.

The Wright Brothers get credit for flight, but looking at the folks who were working toward this goal at the time it appears to me they didn't execute it alone.

For more information about Samuel Langley's contribution to flight check the sources below.

When the cousins get together to make history!!!

This is why I search -

Cause ...

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Photos:

Langley aerodrome N°5, Smithonian. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langley_aerodrome_N%C2%B05,_Smithonian.jpg

Samuel Langley and Charles Manly. Vaeth, J. Gordon (Joseph Gordon). 1966. Langley, man of science and flight, New York : Ronald Press Co. Page 77. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from https://library.si.edu/image-gallery/99423

Samuel Pierpont Langley - Potomac experiment 1903. Retrieved Septembe r8th 2022 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Pierpont_Langley_-_Potomac_experiment_1903.jpeg

Sources:

1903-The First Flight. Wright Brothers. National Park Services. National Memorial North Carolina. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from
https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/learn/historyculture/thefirstflight.htm

Gierke, C. David. The Man That Almost Beat the Wrights Into the Air. History Net. Originally published June 12th 2018. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from https://www.historynet.com/samuel-langley-aviation-pioneer/

Samuel Pierpont Langley. Wright Brothers History: The Tale of the Airplane. The Wright Brothers Page: Wilbur and Orville Wright. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from
http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/inventors/Langley.html

Samuel P. Langley Collection. Smithsonian Institute Virtual Archives. Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from
https://sova.si.edu//record/NASM.XXXX.0494

Samuel Pierpont Langley. Earth Observatory. NASA. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Langley/langley_2.php

Samuel Pierpont Langley, Your Dictionary. Biography. Retrieved September 8th 2022 from
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/samuel-pierpont-langley

Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

Taking Flight ~ The Wright Brothers

You can't land until you have taken flight.

This week's prompt LANDED immediately had me thinking about the pilots in our bramble bush who have my 6th cousins 4X removed to thank for their careers.

I personally give them thanks for the tropical vacations we have enjoyed in the past, and look forward to in the future.

It is beginning to feel like the 2 year travel sabbatical is coming to an end. I am hopeful to hear those magical words "This is your Captain speaking".

In the beginning, before there was magic in the skies, there were 2 young men with a dream!

My 6th cousins X4 removed:

The Wright Brothers, and their immediate family.

The parents:

Milton Wright (my 5th cousin 5x removed)
BIRTH 17 NOV 1828 • Rushville, Rush, Indiana, USA

DEATH 3 APR 1917 • Oakwood, Ohio, USA

and

Susan Catherine Koerner

BIRTH 30 APR 1831 • Hillsboro, Loudoun, Virginia, USA

DEATH 4 JUL 1889 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Their children (my 6th cousins X4 removed):

Reuchlin Wright

BIRTH 17 MAR 1861 • Fairmont, Grant, Indiana, United States

DEATH 23 MAY 1920 • Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Lorin Wright

BIRTH 1862 • Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana, USA

DEATH 1 DEC 1939 • Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA

Wilbur (Will) Wright

BIRTH 16 APR 1867 • Millville, Henry County, Indiana, USA

DEATH 30 MAY 1912 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Otis Wright , (twin to Ida)

BIRTH 24 FEB 1870 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

DEATH 7 MAR 1870 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Ida Wright , (twin to Otis)

BIRTH 24 FEB 1870 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

DEATH 12 MAR 1870 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Orville (Orv) Wright

BIRTH 19 AUG 1871 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

DEATH 30 JAN 1948 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Katherine (Katie) Wright

BIRTH 19 AUG 1874 • Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

DEATH 3 MAR 1929 • Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA

Our shared ancestors are

My 9th great grandparents via my maternal line who are the Wright brothers 5th great grandparents via their paternal line.

Richard Lyman

BIRTH 24 FEB 1618 • High Ongar, Co. Kent (Canterbury) England

DEATH 3 JUN 1662 • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
and

Hepzibah Ford

BIRTH 15 MAY 1625 • Dorchester, Dorset, England

DEATH 11 APR 1683 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

In our world today we view air travel as nothing unusual. Anywhere we want to go we can hop on a plane arriving in a short amount of time. It wasn't that long ago that air travel didn't exist.

We have the Wright Brothers to thank for flights that take us away to exciting destinations where we can forget everything that regular life has to offer.

When your ancestors were a part of creating your current day happy place!