Louisa Catherine Wheeler

Brief Life History of Louisa Catherine

When Louisa Catherine Wheeler was born on 16 May 1869, in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States, her father, Samuel Wheeler, was 23 and her mother, Hannah Frances Hatfield, was 23. She married John Andrew Woodford on 17 August 1890, in Hickory, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 5 May 1946, in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Andrew Woodford
1869–1948
Louisa Catherine Wheeler
1869–1946
Marriage: 17 August 1890
Kenneth Raymond Woodford
1891–1953
Marian Woodford
1893–1963
Miriam Woodford
1895–
Glen Wheeler Woodford
1895–1978
Jay A Woodford
1897–
George Dewey Woodford
1897–1975
Aubrey Mills Woodford
1900–1985
John Valentine Woodford
1904–1990
Dixie Helen Woodford
1905–1986
Robert Rex Woodford
1910–1990
Woodford
1910–

Sources (21)

  • Catherine Wheeler in household of Samuel Wheeler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Louisa Catherine Woodford, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • J A Woodford in entry for Woodford, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

World Events (8)

1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union

Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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