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Family of George Wheeler and Eliza Ellis

Husband: George Wheeler (1810-1868)
Wife: Eliza Ellis (c. 1814-1890)
Children: Eliza Wheeler (1841-1927)
George Wheeler (1842-1901)
Ann Wheeler (1844-1923)
James Wheeler (1846-1920)
Thomas Wheeler (1848-1932)
Jane Wheeler (1850-1928)
Sarah Wheeler (1852-1854)
Lucy Wheeler (1853-1924)
Ellis Wheeler (1856-1939)
Marriage 29 Jun 1839 Parish Church, St Luke, Middlesex
Witnesses 29 Jun 1839 Bartley Ellis, Sophia Mansell

Husband: George Wheeler

Name: George Wheeler
Sex: Male
Father: Thomas Wheeler (1787-1852)
Mother: Ann Shears (c. 1781-1847)
Birth 4 Apr 1810 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 8 Apr 1810 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Occupation 29 Jun 1839 (age 29) Tailor, Bunhill Row, Middlesex (on marriage cert.)
Census 1841 (age 30-31) Tailor, Guildford Street, Chertsey
Occupation 1842 (age 31-32) Tailor (on son George's birth cert.)
Census 1851 (age 40-41) Tailor & Parish Clerk, Guildford St, Chertsey, Surrey
Census 1861 (age 50-51) Parish Clerk, Guildford St, Chertsey
Death fact 1868 (age 57-58) 1868 Dec Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/25 (aged 58)
Death 20 Dec 1868 (age 58) Chertsey, Surrey
Burial 24 Dec 1868 St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey (aged 59)

Wife: Eliza Ellis

Name: Eliza Ellis
Sex: Female
Father: James Ellis (1776-1838)
Mother: Ann Attfield (1779-1822)
Birth c. 1814 Chertsey, Surrey
Census 1871 (age 56-57) Stationer, bookseller & newsagent, 24 Guildford St, Chertsey
Death fact 1890 (age 75-76) Death: 1890 Mar Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/36
Death 1890 (age 75-76) Chertsey, Surrey

Child 1: Eliza Wheeler

Name: Eliza Wheeler
Sex: Female
Birth 1841 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 10 Jan 1841 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Census 1841 (age 0) Living with parents (aged 6 months)
Census 1861 (age 19-20) Dressmaker, Guildford St, Chertsey (living with parents)
Census 1881 (age 39-40) Draper, 11 Cornwall Rd, Camberwell
Census 1891 (age 49-50) Ladies' outfitter, Guildford St, Chertsey
Census 1901 (age 59-60) Ladies' outfitter, High St, Weybridge (unmarried)
Census 1911 (age 69-70) Living with sister Ann, unmarried
Death fact 1927 (age 85-86) 1927 Jun Q, Chertsey, 2a/106 (aged 86)
Death 1927 (age 85-86) Chertsey, Surrey

Child 2: George Wheeler

Name: George Wheeler
Sex: Male
Spouse: Amelia Herrick (1837-1924)
Birth 22 Aug 1842 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 18 Sep 1842 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Birth fact 1842 (age 0) Birth: 1842 Sep Qtr, Chertsey, 4/70
Census 1861 (age 18-19) Solicitor's Clerk, Guildford St, Chertsey (living with parents)
Census 1871 (age 28-29) Solicitor's clerk
Occupation 1880 (age 37-38) Secretary: Chertsey, Walton, Weybridge and Woking District Building Society
Census btw 1881 and 1891 (age 38-49) Solicitor's managing clerk, Windsor St, Chertsey
Census 1901 (age 58-59) Clerk to Urban District Council, Weybridge, Surrey
Death fact 1901 (age 58-59) 1901 Sep Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/27 (aged 59)
Death 29 Aug 1901 (age 59) "Hughenden", High Street, Weybridge, Surrey

Child 3: Ann Wheeler

Name: Ann Wheeler
Sex: Female
Birth 1844 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 20 Oct 1844 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Census 1891 (age 46-47) Unmarried, living with 3 sisters
Census 1891 (age 46-47) Stationer, Guildford St, Chertsey
Census 1901 (age 56-57) Stationer & newsagent, 81 Guildford St, Chertsey (unmarried)
Census 1911 (age 66-67) Stationer, 81 Guildford St, Chertsey (unmarried)
Death fact 1923 (age 78-79) 1923 Dec Q, Chertsey, 2a/85 (aged 79)
Death 1923 (age 78-79) Chertsey, Surrey

Child 4: James Wheeler

Name: James Wheeler
Sex: Male
Spouse: Jessy Walter (1850-1925)
Birth 1846 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 6 Sep 1846 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Title Reverend
Census 1871 (age 24-25) Draper's assistant, 34 Newgate Street, Christchurch, London
Census 1881 (age 34-35) Vicar Of St Philips Nottingham, 23 Snenton Dale, Snenton, Notts
Census 1891 (age 44-45) Vicar Of St Philips Nottingham, St Philips Vicarage, Snenton, Notts
Census 1901 (age 54-55) C of E clergyman, Hampreston Rectory, Wimborne, Dorset
Census 1911 (age 64-65) Clerk In Holy Orders, Rector of Hampreston, The Rectory, Hampreston, Wimborne, Dorset
Will 13 Aug 1919 (age 72-73) Executor to will of Emily Sophia Wain
Death fact 1920 (age 73-74) 1920 Dec Q, Wimborne, 5a/255 (aged 74)
Death 10 Dec 1920 (age 73-74) Woodside, Ferndown, Wimborne, Dorset

Child 5: Thomas Wheeler

Name: Thomas Wheeler
Sex: Male
Spouse: Frances Jane Richardson Maconochie (1846-1928)
Birth 30 Jun 1848 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 28 Jul 1848 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Birth fact 1848 (age 0) Birth: 1848 Sept Qtr, Chertsey, 4/90
Occupation 1877 (age 28-29) Brewer's clerk, Pound Pond, Chertsey (on Francis James's birth cert.)
Census 1881 (age 32-33) Bookseller & Stationer, Kingston Hill (House & Shop), Kingston
Census 1891 (age 42-43) Civil service copyist, Widdicombe Villa, Belle Vue Rd, Friern Barnet
Census 1901 (age 52-53) Assistant clerk, Local Government Board, 12 Westdown Road, Catford, Lewisham
Census 1911 (age 62-63) Clerk Second Division, 43 Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, S E
Death fact 1932 (age 83-84) 1932 Sep Q, Lewisham, 1d/861 (aged 84)
Death 18 Jul 1932 (age 84) Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent

Child 6: Jane Wheeler

Name: Jane Wheeler
Sex: Female
Birth 18 Oct 1850 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 13 Nov 1850 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Census 1891 (age 40-41) Stationer, Guildford St, Chertsey
Census 1901 (age 50-51) Stationer & newsagent, living with sister Ann
Census 1911 (age 60-61) Governess domestic, living with sister Ann (unmarried)
Death fact 1928 (age 77-78) 1928 Jun Q, Chertsey, 2a/109 (aged 78)
Death 17 May 1928 (age 77) 81 Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey

Child 7: Sarah Wheeler

Name: Sarah Wheeler
Sex: Female
Birth 1852 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 22 Aug 1852 (age 0) Baptised, Chertsey (IGI)
Death fact 1854 (age 1-2) 1854 Mar Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/13
Death 1854 (age 1-2) Chertsey, Surrey
Burial 1854 St Peter, Chertsey (aged 17 months)

Child 8: Lucy Wheeler

Name: Lucy Wheeler
Sex: Female
Birth 18 Dec 1853 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 13 Jan 1854 (age 0) Chertsey, Surrey
Birth fact 1854 (age 0-1) 1854 Mar Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/31
Census 1881 (age 27-28) Schoolmistress, Woodchurch, Kent
Census 1891 (age 37-38) School governess, Guildford St, Chertsey (unmarried)
Census 1901 (age 47-48) Governess, The Vicarage, North Wootton, Wellow, Somerset (unmarried)
Census 1911 (age 57-58) Visiting governess, living with sister Ann (unmarried)
Residence 1917 (age 63-64) 81 Guildford Street, Chertsey (Surrey Archaeological Society members list)
Death fact 1924 (age 70-71) 1924 Mar Q, Chertsey, 2a/131 (aged 70)
Death 1924 (age 70-71) Chertsey, Surrey

Child 9: Ellis Wheeler

Name: Ellis Wheeler
Sex: Male
Spouse: Julia Jemima Minty (1865-1958)
Birth 25 Feb 1856 Chertsey, Surrey
Baptism 21 Mar 1856 (age 0) Chertsey, Surrey
Birth fact 1856 (age 0) 1856 Mar Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/26
Census 1871 (age 14-15) Assistant, Amersham, Bucks
Census 1881 (age 24-25) Servant, St Andrews
Census 1901 (age 44-45) Stationer & newsagent, 28 Guildford St, Chertsey (unmarried)
Census 1911 (age 54-55) Draper (retail), High Street, Weybridge
Death fact 1939 (age 82-83) 1939 Mar Q, Surrey North Western, 2a/497 (aged 82)
Death 6 Feb 1939 (age 82) Chertsey, Surrey

Note on Husband: George Wheeler (1)

Surrey History Centre: Item ref: 524/1

Lease for 7 years

1) Durley Grazebrook of Madras House, Brighton, Sussex, gent

2) George Wheeler of Chertsey, tailor

Messuage, shop yard, shed and premises in Guildford Street, Chertsey. Consideration £10 p.a.

The 1855 County Directory lists George Wheeler as a tailor, at Guildford Street, Chertsey. This lease makes it clear that he was already in occupation in 1857; it seems likely that the house was the property listed as 30 Guildford Street in the 1861 census. In the census returns George Wheeler is described as 'parish clerk etc.', a native of Chertsey, then aged 51. The house was also occupied by his wife Eliza, her mother and their seven children. Later directories show that George Wheeler was trading as a bookseller and newsagent in 1867 and that his daughter Ann continued the business as 'stamp distributor and newsagent' until around 1927.

Date(s): 20 Jul 1857

Note on Husband: George Wheeler (2)

11 March 1869. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of George Wheeler late of Chertsey in the County of Surrey Stationer deceased who died 20 December 1868 at Chertsey aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Eliza Wheeler of Chertsey aforesaid Widow the Relict of the said Deceased she having been first sworn. Effects under £300.

Note on Husband: George Wheeler (3)

George son of Thomas Wheeler native of this place Journeyman Carpenter by his wife Ann Shears native of Horsell in the County.

Born April 4th, baptised April 8th 1810

Entry in baptism register, St Peter, Chertsey.