Mary Janette Wheeler

Brief Life History of Mary Janette

When Mary Janette Wheeler was born on 9 March 1879, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, Lorin Wheeler, was 23 and her mother, Dilla Delight Bates, was 21. She married John Oliver McCoy on 16 April 1900, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Jefferson, Montana, United States in 1920 and Jefferson City, Jefferson, Montana, United States in 1930. She died on 3 March 1938, in Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Oliver McCoy
1877–1949
Mary Janette Wheeler
1879–1938
Marriage: 16 April 1900
Cecile Irene McCoy
1903–1917
Leone Louise McCoy
1909–1977
June Evelyn McCoy
1920–1985

Sources (11)

  • Nettie McCoy in household of John O McCoy, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Janette Wheeler - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mary Janette Wheeler
  • Nettie Wheeler, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883 · Anaconda Established

In 1883, Marcus Daly established the town of Anaconda, Montana. It was at the same time that the smelting works in Anaconda was established.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.

History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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