Brief Life History of Mary May
When Mary May Wheeler was born on 12 March 1867, in Blue Springs, Gage, Nebraska, United States, her father, Allen Comstock Wheeler, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Jane Millard, was 24. She married Joseph Celatheal Broady on 24 March 1887, in Union Township, Washington, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Nebraska, United States in 1870 and Antelope Township, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States in 1880. She died on 11 February 1895, in Mill Creek Township, Washington, Kansas, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Mahaska Cemetery, Mahaska, Washington, Kansas, United States.
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- Mary Wheeler in household of Joseph Wheeler, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Wheeler, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Mary Wheller in entry for Harry Raymond Baldwin and Bertha Alice Smith, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.
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.
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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