CHARLES ANTHONY WHEELER
CHEMIST, SWINDON
Charles Anthony Wheeler was born in Andover in 1805. He married Mary Jane Jefferies of Draycott Foliatt in 1835. Mary was a distant relative of the author Richard Jefferies.
By 1841 he had started his Chemist business in the High Street, Swindon. In 1851 his occupation was now House Proprietor and by 1861 he and his family are living at Rose Cottage on Drove Road and he is a Manufacturer of Pastry Powder. Ten years later Charles has retired and was now living with his family next door to William Morris, founder of the Swindon Evening Advertiser, on Victoria Road. Charles died on the 18th September 1888 at No 5 Gloucester Villas where he was living with his daughter following the death of his wife in 1879.
His daughter, Ellen Mary Wheeler, remained at this house as a spinster until she died aged 84 in 1921. In her will she names local chemist WILLIAM JOHN SMITH as her executor.
By 1841 he had started his Chemist business in the High Street, Swindon. In 1851 his occupation was now House Proprietor and by 1861 he and his family are living at Rose Cottage on Drove Road and he is a Manufacturer of Pastry Powder. Ten years later Charles has retired and was now living with his family next door to William Morris, founder of the Swindon Evening Advertiser, on Victoria Road. Charles died on the 18th September 1888 at No 5 Gloucester Villas where he was living with his daughter following the death of his wife in 1879.
His daughter, Ellen Mary Wheeler, remained at this house as a spinster until she died aged 84 in 1921. In her will she names local chemist WILLIAM JOHN SMITH as her executor.
