Brief Life History of Carrie
When Carrie Wheeler was born in March 1874, in New York, United States, her father, Joseph Wheeler, was 26 and her mother, Sarah James, was 20. She married Frank Stone about 1894, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1900 and Pierrepont, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1910.
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- Carrie Wheeler, "United States Census, 1880"
- Carrie A. Wheeler, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Wheeler in entry for Gordon Hughes, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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