When Alfred Wheeler was born about 1818, his father, William Wheeler, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Hughes, was 24. He married Georgia Ann Harris on 23 April 1842, in Hamilton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1849, at the age of 32.
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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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