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Catherine Wheeler

Catherine Wheeler

Female 1807 - 1883  (76 years)

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  • Name Catherine Wheeler 
    Born 1807  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Catherina Wieler  [5
    Name Catherine Crumback 
    Name Catherine Wieler 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Church of Scotland 
    Residence 1860  Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-129795P 
    Died 10 May 1883  Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I129795  Generations
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2026 

    Father Gerhard Wieler,   b. CALC 18 May 1775, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1855  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Agnes Classen,   b. CALC 18 Jun 1780, , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1863  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Family ID F24486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Taylor Crumback,   b. 31 Jan 1808, , Wayne Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1883, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1828  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harriet Crumback,   b. 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1908, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Gerhard W. Crumback,   b. 9 Apr 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1915, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Samuel W. Crumback,   b. 8 Sep 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1881, , Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. Mary W. "Polly" Crumback,   b. 17 Mar 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1898, Homestead, Benzie County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     5. James W. Crumback,   b. 8 Mar 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1917  (Age 73 years)
     6. Susanna Crumback,   b. 1846, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861  (Age 15 years)
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2026 
    Family ID F32062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Crumback Memorial Gaines Cemetery, Michigan
    Crumback Memorial Gaines Cemetery, Michigan
    Crumback-JamesTaylor-001-wifeCatherineWheeler-AncestryPublicMemberTree.jpg
    Crumback-JamesTaylor-001-wifeCatherineWheeler-AncestryPublicMemberTree.jpg
    James Taylor Crumback and wife Catherine Wheeler - lcrumback originally shared this on 18 Feb 2016 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  • Notes 
    • "Whereas James Crumback of the township of Dumfries and Katherina Wheiler of the Township of Waterloo are visicous of intermarying with each other and there being no minister of the Church of England living within 18 miles of either of them. All persons who know any just impediment why they should not be joined in matrimony are to give notice thereof to William Ellis Esq of the township of Waterloo one of his majestys justice of the peace for the Gore District Waterloo. Mar the 2, 1828"

      Original Marriage Record, source unknown

  • Sources 
    1. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div 3 Pg 2.

    2. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Gaines, Kent, Michgigan pg 173A.

    3. [S179] Cemetery - Michigan, Kent, Gaines Township - Gaines Cemetery.
      Crumback/ Gaines Twp., Pioneer Family/ James T. Crumback 1808 - 1883/ Catherine Wheeler Crumback 1807 - 1883/ Susanna Crumback 1846- 1861 (Daughter)/ The Crumback Family 1996

    4. [S1792] Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897, GS Film Number: 2363672, Digital Folder Number: 004207810, Image Number: 00473.
      Catherine Crumback Event Type: Death Event Date: 10 May 1883 Event Place: Gaines Twp, Kent, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 75 Marital Status: Widowed Occupation: Farmers Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1808 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Father's Name: Gerhard Wheeler Mother's Name: Agnes Wheeler Reference ID: p 95 rn 629

    5. [S1737] Probate - Wills of Waterloo Register A 1853-1871, Will of Gerhard Weiler - 1855- A-1-79.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1807 - , Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Mar 1828 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of Scotland - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 May 1883 - Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
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