Wheeler Family History
Wheeler Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or
for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an
agent derivative of Middle English whele ‘wheel’. The name is
particularly common on the Isle of Wight; on the mainland it is
concentrated in the neighboring region of central southern
England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wheeler Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wheeler families
 2,098 - 4,194  700 - 2,097 |
 1 - 699  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wheeler families
|
27 - 52 10 - 26 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wheeler Family Origin
Wheeler Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wheeler Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Wheeler Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wheeler census records
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