John Thomas Wheeler

Dear mwheeler:

Many thanks for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the site!

I have forwarded the post to a few of our West Meath volunteers who may be able to assist you with your query.

In the meantime, you might consider creating an Ancestor profile for John Thomas Wheeler under the "XO Chronicles" tab at the top of the page.  These profiles are updated weekly and are read by all our members and one of them may be also researching the same family.

Thank you for your interest in Ireland Reaching Out.

Kind regards,

Jane.

Thank you Jane,

There is another Wheeler family that also came to Illinois and settled in Dupage County, Illinois earlier than my grandfather. From my research here in Illinois, I believe that we are related. These Wheeler's came from Gainstown, Mullingar, Ireland and immigrated to America before my great-grandfather.. I believe our common ancestor might be Bernard Wheeler, b. around 1790 in Lynn, Gainstown, Mullingar, Westmeath.

Thank you for any help,

Mike

Dear Mike:

That is interesting information as many families did emigrate close to not only neighbours from Ireland, but also relations.

I have found a reference to a Thomas Wheeler born about 1847 in Mullingar in the RC church there.  The information is below:

Name:Thomas Wheeler

Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:11-May-1847

Address:Not Recorded

Parish/District:MULLINGARGender:MaleCountyCo. Westmeath

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Patrick Wheeler

Mother:Mary Woods

Occupation:Not Recorded

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Not Recorded Not RecordedSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Not Recorded Not Recorded

Notes:

DAY OF BAPTISM NOT RECORDED

The above entry is taken from the Roots Ireland database which is a subscription site.  You can also view the registers  through the NLI (National Library of IReland) parish registers which are available for free online.  The link to these registers is below:

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0937

You  had mentioned Bernard Wheeler.  There is an entry for him on the Roots Ireland database also.

Name:Bernard Wheeler

Date of Birth:

Date of Baptism:11-May-1849

Address:Not Recorded

Parish/District:MULLINGARGender:MaleCountyCo. Westmeath

Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:John Wheeler

Mother:Elizabeth SheilOccupation:Not Recorded

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Not Recorded Not RecordedSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Not Recorded Not Recorded

Notes:

DAY OF BAPTISM NOT RECORDED

I noted that you mentioned Gainstown.  This is also part of Mullingar as is Walshestown.  You might keep these places in mind with further research.

If you have any further quesitons, please let me know at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com.

The very best of luck with your research!

Kind regards,

Jane.

Thank you Jane for the information. I appreciate everything Ireland Reaching Out is doing to reconnect families with their Irish ancestors.

Mike Wheeler

Hi guys

Just fell across this post while updating some ancestry research I had done years ago. My name is Gary Wheeler and I live in Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland. My Dad was born and raised in Lynn, Gainstown, Mullingar and I am directly related to Thomas & Bernard Wheeler as listed above. I conducted a large research project in 2013, including viewing all birth, marriage & death records here locally on the ancestry of the Wheeler family as 2013 was the year of "The Gathering" here in Ireland and a lot of emigrant descendants of the Wheeler family contacted us about their Irish connections. Please feel free to contact me at gwengservices@gmail.com if you want any further info. I have a Google Drive folder on the Ancestry research that I done that I am more than happy to share with any Wheeler family members looking to research their history.

From my research, the Wheeler family are established here in the Mullingar area since well before 1720 and their descendants are found as far afield as Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Canada and the US. 

Regards

Gary Wheeler

Dear Gary:

Thanks very much for your reply to Mike and for your willingness to share your research.  Please feel free to add any Ancestor profiles of the Wheeler family onto the XO Chronicles at the link here:  https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com

Kind regards,

Jane