Richard Thomas Wheeler^[1]

1853 - Bef 1924  (< 71 years)

• Name	Richard Thomas Wheeler  [2]
  Nickname	Tom
  Birth	14 Oct 1853
  Baptism	6 Nov 1853	Smithfield
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	Bef 18 Oct 1924
  Person ID	I89254	master
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard James Wheeler, 1820 Settler,   b. 18 May 1818, London, England d. 4 Jan 1902, Mafeteng, Lesotho (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Maria Wilhelmina Dorothea Homan,   b. Aft 1817   d. 1865, Manatha Rouxville (Age < 46 years)
  Family ID	F32237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hermina Catharina Bothma,   b. 7 Mar 1861, Rouxville, Free State, South Africa d. 11 May 1884, Rouxville, Free State, South Africa (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1878	NG Church, Rouxville, Free State, South Africa
  	Witness Role: Minister: Name: Cs Morgan
  Notes	Witnesses JJ Snyman and PG Bothma Groom from Smithfield aged 24 and bride from Rouxville aged 17 [1]
  Children	+ 1. Richard Thomas Wheeler,   b. 15 Nov 1880, Wepener, Free State, South Africa d. 29 Mar 1960, Jagersfontein (Age 79 years)   2. Ellie Sophia Wheeler,   b. 10 May 1882
  Family ID	F32284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Sophia Strauss,   b. 1870, Onverwaght Dewetsdorp
  Marriage	13 May 1885	NG Church, Dewetsdorp, Free State, South Africa
  	Witness Role: Minister: Name: Rev W a du Toit
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Margaretha Aletta Wilhelmina Wheeler,   b. 7 Jul 1886, Blesbokfontein d. 5 Feb 1943, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 56 years)   2. Maria Wheeler
  Family ID	F32366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 3	Petronella
  Children	1. Harriet Wheeler
  Family ID	F65183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Baptism - 6 Nov 1853 - Smithfield Marriage - 19 Aug 1878 - NG Church, Rouxville, Free State, South Africa Marriage - 13 May 1885 - NG Church, Dewetsdorp, Free State, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Resided in Mafeteng, Lesotho; Rouxville; Farm Wheelersrust near De Wetsdorp; Farm Weltevreden dist Wepener; Farm Holywell, Dist Wepener. Fought in Anglo-Boer War and captured. POW no. 7880. Banned to Ceylon - aged 45. Captured as part of Wepener Commando at Fouriesburg on 30 July 1900. In 1908 he was listed as a farmer with three children, one deceased. On claim after war stated that Joseph Potgieter was the owner of the farm Holywell. Death source VAB 17693/1924 Nick Name source VAB 17693/1924

  
  

• Sources

  [S1948] Richard Wheeler, WHEELER Gedcom. [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-PGXM?i=866&cat=305287 (Reliability: 3).