Person:Reuben Wheeler (5)

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m. 11 Nov 1800
  1. Reuben Wheeler1801 - 1873
m. 27 Jan 1833
  1. Selina WheelerAbt 1834 - 1899
  2. George WheelerAbt 1836 - 1865
Facts and Events
Name Reuben Wheeler
Gender Male
Birth? 1801 Gloucestershire, England
Christening[7] 14 Nov 1802 Bisley, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage 27 Jan 1833 Pitchcombe, Gloucestershire, EnglandParish Church
to Elizabeth Thomas
Census[4][11] 1841 Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, EnglandBesbury
Immigration[5][12] 26 Feb 1842 Port Phillip, Victoria, Australiaaboard the Himalaya
Census[6] 1851 Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNapolean Street
Residence[1] 19 Jul 1873 Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNapolean Street
Death[1] 19 Jul 1873 Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNapolean Street
Burial[1][2][8][10] 28 Jul 1873 Kew, Victoria, AustraliaBoroondara Cemetery
Probate[3][9]
Other[13] 11 Feb 1875 The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954), Thursday 11 February 1875, page 7 Newspaper

When Reuben Wheeler died his estate did not exceed 70 pounds. He owned the following Real Estate Piece of land situate in Napoleon Street Collingwood with a frontage of thirty three ft by a depth of 75 feet on which is errected two sheds (very old and worth about 5-0-0 pounds) value of the said land and sheds 70-0-0 pounds Personal Estate Furniture 3-0-0-0 pounds

Debts due by deceased Mortgage on above land to the Oddfellows Society in Collingwood 30-0-0 pounds House and water rates due on the said House and Lnds 8-0-0 pounds Total Debts due 38-0-0 pounds

Balance of Estate 35-0-0 pounds

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Death Certificate Rueben Wheeler, 19 July 1873, Reference 6484, Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victor. (Original a certified copy. Photocopy in possession of Sandra Williamson).
  2. Booroonda Cemetery Kew.

    Burial Location U/m A0051
    Interred in the same grave:- Albert William, Myrtle Rose, Willima Henry Bartron, Desmond Walter Barradale, Elizabeth Wheeler, Reuben Wheeler

  3. Probate Wheeler, Reuben (1873). (Public REcords Office (PROV), VPRS 24 Unit 16 File 541).
  4. Ancestry.com. "1841 England Census." Database Online.. (Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com. \i0 . www.ancestry.com.au : 2006)
    (www.ancestry.com.au : accessed 26 Dec 2009), entry for Reu ben & Selina Wheeler & family; Besbury lines 21 - 24, Civi l Parish: Minchinhampton; County: Gloucestershire;; PRO HO1 07/362/23; Page: 10.
  5. Registers of Assisted Immigrants 1839 - 1871 - Himalaya. (Public Record Office, VPRS 7310, (Microfilm Copy of VPRS 14), Book 2/3, Fiche 012, p.113 Original a copy from microfiche. Photocopy in possession of Sandra Williamson).
  6. Electoral roll 1851 Melbourne surrounds (microform) - Wheeler extract. (Gisborne, Vic. : Gisborne Genealogical Group, 1995. 3 microfiches ; negative. This index has been compiled using printed lists found in the Colonial Secretary's Inward Registered Correspondence held at the Public Record Office in Laverton, reference VPRS 1189, Unit 3, File 51.19.).
  7. Baptism of Reuben Wheeler baptised 14 November 1802 , in Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers
    Reference Number: P47 IN 1/3, 14 November 1802.

    Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucestershire, England. Gloucestershire Archives [Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014]

  8. Burial Location U/m A0051
    Interred in the same grave:- Albert William, Myrtle Rose, William Henry Bartron, Desmond Walter Barradale, Elizabeth Wheeler, Reuben Wheeler
    No headstone
  9. When Reuben Wheeler died his estate did not exceed 70 pounds.
    He owned the following
    Real Estate
    Piece of land situate in Napoleon Street Collingwood with a frontage of thirty three ft by a depth of 75 feet on which is errected two sheds (very old and worth about 5-0-0 pounds) value of the said land and sheds 70-0-0pounds
    Personal Estate
    Furniture 3-0-0-0 pounds

    Debts due by deceased
    Mortgage on above land to the oddfellows society in Collingwood 30-0-0pounds
    House and water rates due on the said House and Lnds 8-0-0pounds
    Total Debts due 38-0-0 pounds

    Balance of Estate 35-0-0 pounds
  10. In / Memory of / Rueben Wheeler / Died 20th July 1874 / Aged 72 years / also his wife / Elizabeth / Died 10th July 1871 / aged 69 years / Desmond Borradale / did 2nd March 18 March 1812 / aged 2 years
  11. 1. Reuben Wheeler, aged 35
    2. Elizabeth Wheeler, aged 35
    3. Selina Wheeler, aged 7
    4. George Wheeler, aged 5
  12. The family embarked at Plymouth on the 30 Oct 1841.
    The Ship records show that
    Reuben was aged 38 and a labourer and the government paid a bounty of 19 pounds.
    Elizabeth was aged 37 and the government paid a bounty of 19 pounds.
    George was 5 and the government paid a bounty of 5 pounds.
    Seleina was 7.5 and the government paid a bounty of 10 pounds
  13. IN the SUPREME COURT of the COLONY of VICTORIA: In lis Probate Jurisdiction-In the Will of REUBEN WHEELER, late of East Collingwood, near Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, Labourer, Deceased - Notice is hereby glven, that after the expiration of fourteen days from tho publication hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria In its Probate Jurisdiction, that ADMINISTRATION of the estate of the above named deceased, with the will of the said deceased annexed, may be granted to Selina Crump, of Hawthorn, in the colony of Victoria, widow of the late Thomas Crump, of the same place, sole executrix appointed by the said will of the said deceased
    Dated this tenth day of February, A D 1876
    WISEWOULD and GIBBS, 10 Collins-street west, Melbourne, proctors for the said Selina Crump