See also

William John Wheeler (1907-1971)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • book stall attendant, then a seedsman3 4

  • Birth:

  • 2 Apr 1907

  • Hexthorpe, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England1 5 3 4 2

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 21 Eden Grove, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England5

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Edwin and Ellen, half-brother Ernest, brothers Frederick and Charles, and half-sister Violet. Born in Hexthorpe Yorkshire

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 14 yrs 2 mns)

  • 22 Regent Street, Balby, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a book stall attendant for W H Smith and Son at Doncaster railway station and living with his father Edwin, half-sister Violet, and brothers Frederick and Charles. Born in Doncaster Yorkshire

  • Witness:

  • 8 Aug 1927 (age 20)

  • William John Wheeler witnessed the marriage of Frederick Thomas Wheeler and Evelyn Pawson on Monday on 8 August 1927 in St. Mary and St. Martin's Church, Sheffield Road, Blyth, Nottinghamshire, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 43 Low Road, Balby, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried seedman, shop assistant and salesman and member of the A.R.P. Voluntary Service living with widowed Emily Breedon, a closed record, and Leslie Shaw. Born on 2nd April 1907

  • Death:

  • Q4 1971 (age 64)

  • Doncaster "Registration District", West Riding of Yorkshire, England2

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Doncaster 1907 quarter:2 volume:9c page:870. Cit. Date: 18 August 2022.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Doncaster 1971 quarter:4 volume:2b page:962. Cit. Date: 19 August 2022.

3.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:23365 registration district:512 sub-district:3 enumeration district:35 schedule:263. Cit. Date: 19 August 2022.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:3391D page:6 line:39 letter code:KDCT. Cit. Date: 19 August 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:28154 class:RG78 piece:1608 registration district:512 sub-district:1 enumeration district:15 schedule:226. Cit. Date: 18 August 2022.