Birth: April-June 1856 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Father: James Wheeler 1818-1899
Mother: Mary Mansell 1820-1897
Christening: 15 June 1856 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: July-September 1887 East Preston, Sussex, UK
Husband: Frank Collier 1858-1909
Death: January-March 1912 East Preston, West Sussex, UK
Frances Mary Collier 1888-1955
John Hans Collier 1890-1891
Valentine Robert Collier 1891-1893
Bernard Frederick Collier 1894-1896
Mildred Collier [Ifould] 1894-1870
Winifred Collier 1896-a1911
Phyllis Collier 1897-1986
Birth of Mary Wheeler in FreeBMD in April-June 1856 in Farnbro' (2a 78).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Mary Wheeler baptised on 15 June 1856 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents James and Mary Wheeler.
Her brother and sister were born in Bramshott in 1858 and 1861.
In the 1861 census as Mary Wheeler aged 4, born in Bramshall (sic), Hampshire, and living with her parents (James and Mary), three brothers (George, Richard and William) and two sisters (Alice and Harriett) in Bramshott, Hampshire.
In the 1871 census as Mary Wheeler aged 14, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her brother-in-law and sister (George and Hannah Whiting) and nephew (George H) at Marches, Bramshott, Hampshire.
In the 1881 census as Mary Wheeler aged 24, born in Bramshot, Hampshire, single and a nurse living with John Roberts (aged 40, born in Worthing, Sussex and a wine merchant), his wife (Emily A aged 34 and born in Worthing, Sussex), son (Charles C aged under a month, and born in Worthing, Sussex), three daughters (Helen C aged 4, Mabel L aged 3 and Mary C aged 6, all born in Worthing, Sussex), and three other servants (Eliza Saunders aged 20, born in Eastbourne, Sussex, single and a cook, Emily Pepper aged 24, born in Brighton, Sussex, single and a housemaid, and Caroline Coleman aged 55, born in London, Middlesex, married in the index, single on the original, and a professed nurse (S M)) at Deverell Cottage, Crescent Road, Broadwater, Sussex.
Marriage of Mary Wheeler and Frank Collier in FreeBMD in July-September 1887 in E Preston (2b 525).
In the 1891 census as Mary Collier aged 34, born in Lipbook, (sic) Hampshire, and living with her husband (Frank) and daughter (Frances M) at Ada Cottages (between 75 and 77 Montague Street), Broadwater, Sussex.
In the 1901 census as Mary Collier aged 44, born in Branshort (sic), Hampshire, and living with her husband (Frank) and four daughters (Frances, Mildred, Phyllis and Winifred) at 2 Augusta Place, Worthing, Sussex.
Her husband died in East Preston in 1909.
In the 1911 census as Mary Collier aged 54, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, widowed, seven children, four still living and three having died, a manageress of a boarding house, and living with her four daughters (Frances May, Mildred, Phyllis ad Winifred) in twelve rooms at 85 Marine Parade, Worthing, Sussex. This was owned by Frances Agnes Love (aged 43, born in Neath, Wales, married, four children all still living, and with private means), and a companion (Bertha Hunter Smith aged 28, born in Brighton, Sussex and single).
Death of Mary Collier in FreeBMD in January-March 1912 aged 54 in E Preston (2b 448).
There are seventeen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Mary Wheeler.
Mary Wheeler was the first cousin twice removed of Frederick George Deadman, husband of Ruth Croucher, my aunt, and of Sylvia Irene Deadman, wife of Leonard Croucher, my uncle. She was also the second cousin of Frederick Wheeler, husband of Margaret Isabel Smith, my first cousin twice removed.
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