|
Name
(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
WHEELER, Robert
Edwin John |
|
Date
of Birth |
c1852 |
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Place
of Birth |
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Date
of Death |
29
June 1929 (aged 77) |
|
Place
of Death |
Westbourne
Park |
|
Place
of Burial |
Buried
11 July 1929 West Terrace Cemetery |
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Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
|
|
Addresses/Dates
in Prospect Council Area |
In
Prospect 1893 (54)
Prospect Road Prospect (Draper shop) Ballville
Road, Prospect (confirmed at least between 1902 and 1916) |
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Addresses/Dates
outside Prospect Council Area |
35
Marlborough St. Westbourne Park |
|
Names
of houses (if any) |
Lauraville Prospect Road, Prospect |
|
Parents
- names; DOBs etc (if known) |
Father
John WHEELER (b 1810 Newcastle-on-Tyne UK, d 30 Aug1896
at son s residence Prospect) An old colonist arrived Aust Nov 1845 on Lady
Bruce. Mother
- Anna Maria WHEELER nee SOUTHCOMBE an old
colonialist who arrived in SA in November 1846 on the Hoogly
- buried West Terrace Cem 19 Feb 1902 |
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Spouse(s)
- including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known) |
Laura
Ann BULLOCK b c1852, d 23 April 1921, buried
23 Apr 1921 West Terrace Cemetery (with husband) |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
1879 |
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
Victoria |
|
Children
- names and dates of birth/death if known |
Annie
May b1879 Edwin
John b1881 Ethel
Cram b1883 Horace
Roseby b 1886 Hilda
Rose b 1888 Herbert
James b1895 |
|
Occupation(s) |
Draper
with shop at 54 Prospect Road (1915-20s) |
|
Interests/Activities |
Appointed
as a JP 25 April 1912 |
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Credited
as the person who first proposed the name ANZAC Day in Australia (previously 8 Hour
Day) His name was drawn from a number of people who suggested that as the
special name for the day after a competition to name a monster procession,
pageant and carnival on 13 October 1915. It was originally intended to be the
name for this event only. He was
a member of the Eight Hours Celebration Committee. Sat 2
March 1901 Robert Wheeler held a large juvenile fete which included a musical
programme at his Prospect home which raised 2.2/- for the Children s Hospital. |
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Sources
of information |
Trove,
Vic BMDs, SA BMDs, Research for Ash Starkey in 2013. |
|
Principal
Researcher |
Lesley
Attema |
