Elizabeth Almira Wheeler1

Female, #25, (1836 - 1922)

FatherWilliam K. Wheeler2 b. 22 Nov 1814
MotherLousia Woodard2 b. c 1818

Birth*1836 Elizabeth Almira Wheeler was born in 1836 in New York.1,3,4 
(Witness) MovedSep 1846 She moved with William K. Wheeler and Lousia Wheeler from Genesee County, New York to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in Sep 1846.4 
Marriage*15 Jan 1860 Elizabeth Almira Wheeler married Samuel Oldman Dishman, son of John Dishman and Ann Edmonds Jones, on 15 Jan 1860 in Kent County, Michigan.1,5 
(Witness) Census18601 Jun 1860 Elizabeth Almira Wheeler was listed as a household member living with William K. Wheeler on the 1860 census in Grand Rapids, Michigan.2 
(Witness) Census18701 Jun 1870 Elizabeth Almira Wheeler was listed as a household member living with Samuel Oldman Dishman on the 1870 census in Grand Rapids, Michigan.6 
(wife) Census18801 Jun 1880 Elizabeth Almira Wheeler was listed as Samuel Oldman Dishman's wife on the 1880 census in Grand Rapids, Michigan.7 
Name-Cen1910 Her name was recorded as Mira Dishman in the census of 1910.8 
(mother-in-law) Census191015 Apr 1910 Mira Dishman was listed as Frank Laughrey's mother-in-law on the 1910 census in Oakland, California.8 
Death*1922 Elizabeth Almira Wheeler died in 1922.1 

Family

Samuel Oldman Dishman b. 21 Nov 1829, d. 1896
Child

Last Edited 6 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S2] Samuel Roland Dishman, Compiler, Chart Showing the Descendants of SAMUEL DISHMAN Who Was the First Dishman to Settle in America (San Francisco, CA: Privately printed, 1 Dec 1935). The chart traces the descendants of John Dishman Sr., son of Samuel Dishman. Reference is made on the chart to Supplements "A", "B", "C", and "D" which were intended to trace the descendants of Samuel's sons Peter, James, and David, and John senior's son John junior. However, these supplements were never published by S. R. Dishman.
  2. [S92] 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids, dwelling 1784, family 1565, William K. Wheeler household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), image 32 of 36, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  3. [S92] 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids, dwelling 76, family 76, Samuel O. Dishman household (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.), image 10 of 70. Age recorded as 23.
  4. [S275] Unknown author, History of Kent County, Michigan (Chicago: C.C. Chapman & Co., 1881), p. 1160, biography of William K. Wheeler.
  5. [S242] Michigan Works Progress Administration, Michigan Marriages, 1851-1875. Online Database http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5299, Ancestry.com, Samuel O. Dishman entry. Hereinafter cited as Michigan Marriages, 1851-1875.
  6. [S93] 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids, dwelling 76, family 76, Samuel O. Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), image 10 of 70, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  7. [S94] 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids, ED 148, dwelling 172, family 192, Samuel O. Dishman household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), image 18 of 148, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  8. [S97] 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), California, Alemeda County, Oakland, ED 124, Ward 5, sheet 23B, Frank Laughrey household, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), image 46 of 74, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
 

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