Wheeley Family History

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Wheeley Name Meaning

English: habitational name for someone from Weoley Castle in West Midlands (formerly in Worcestershire), named with Old English weoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’ + leah ‘(woodland) clearing’, or from Weeley in Essex, which is named with Old English wilig ‘willow’ + leah.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Whaley, Wheatley, Shepley, Webley, Henley, Wheeles, Shelley, Wesley

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Wheeley Family Origin

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Wheeley Family Occupations

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  • Annuitant

    8%

  • Barrister At Law Not In Practice

    8%

  • Bone Turner

    8%

  • Brown Saddler

    8%

In 1881, Annuitant, Barrister At Law Not In Practice and Bone Turner were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Wheeley. The most common Wheeley occupation in the UK was Annuitant. 8% of Wheeley's were Annuitants. A less common occupation for the Wheeley family was Brown Saddler.

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Wheeley Historical Records

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Wheeley Life Expectancy

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