Samuel Wheatland (1851-1903). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Samuel Wheatland was baptised on 2 November 1851 at St Mary’s Church, Shipley, Sussex, to parents James Wheatland and Ann Float. By the 1871 census he was lodging with a family in Nuthurst, Sussex, and working as an agricultural labourer. He was also living yards from the woman […]
Emigration
Alfred Wheatland (1891-1976) and his life in New York
Alfred Wheatland (1891-1976). My great-grand uncle. Alfred Wheatland was baptised on 26 July 1891 at St Peter’s Church in Croydon to parents John Wheatland and Mary Coughlan. His birthdate is uncertain because he changed it over time, from 6 June 1889 with the Royal Navy to 6 June 1891. He grew up in Croydon but […]