Welcome to my family

William Wheatland and Elizabeth Marlow

This is the home of my family history project on my mother’s side. Her mother was from a long line of Wheatlands, who mainly hailed from Sussex in England. We’ve spent several years working on our family tree and this is the result. Hopefully it will encourage distant cousins to add to the wealth of stories. The Wheatland surname probably refers to where the family came from, such as the wetlands, white lands or wheat lands depending on who you believe. It’s mostly found in southern England and the highest concentrations are in Sussex.

In terms of site structure, the top menu items link to generations of my family by surname. These pages feature an overview of those ancestors and their offspring. Blog posts – accessed elsewhere on this page – have been written where I have lengthier stories to tell about individuals in those family trees.

Surnames

Family tree overview – this is a graphic showing the ancestors of my maternal grandmother Olive Wheatland and where the different families lie.

My grandparents:

  • The Wheatland family – my maternal grandmother Olive was my mother’s mother. She married a soldier and lived in Croydon, Surrey.
  • The Moore family – my maternal grandmother married Ernest Moore from Northern Ireland. I’m still trying to trace his ancestry.

My great-grandparents:

  • The Marlow family – married into the Wheatland family when Elizabeth Marlow of Middlesex married William Wheatland. Earlier Marlow ancestors were from Hampshire.

My 2nd great-grandparents:

  • The Coughlan family – Mary Coughlan of Croydon in Surrey married John Wheatland but Mary’s father was from Ireland and I’ve not been able to trace him yet.
  • The Ayling family – the Aylings came from Hampshire, where Annie Ayling married into the Marlow family. Latterly, they settled in Middlesex.

My 3rd great-grandparents:

  • The Tullett family – Olive Tullett married William Wheatland and they lived in and around the Sussex and Surrey borders before moving to Croydon.
  • The Adams family – Mary Frost Adams married Reuben Thomas Marlow in Hampshire.
  • The Chadwick family – Sarah Ann Chadwick married James Ayling in Hampshire.
  • An unknown Irish family that married into the Coughlans.

My 4th great-grandparents: