Nancy Virginia Wheeler

12 May 1869–2 October 1945 (Age 76)
Lincoln, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Nancy Virginia

When Nancy Virginia Wheeler was born on 12 May 1869, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States, her father, James W Wheeler, was 35 and her mother, Nancy Ida Colbert, was 24. She married George Henry Knowles on 15 September 1887, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 2 October 1945, in Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Wyoming, Stark, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Henry Knowles
1869–1965
Nancy Virginia Wheeler
1869–1945
Marriage: 15 September 1887
Nettie Louella Knowles
1889–1918
Mary Josephine Knowles
1890–1979
William Thomas Knowles
1892–1963
George Robert Knowles
1894–1950
Alva Clifford Knowles
1897–1960
Inez Lillian Knowles
1899–1967
Nancy Edith Knowles
1900–1963
Theodore Roosevelt Knowles
1903–1959
Eva Fay Knowles
1906–1907
Devaine Emerson Knowles
1908–1978
Virginia Mae Knowles
1912–1976

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 September 1887Lincoln, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 1
    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.
    1871
    Age 2
    In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 21
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Rower
    Wheelwright

    Sources (25)

    • Nancy V Knowles in household of George H Knowles, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Nancy U Wheeler in entry for George H Knowles, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
    • Nancy V Wheeler in entry for Alva C Knowles, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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