Researching Horace Wheelwright
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 423 people with the Wheelwright surname? In that year Wheelwright was ranked number 3156 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Horace means "Hour in Time" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Horace Wheelwright on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Horace Wheelwright and the Wheelwright Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 399 people with the Wheelwright surname in the UK? Wheelwright is now ranked number 3665 for popularity in the UK. |
Wheelwright Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Horace Wheelwright
Horace William Wheelwright
Horace William Wheelwright (5 January 1815 – 16 November 1865) was an English hunter, naturalist and writer who spent many years of his life in Australia and Sweden.
Wheelwright was born at Tansor, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Reading Grammar School and then studied law, practising as an attorney 1843–1846 at Thrapston, Northamptonshire. He later travelled extensively through northern Europe, especially Norway and Sweden.
About 1852, at the time of the Victorian gold rush, Wheelwright migrated to Australia. Unsuccessful at the diggings, he became a professional game shooter to supply the Melbourne market. The book he subsequently wrote about his Australian experiences, "Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist", is an important source of information about the natural history of the area around Melbourne in the 1850s.
Wheelwright eventually left Australia in the late 1850s to return to Europe, settling in Gårdsjö, in the province of Värmland, near Karlstad, Sweden. He died in London following a fall in the street, which aggravated a longstanding hernia condition, and the subsequent operation.
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