Johnny from New York

Hi all.  Stephanie, I'd love to know when my branch of the Wheelers stepped from the shores of England for the New World.  I know my brother did quite a bit of geneological research but I'm not sure what he ever came up with.

Hi Diana!......are you surprised or was that a rhetorical question?? 

Hi Johnny, Welcome to POE!!;-)))

English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele ‘wheel’. The name is particularly common on the Isle of Wight; on the mainland it is concentrated in the neighboring region of central southern England.
   

Emma Wheeler mentioned in 1841

431-859 Wheeler names in the state of New York in 1840, pus a few less in Penn.

Place of
Originwheeler EmigrantsEngland509
Ireland157
Great Britain103
Germany11
Wales10
Canada5


http://www.ancestry.co.uk/facts/wheeler-places-origin.ashx?fn=&yr=1840

How is this helpful?
You can pinpoint where the majority of wheeler families booked passage to the US.
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Fascinating Micheal, thank you.  Between the problems in America and the problems in Britain, I'm not sure whether I should be pleased or upset that my relatives emigrated.  I suppose there are always good and bad parts to any country and the grass is always greener as they say.  My plan is to hit the lottery and split my time between the two.  I think I prefer the humor, attitude and way of thinking that is considered typically English far more than a do that which is typically American - and there are stark differences.  But it's difficult to beat the American 'can do' thinking as well.  Sorry, I'm rambling on but it's Monday a.m. and the coffee hasn't really kicked in yet.

I am learning not to be surprised by you Maria.