1815 -
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Name |
Edwin Wheeler [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Birth |
19 Jul 1815 |
Hungerford
[2, 3, 5, 6] |
- parents Thomas & Mary Wheeler [baptisms reg 1815 & 1836]
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Baptism |
15 Oct 1815 |
Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel, Hungerford
[5] |
Christening |
29 Apr 1836 |
St Mary Magdalene, Richmond-upon-Thames
[6] |
- C of E baptism, possibly required for admission to Cambridge though not normally considered necessary
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Edwin Wheeler (1815-1869) 2nd baptism (christening) 29 Apr 1836 |
Education |
1837 - 1841 |
Christ's College, Cambridge
[4, 7] |
- Adm Pensioner 11 Apr 1837. Matric 1837. Scholar (Wilts) 03 Nov 1838. [Christ's Coll. Biogr. Reg (Curtis); Cambr. Univ. Alumn.]
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Degree/Qualif. |
1841 |
Cambridge University
; BA [1, 7] |
Marriage |
19 Mar 1841 |
Greenwich
[4, 8, 9] |
Georgiana Tatham, b. 10 Mar 1820, Alpha Rd, Regents Park , d. 24 Feb 1869, Te Aute, NZ |
Occupation |
Jun 1841 |
Clergyman [2] |
Residence |
Jun 1841 |
Chatham St, Ramsgate
[2] |
Occupation |
1842 - 1843 |
St Thomas, Birmingham
; Curate [7] |
Ordination |
1842 |
Worcester
; Priest, Church of England [4, 7] |
Occupation |
1847 - 1848 |
St Mary the VIrgin, Saffron Walden
; Curate [7] |
Occupation |
Sep 1849 |
Reverend Clerk [10] |
Residence |
Sep 1849 |
4 Fitzroy Square, Marylebone
[10] |
Emigration |
1850 |
New Zealand
[3, 11] |
Occupation |
Oct 1864 |
Farmer [12] |
Death |
- no death record yet found
- not = Edwin Wheeler d Australia 1880 aged 55 - 10 yrs too young, and son of William Wheeler and Elizabeth Ayers [cf ancestry.com forum posting 28 Jul 2009].
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Notes |
- Edwin Wheeler, Esq., of Christ's Coll., Camb.; Gent.'s Mag., N.S. XV., 1841, p.534. Peile, Christ's Coll. Biogr. Regrs. says he was adm. pens. 11 Apr, 1837. Age not given. Adm. Scholar (Wilts.), 3 Nov., 1838; B.A., 1841; appears in Address Book as Rev. E. Wheeler, Edgbaston, in Dec., 1842; ord. priest, Worcester, 1842. Not found again until 1847, when he was Curate of Saffron Walden; not found later. [4]
- Edwin Wheeler was born about 1815, possibly in Berkshire (the LDS website has an Edwin Wheeler born at Hungerford, Berkshire abt 1815 to Thomas Wheeler and Mary. There is also a James Wheeler born to the same parents in 1818). Edwin's marriage to Georgiana Tatham in Greenwich, London 19 Mar 1841 shows his father's name on the certificate as Thomas Wheeler. It also states that he was living in Marlborough, Wilts at the time.
Edwin went to Christ's College, Cambridge England
Admitted pensioner 11 April 1837. Age not given. BA 1841. Admitted Scholar (Wilts) 3 Nov 1838.
Rev E Wheeler, Edgbaston in Dec 1842. Ordained priest, Worcester, 1842. Not found again until 1847, when he was curate of Saffron Walden until 1848.
Emigrated to New Zealand aboard ship "Berkshire" (reputed to have inherited money from his recently deceased father - mother supposed to be already deceased), which departed England from London on 4 October 1849 and arrived first in New Plymouth, then Nelson where the family disembarked on 30 June 1850.
Edwin deserted his family in New Zealand in 1863 and I have been unable to find his death. [11]
- Edwin Wheeler: Adm. pens. at Christs's, Apr. 11, 1837. Matric. Michs. 1837; Scholar, 1838; B.A. 1841. Ord. priest (Worcester), 1842; C. of St Thomas's, Birmingham, 1842-3. C. of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1847-8. Married, Mar. 19, 1841, Georgiana, dau. of Charles Heathcote Tatham, Esq., Warden of Greenwich Hospital. Disappears from Crockford, 1850. (Peile, II. 459; Henry Curtis; G. Mag., 1841, 534; Clergy List.) [7]
- His family resid Jun 1841 in High St, Marlborough: Thomas, 64, Ind; Mary, 59; Thomas, 32, Jeweller; Albinia, 30; James, 3; Gertrude, 1; + 2 serv. All born Wilts except Albinia. [2]
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Person ID |
I1801 |
Tatham | Heathcote branch | Spouse |
Last Modified |
21 Aug 2014 |
Family |
Georgiana Tatham, b. 10 Mar 1820, Alpha Rd, Regents Park , d. 24 Feb 1869, Te Aute, NZ (Age 48 years) |
Marriage |
19 Mar 1841 |
Greenwich
[4, 8, 9] |
- Marriage solemnized at St Alphage in the Parish of Greenwich in the County of Kent.
1841. Page 186. No. 371.
March 19th.
Edwin Wheeler, full age, Bachelor. Bachelor of Arts of Ch.s Coll. Camb. Residence: Marlborough, Wilts. Father: Thomas Wheeler, Gentleman.
Georgiana Tatham, full age, Spinster. Residence: Trinity Hospital, Greenwich. Father: Charles Heathcote Tatham, Warden of Trnity Hospl. Greenwich.
Married in the above Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by me, Thomas Ainger.
This Marriage was solemnized between us, Edwin Wheeler, Georgiana Tatham,
in the Presence of us, Charles Heathcote Tatham, Walter Williams [her mother's brother], Caroline Tatham, Maria Tatham, Harriet Tatham.
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Georgiana Tatham & Edwin Wheeler Marriage 19 Mar 1841 |
Notes |
- Berkshire, 582 tons, left London on 02 Oct 1849. Captain John White. She ran aground at Nelson on 01 Feb 1850. Her forward passengers were carried to Wellington by the Woodstock, and those for Otago, six in number, by the schooner Perserverance, arriving 12 Mar 1850. [Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers, 1848-1851, Ngaio Press website accessed 30 May 2010]
- Berkshire: Barque: 582 tons. Captain: John Whyte. Sailed London 04 Oct 1849; arrived New Plymouth 08 Jan 1850; Nelson 30 Jan 1850; Dunedin 12 Mar 1850. On entering the harbour the vessel ran on to the Arrow Reef, but was floated off the following tide.
Forecabin passengers: Bound for Nelson: Edwin Wheeler, 35, Clerk; Mrs, 30; Master, 8; Miss, 6; Miss, 5; Miss, 4: Miss, 2. [Rootsweb/ancestry postings]
- In NZ, family lived first in Nelson, then Wellington, then Hawkes Bay
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Children |
+ | 1. Frederick Edmund Wheeler, b. abt Jul 1841, Ramsgate , d. 12 Jul 1896, Homewood, Wairarapa, NZ (Age ~ 54 years) |
+ | 2. Maria Louisa Wheeler, b. abt 1843, West Bromwich , d. 1887, East Melbourne, VIC (Age ~ 44 years) |
+ | 3. Georgina Wheeler, b. 1844, Somerset , d. 23 Apr 1910, Auckland, NZ (Age 66 years) |
+ | 4. Eliza Philippa Wheeler, b. abt Jan 1847, Saffron Walden , d. 24 May 1921, 42 Herbert St, Invercargill, NZ (Age ~ 74 years) |
| 5. Julia Annie Wheeler, b. 06 Mar 1848, Saffron Walden , d. 12 May 1879, Tutaekuri River, Hawke's Bay, NZ (Age 31 years) |
+ | 6. Emma Wheeler, b. 06 Aug 1849, Marylebone , d. 23 Jun 1912, 281 Palmerston Rd, Gisborne, NZ (Age 62 years) |
| 7. Herbert Wheeler, b. 24 May 1851, Nelson, NZ , d. 1912, Napier, NZ (Age 60 years) |
| 8. Augustus Robert Wheeler, b. 06 Mar 1853, Wellington, NZ , d. 06 Apr 1853, Wellington, NZ (Age 0 years) |
| 9. Octavius Wheeler, b. 1854, Wellington, NZ , d. 08 Mar 1855, Wellington, NZ (Age 1 years) |
| 10. Samuel William Wheeler, b. 1857, Te Aute, NZ , d. abt Feb 1923, New Zealand (Age 66 years) |
+ | 11. Helen Wheeler, b. 08 Aug 1858, Hawke's Bay, NZ , d. 30 May 1932, Auckland, NZ (Age 73 years) |
+ | 12. Mary Dora Wheeler, b. 1860, Napier, NZ , d. 07 Oct 1916, Masterton, NZ (Age 56 years) |
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Documents |
 | Edwin Wheeler, Georgiana Tatham & family "Berkshire" passengers embarked Oct 1849 |
Last Modified |
01 Sep 2014 |
Family ID |
F0133 |
Family Group Sheet |
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Sources |
- [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Alphage, Greenwich, 19 Mar 1841.
- [S01] Census, UK, 1841.
age abt 25
- [S12] Passenger Lists, Berkshire, 06 Oct 1849.
Edwin Wheeler, clerk, age 35
- [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham.
- [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel, Hungerford, 1801-1837 (IGI), 15 Oct 1815.
b 19 Jul 1815
- [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Mary Magdalen, Richmond, Surrey, bishop's transcripts 1755-1851 (IGI), 29 Apr 1836.
b 19 Jul 1815
- [S15] Cambridge University Alumni.
- [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Greenwich, 1Q1841.
- [S53] Marriage Licence, Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations, 17 Mar 1841.
- [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Marylebone, 02 Sep 1849.
dau Emma
- [S03] Family Members, KTGA.
- [S36] Marriage Certificate, 22 Oct 1864.
Alexander Ryniker, 30, vinedresser, & Louisa Wheeler, 22, domestic servant
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