Richard Wheeler was born on September 03, 1822 in the Seignory of Foucault, Caldwell’s Manor, (now in Missisquoi county, Québec), Lower Canada. His parents were Timothy Wheeler and Elizabeth Sheldon.[1] He married Adelia Wheeler Together they had 3 children:
Possibly this Richard Wheeler mentioned in News article
“Attacked by a Wildcat”[2]
Sources
↑ "Canada, Québec, registres des églises protestantes, 1763-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSV2-65N?cc=1929561&wc=M6XH-P6D%3A224631201%2C224515302%2C224645901 : 21 May 2014), Saint-Armand > Methodist Church of Canada > Baptisms, marriages, burials with index 1837-1870 > image 141 of 969; Archives Nationales du Québec-Montréal, Sainte-Foy (Quebec National Library and Archives, Sainte-Foy). Baptism of 17 year old Richard Wheeler on May 10th 1840 in Saint-Armand
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80178268/richard-wheeler: accessed 06 November 2022), memorial page for Richard Wheeler (3 Sep 1822–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #80178268, citing Wheeler Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Leatrice Zina (contributor 47635715) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Lyle Wheeler :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I1, MitoYDNA ID Z11325[compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard: