Birth: 1790 Upper Pitfold, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: James Wheeler 1765-1833
Mother: Ann Chuter 1769-1859
Christening: 9 November 1790 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 5 February 1815 St Mary the Virgin, Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Husband: James Mitchell 1804-1878
Death: 1 March 1874 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Ann Mitchell [Loveland] 1846-1919
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for John Wheeler baptised on 9 November 1790 at Frensham, St Mary, father James Wheeler. "1790 [...] November [...] PCJohn Son of James Wheeler Baptize the 9th". (I assume PC is Private Christening. Pitfold is a long way from Frensham Church being just north of Shottermill so he may have been christened at home.)
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538 1973 for John Wheeler and Mary Ann Grievat on 5 February 1815 in Bramshott, Hampshire.
Entry in Bramshott Marriages "Page 6 no 17 John Wheeler of this Parish & Mary Ann Grieval of this Parish were married in this church by banns 5 Feb 1815 X both made their mark in the presence of X the mark of Thomas Wheeler & X the mark of Ann Wheeler"
In the 1841 census as Jno Wheeler aged 15 (sic - in the index, 45 on the original rounded down to a multiple of 5), an agricultural labourer and living with Mary (wife?), Thos (son?), Ann, Charlotte, Harriet, Maria, Martha and Sarah (daughters?) in Bramshott, Hampshire.
In the 1851 census as John Wheeler aged 60, born in Fransham (sic), Surrey, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Mary), son (Thomas) and four daughters (Anna, Maria, Martha and Sarah) in Bramshott, Hampshire.
In the 1861 census as John Wheeler aged 70, born in Upper Pitfold, Surrey, a labourer on roads, and living with his wife (Mary), daughter (Ann), grandson (Thomas), and granddaughter (Emily) near Quince Farm, Bramshott, Hampshire.
In the 1871 census as John Wheeler aged 79, born in Frencham (sic), Surrey, and living with his wife (Mary), married daughter (Charlotte Newman) and granddaughter (Kate Newman) at Marches, Hewshott, Bramshott, Hampshire. I suspect he was working for William Chalcraft, my fifth cousin three times removed, who had the farm at Hewshott.
Death of John Wheeler in FreeBMD in January-March 1874 aged 82 in Petersfield (2c 89).
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Wheeler born on 7 November 1790 in Frensham, Hampshire, parents James Wheeler and Ann Chutor, and his death on 1 March 1874 in Hampshire. There are also 24 entries for John Wheeler born/christened 7 November 1790 in Frensham, Surrey, parents James Wheeler and Ann Chutor, his marriage to Mary Ann Grevat on 5 February 1815 in Frensham, and his death on 1 March 1874 in Hampshire.
John Wheeler was the second great grandfather of Frederick George Deadman, husband of Ruth Croucher, my aunt, and of Sylvia Irene Deadman, wife of Leonard Croucher, my uncle. He was also the granduncle of Frederick Wheeler, husband of Margaret Isabel Smith, my first cousin twice removed.
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