Brief Life History of William Marion
When William Marion Wheatley was born on 16 November 1879, in Wise, Virginia, United States, his father, John Wheatley, was 26 and his mother, Celia Jenkins, was 30. He married Ora Elizabeth Dean on 12 March 1898, in Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 9 February 1945, in Norton, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Wiley Gardner Cemetery, Needmore, Wise, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Wm Wheatley, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Wheatley, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- William Wheatley, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
Spouse and Children
1879–1945 Male
1882–1933 Female
Children (1)
1899–1967 Male
Parents and Siblings
1853–1910 Male
1849–1914 Female
Siblings (6)
1877– Female
1878–1938 Male
1879–1945 Male
1882–1966 Female
1886–1925 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 15
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Wheatley, for example in Essex, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Yorkshire, or from Whatley in Somerset and Whateley in Warwickshire, all name of which are named with Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’. Compare Whatley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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