George Samuel WHEELWRIGHT & Lydia BROWN

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George Samuel WHEELWRIGHT
Lydia BROWN

Husband: George Samuel WHEELWRIGHT
Birth: 23 Jul 1814, Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA
Death: 10 Aug 1894, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA
Occupations: ship's chandler; clerk in factory; bookkeeper
Father: George WHEELWRIGHT
Mother: Eliza C. WAKEFIELD; m. 17 Oct 1813, Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA
Stepmother: Mary E. CARTER of Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA; m. 24 Dec 1816, Newbury, Essex Co., MA

Marriage: 2 Dec 1838, Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA

Wife: Lydia BROWN
Birth: 19 Sep 1806, Newburyport, Essex Co., MA
Death: 2 Jun 1886, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Eliphalet BROWN
Mother: Mary "Polly" DAVIS

Child — born in MA:

1. Josephine W. WHEELWRIGHT, b. 1847/8

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Sources:

1a. Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850 (Broderbund CD-231):

Wheelwright, George Wakefield, Eliza C Oct 17, 1813 Attleboro Bristol Co.

Wheelwright, George Carter, Mary Dec 24, 1816 Newbury Essex Co.

Wheelwright, George S. Browne, Lydia Dec 1, 1838 Attleboro Bristol Co.

1b. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Attleborough Marriages (online at AmericanAncestors.org):

Vol 1, p. 601 WHEELWRIGHT...
George, and Eliza C. Wakefield, Oct. 17, 1813. P.R. 21.*
Geo[rge] Samuel, and Lydia Browne, Dec. __, 1838. P.R. 21.*
*Intention not recorded.

1c. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Newbury Marriages (online at AmericanAncestors.org):

Vol. 2, p. 507 WHEELWRIGHT...
George, of Arundel, and Mary Carter, Dec. 24, 1816.*
*Intention also recorded.

There is no "Arundel" in Massachusetts, but there is one in York Co., ME.

2. Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Attleborough: Births (online at Ancestry.com):

p. 284 Wheelwright...
George Samuel, s. George and Eliza C. (Wakefield), at Boston, July 23, 1814. P.R. 21.

3. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

4. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

5. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #86 of 123): Somerville P.O., Town of Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, Roll M653_506, p. 86, PN 86, 613/682, enumerated 27 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

George S Wheelwright 46 M Ship Chandlery Mass

Lydia B " 46 F "

Josephine W " 12 F "

Jennetta Murray 21 F Domestic Nova Scotia

Lydia is fibbing about her age, no doubt because she is eight years older than her husband.

6. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #213 of 332): Boston P.O., City of Boston (Ward 10), Suffolk Co., MA, Roll M593_646, p. 440A, PN 213, 1148/1584, enumerated 11 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Wheelwright Geo L 54 M W Clerk in Factory 10,000 1,000 Mass

___________ Lydia B 54 F W Keeping House Mass

___________ Josephine 21 F W No occupation Mass

Kenny Ann 26 F W Domestic Servant Ireland

7. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14 of 27): 5 Center Place, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Roll 560, p. 207B, PN 14, SD 60, ED 750, enumerated 4 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 22 23 24 25 26

* 5 106 131 Wheelwright George S W M 66 / Book Keeper Mass Mass

            Lydia B W F 60 Wife / Mass Mass

107 132 Stanford Charles D W M 35 / Telegraph Operator Mass Mass

         Josephine W W F 33 Wife / Mass Mass

         Georgiana W W F 1 Daughter / Mass Mass

Tobin Bredget W M 25 servant / / / Ireland Ireland

*Center Place

8. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9a. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910. Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 375, p. 146 (online at AmericanAncestors.org):

DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Boston for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-six

No. DATE OF
DEATH DATE OF
RECORD NAME & SURNAME
OF THE DECEASED SEX (and COLOR
if other than white) CONDITION (whether
single, married, or widowed) AGE DISEASE OR
CAUSE OF DEATH REDISENCE, AND PLACE OF DEATH,
and Burial (if elsewhere) OCCUPATION PLACE OF BIRTH NAMES AND BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS

Years Months Days Names Birthplace

3719 June 2 Lydia B. Wheelwright
m?? Brown F M 78 Senile domentia South Newburyport Eliphalet
Polly

9b. Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Deaths. (online at Ancestry.com):

Deaths Registered in the Town of Ipswich 1894 Charles W. Bamford, Registrar

No. DATE OF
DEATH 1 NAME AND SURNAME OF THE DECEASED
2 NAME AND SURNAME OF HUSBAND SEX COLOR CONDITION AGE DISEASE OR
CAUSE OF DEATH 1 RESIDENCE
2 PLACE OF DEATH PLACE OF
BURIAL OCCUPATION PLACE OF
BIRTH NAME AND BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER NAME AND BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER

Years Months Days

104 Aug 10 George S Wheelwright M W S 80 Dropsy & Heart Boston Mass Ipswich Book keeper Boston George Wheelwright Boston Mass Mary E Center? Wakefield Mass

George was born in Attleboro, not Boston. Mary E. CARTER was his stepmother, not his mother. Or was he ever told she was not his birth mother? Possibly not.

10. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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