Born in Hawksbury, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Seth Norton
and Lydia Sprague
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Oliver Wheeler
— married
14 Sep 1835 (to 1863) in Hatley, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Ellen Maria (Wheeler) Thayer and Walter H. Wheeler
Died
at age 50
in Jefferson Township, Allamakee, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Oct 2023
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1813 in Canada, the daughter of Seth Norton and Lydia Sprague . In 1835 she married Oliver Wheeler also in Canada. They had 10 children including Ellen Maria Wheeler and Walter H. Wheeler. She passed away in 1863 in Iowa. She is buried Evergreen Cemetery in Iowa
Sources
- Findagrave ID: 130333410
- FamilySearch ID: L681-FRM
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Michael Benefiel 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Don Reimel :
23andMe
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Trina Davis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member trinastrong
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #259277
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~0.78%
Fontaine Wiatt :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YA6358489 [compare], FTDNA kit #93595
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