Brief Life History of America
When America Wheeler was born on 31 October 1801, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Timothy Brooks Wheeler, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Bruce, was 36. He married Lucy Hemenway Temple on 12 October 1826, in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1849, in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- America Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"
- America Wheeler in entry for Joseph A Wheeler and Mary E Livingston, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- America Wheeler, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (7)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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