When William Wheeler was born on 4 September 1842, in Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Wheeler, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Gillings, was 33. He married Martha Leah Howell on 15 December 1861, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Farr West, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900 and Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 7 June 1925, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
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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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