Person:Joshua Wheeler (9)

Joshua Wheeler was born on 16th January 1817 and baptised the following month at Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. He was the son of a labourer called Joseph Wheeler and his wife Sarah. The family lived at Marshalls Heath, a hamlet to the west of Wheathampstead village.

Joshua's next sighting is on 28th November 1846, aged 29, when he married Mary Ann Hornet at Wheathampstead. The 1851 census finds Joshua and Mary Ann living at Marshalls Heath with two lodgers. Joshua was working as an agricultural labourer.

Joshua and Mary Ann went on to have two daughters: Mary Ann in 1851 and Clara in 1853. The 1861 census finds the family still living at Marshalls Heath. Joshua's brother Isaac and his family lived in the neighbouring house on one side, whilst Mary Ann's aunt Maria Fensom and her husband lived on the neighbouring house on the other side.

By 1871, Joshua and Mary Ann had moved to the nearby hamlet of The Folly. Their daughter Clara had left home to work as a servant in London, whilst their daughter Mary Ann was still living at home.

Joshua and Mary Ann were still living at The Folly in 1881, with their grandson George Wheatley and Mary Ann's niece Sophia Wright living with them.

Joshua died in 1887, aged 70. He was buried at Wheathampstead on 9th April 1887. Mary Ann survived him by sixteen years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Wheathamsted in the County of Hertford in the Year 1817
   No. 177
   When Baptized: 1817 Born Jan[uar]y 16th, Baptized Feb[ruar]y 15th
   Child's Christian Name: Joshua Son of
   Parents Name - Christian: Joseph & Sarah
   Surname: Wheeler
   Abode: Marshalls Heath
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: J. Douton, Curate

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1713; Folio 39; Page 32, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Marshalls Heath, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Joshua Wheeler, head, married, male, 37 [1813/4], Ag Lab, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Mary A. Wheeler, wife, married, female, 27 [1823/4], Ag Lab Wife, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Warner, lodger, unmarried, female, 12 [1838/9], Straw Platter, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Sales, lodger, unmarried, female, 20 [1830/1], Straw Platter, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 827; Folio 31; Page 26, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Marshalls Heath, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Isaac Wheeler, head, married, male, 48 [1812/3], Labourer Ag, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Emma Wheeler, wife, married, female, 49 [1811/2], b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Wheeler, daughter, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   ~next household~
   Joshua Wheeler, head, married, male, 41 [1819/20], Labourer Ag, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Mary A. Wheeler, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Mary A. Wheeler, daughter, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   Clara Wheeler, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire
   ~next household~
   James Fensom, head, married, male, 61 [1799/1800], Labourer Ag, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Maria Fensom, wife, married, female, 62 [1798/9], b. Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1376; Folio 38; Page 37, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: The Folly, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Joshua Wheeler, head, married, male, 50 [1820/1], Farm Laborer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Mary A. Wheeler, wife, married, female, 44 [1826/7], Laborer's Wife, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Ann Wheeler, daughter, unmarried, female, 20 [1850/1], Straw Hat Sewer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1429; Folio 40; Page 38, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: The Folly, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Joshua Wheeler, head, married, male, 67 [1813/4], Laborer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Mary A. Wheeler, wife, married, female, 56 [1824/5], b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Sophia Wright, niece, unmarried, 19 [1861/2], Domestic servant, b. St Albans, Hertfordshire
   George Wheatley, grandson, male, 8 [1872/3], b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

6.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Joshua WHEELER, June Quarter 1887, St Albans Registration District, Volume 3a, page 263, aged 70 [1816/17]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Wheathampstead in the County of Hartford [sic] in the Year 1887
   No. 636
   Name: Joshua Wheeler
   Abode: The Folly, Wheathampstead
   When Buried: April 9th
   Age: 70
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: F.C. Marshall, Curate