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Norfolk Marriages - Walter H. Wheeler, Aged 21 Years, Resides Woodhouse, Born Woodhouse, Bachelor, Farmer, Father Ephraim Wheeler, Mother Jane Walker, Caswell Clara M., Aged 17 Years, Resides Woodhouse, Born Dereham, Spinster, Occupation Not Given, Father Walter Caswell, Mother Eliza Kerridge, October 21st 1903 at Norfolk
On the 1911 Census of Walpole, Haldimand, Lot 20, Concession 1, Fisherman
From John Cardiff's Nornet -
Wheeler -- Clara Caswell, 25, wife of Walter Wheeler, died 9 Jan 1913 in Selkirk [SR19130116p6]
-- Clara May Caswell, 25, daughter of R. W. Caswell of Lynn Valley, wife of nine years of Walter Wheeler, was buried 1[9] Jan 1913 in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by husband, parents, a sister, 3 brothers [SR19130123p1]
Haldimand Marriages, Hagersville - Walter Hector Wheeler, Aged 39 Years, Born Woodhouse, Father Ephraim Wheeler, Born Canada, Mother Ann Jane Walker, Effie May Truckell,
aged 26 Years, Born Walpole Township, Father Isaac Truckell, Mother Mary Jane Dosser, Witnesses David J. Almas, Hagersville, Annie E. Douglas, Hagersvile, Solemnized by John Douglas at the Rectory, Hagersville, Anglican
There was a big ice house at Walter Wheeler's and fish were packed in the ice and taken to Hagersville where they were put on a train and transported to Buffalo. Wheelers hired a gang of men and shipped all their fish that way, They made their own fish boxes which were hammered together and the boxes stamped. The men dipped their nets in thin tar to strengthen and preserve them, The tar was heated by a wood fire and one time the fire department was called to Wheelers because the tar pit was on fire and almost burned the shanty. The fish were cleaned on the boat and the remains fed to the sea gulls.
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Rainham Builders
1882 - 1946 (63 years)