Norman William Wheatland (1924-1987) and Monica Mary King (1928-2020). My great uncle and aunt. Norman Wheatland was born on 4 February 1924 in Croydon, Surrey, the son of William Albert Wheatland and Elizabeth Marlow. He grew up in the town and by the time of the 1939 Register was living with his family at […]
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Samuel Wheatland (1851-1903) and his family’s move to Australia
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 […]