Celia Mabel Wheeler
31 March 1914–29 August 1994 (Age 80)
Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States
The Life of Celia Mabel
Celia Mabel Wheeler was born on 31 March 1914, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States. She married Louis Clarence Lessley on 3 July 1934, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. She died on 29 August 1994, in Eagle, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Dry Creek Cemetery, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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Family Time Line
Merrill Reeves Brown
1910–2010
Celia Mabel Wheeler
1914–1994
Marriage: 7 January 1977
Spouse and Children
1910–2010Male
1914–1994Female
MARRIAGE
7 January 1977
Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
7 January 1977
Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
Age 3
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 21
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele ‘wheel’. The name is particularly common on the Isle of Wight; on the mainland it is concentrated in the neighboring region of central southern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Celia Lessley in household of Louis Lessley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Celia Lessley Brown in entry for Merrill Reeves Brown, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Celia M. Lessley, "BillionGraves Index"
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