Brief Life History of Almira Jane
When Almira Jane Wheeler was born on 15 May 1842, in Molunkus, South Aroostook Territory, Aroostook, Maine, United States, her father, Levi Wheeler, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Wilder Arnold, was 19. She married Henry Mower Sr on 5 September 1856, in President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 3 January 1899, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Elmira Mower in household of Hy Mower, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Almira Jane Wheeler Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
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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