Kenneth David Wright was born on October 7, 1931 in Bridgeport, Connecticut according to his Social Security application. He was the son of John Wright and Janet Ruddiman who were Scottish immigrants. Two years after serving in the Royal Navy during World War I, Wright’s father immigrated to Canada in June 1920. About two years later he moved to Bridgeport. Wright’s mother arrived in New York on September 13, 1921. Wright’s parents married on December 18, 1924 in Bridgeport where his sister was born in June 1926. The 1930 United States Census counted the trio in Bridgeport at 180 River Street. Wright’s father was an engineer at the United Illuminating Company.
In 1935 Wright, his mother and sister visited Scotland. They were aboard the ship Transylvania when it departed Glasgow on September 25. The ship arrived at the Port of New York on October 5.
The 1940 census counted the Wright family in Fairfield, Connecticut at 177 Dorothy Street. Also in the household was Wright’s maternal grandfather, William Ruddiman.
Wright and his parents were at the same address in the 1950 census. Wright graduated Roger Ludlowe High School.
In 1935 Wright, his mother and sister visited Scotland. They were aboard the ship Transylvania when it departed Glasgow on September 25. The ship arrived at the Port of New York on October 5.
The 1940 census counted the Wright family in Fairfield, Connecticut at 177 Dorothy Street. Also in the household was Wright’s maternal grandfather, William Ruddiman.
Wright and his parents were at the same address in the 1950 census. Wright graduated Roger Ludlowe High School.
On October 18, 1952 Wright and Georgia Delamater married in Bridgeport. The 1956 city directory listed their address, 109 Grovers Avenue.
Wright’s veteran file said he served in the Army from January 11, 1954 to February 29, 1956.
Wright enrolled at the University of Bridgeport where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in graphic design.
The 1963 Newtown, Connecticut city directory said Wright was a graphic designer who resided in Monroe on Twinbrook Terrace.
At some point Wright was employed at Remington Rand Office Machines, a subsidiary of Sperry Rand Corp. in Norwalk, Connecticut. He designed an interrobang for the 1968 Model 25 electric typewriter. (Richard Isbell’s Americana interrobang, a hot metal type, was released in 1967.)
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A number city directories are available at Ancestry.com. The 1976 Westport, Connecticut directory listed “Graphic Groups” at 431 East State with Mrs. Georgia Wright in parenthesis. The 1978 Newtown directory said Wright’s home address was 37 Old Zora Road in Monroe. His business was the Graphics Group in Westport.
Years later, Wright and his parents moved to Massachusetts. Wright passed away on January 13, 1997 and laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his father, January 26, 1992, and mother, December 16, 1996.
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