Brief Life History of George Walton
When George Walton Wheeler was born on 30 March 1844, in Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Levi Wheeler, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ann Wilder Arnold, was 21. He married Hannah Humphreys on 6 August 1861, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wyoming Township, Lee, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. His occupation is listed as blacksmith in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States. He died on 23 October 1912, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- George Wheeler in household of R C Hanley, "United States Census, 1850"
- George Walton Wheeler, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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HISTORY OF GEORGE WALTON WHEELER AND HANNAH HUMPHRIES WHEELER as told by their daughter, Dora Irene Wheeler Boman.
Grandfather Levi Wheeler was born July 5, 1812, in Green Kennebec County, Maine. He worked in the lumber business in Maine. His wife, Grandmother Mary Ann Arnold, was born June 30, 1822, in Abington, …
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