Brief Life History of Elvira
When Elvira Teeples was born on 11 November 1819, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, her father, Jacob Edwin Teeples, was 56 and her mother, S. Herodias Bentley, was 45. She married Henry Ammon Wheeler on 2 January 1836, in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1856 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 2 December 1886, in Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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- Vancuran Wheeler, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elvira Teeples - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Elvira Teeples
- Family Data Collection - Marriages
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World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Monroe, New York, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Variant of Teeple .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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