Mary Wheeler

7 July 1803–25 February 1890 (Age 86)
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Wheeler was born on 7 July 1803, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, James Wheeler, was 29 and her mother, Betsey Pixley, was 31. She died on 25 February 1890, in her hometown, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

James Wheeler
1774–1838
Betsey Pixley
1772–1814
James D. Wheeler
1795–1846
Lewis Howard Wheeler
1808–1880
Betsey A Wheeler
1796–1881
John Wheeler
1797–1809
Harvey Wheeler
1799–1862
Rozeller Wheeler
1802–1877
Mary Wheeler
1803–1890
Sarepta Wheeler
1804–1849
Celia Wheeler
1805–1867
Susannah Wheeler
1811–
Diademia Wheeler
1813–

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World Events (8)

1804
Age 1
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
Age 1
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 27
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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

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