Who is who on the Orville Wright family tree
All 12 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Milton WrightBishop of the United Brethren Church | 1828–1917 | Father of the seven Wright children. He died at Hawthorn Hill in 1917. | Find on the chart |
 | Susan Koerner WrightMother | 1831–1889 | Born in Virginia, the daughter of a wagonmaker. She died in Dayton in 1889. | Find on the chart |
| RW | Reuchlin WrightEldest son | 1861–1920 | Married Lulu Billheimer and farmed in Kansas from 1901. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| LB | Lulu BillheimerWife of Reuchlin | Not recorded | Married Reuchlin in 1886. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| LW | Lorin WrightSecond son | 1862–1939 | Took the news of the first flight to the Dayton Journal. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| NS | Netta StokesWife of Lorin | Not recorded | Married Lorin in 1892. Mother of Milton, Ivonette, Leontine and Horace. | Find on the chart |
 | Wilbur WrightAviation pioneer | 1867–1912 | Never married. He died of typhoid fever in 1912. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
| OW | Otis WrightTwin son | 1870–1870 | Born in Dayton in 1870. He died in infancy. Sources12 | Find on the chart |
| IW | Ida WrightTwin daughter | 1870–1870 | Born in Dayton in 1870. She died in infancy. Sources12 | Find on the chart |
 | Orville WrightAviation pioneer | 1871–1948 | The index person of the Orville Wright family tree. He never married. | Find on the chart |
 | Katharine WrightYoungest child | 1874–1929 | Teacher and Oberlin graduate. She married Henry J. Haskell in 1926. Sources10 | Find on the chart |
 | Henry J. HaskellHusband of Katharine | 1874–1952 | Editor and part owner of The Kansas City Star. | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Orville Wright family tree, from Bishop Milton Wright to Katharine. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/wright-brothers-family-tree
- MLA“The Orville Wright Family Tree, from Bishop Milton Wright to Katharine.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/wright-brothers-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Orville Wright Family Tree, from Bishop Milton Wright to Katharine.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/wright-brothers-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Orville Wright Family Tree, from Bishop Milton Wright to Katharine. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/wright-brothers-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
The files are drawn in this browser from the chart of the article, with the credit of every portrait under it.
Sources
Every source of this Orville Wright family tree was opened on 10 November 2026, the National Park Service pages first. Where sources disagree, the text gives both readings. Britannica refused automated reading and is not cited.
National Park Service
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission
The Henry Ford
Wright State University Libraries
PBS NewsHour
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Milton Wright, Jane Reece, 1910.
- Susan Koerner Wright, E.J. Godshall, 1866.
- Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, 1905.
- Orville Wright, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, 1905.
- Katharine Wright, Unknown author, 1898.
- Henry J. Haskell, Unknown author, 1927.
- The Wright home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, photographed by the brothers about 1900. Orville and Katharine were born here and Wilbur died here, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, about 1900.
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