Brief Life History of Ernest Bowman
When Ernest Bowman Wheeler was born on 18 June 1916, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Ernst Köhler, was 35 and his mother, Edith Viola Bowman, was 22. He married Virginia Andrew on 2 July 1940, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 16 January 2007, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Ernest B Wheeler, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ernest Wheeler, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Ernest B Wheeler, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · The Utah Packing Company becomes largest in the west
"Organized by a group of men in 1901, the Ogden Packing Company expanded consistently until it encompassed 6 acres for its main facility. It became the largest meat packing plant west of the Missouri River and had a daily capacity of over 3,000 animals. Their slogan in Utah was ""Raise a Pig"" so that local farmers and their sons would help in the business. After World War I most plants were forced to cut back on production because demand was dropping. It did bounce back and is still an important component in Utah's economy."
1941
Japanese attack 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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