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« on: Thursday 08 October 09 21:51 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone and thank you for the interest
Firstly, the marriage certificate of 1843 states that Richard Wheeler was a potter.
The details regarding the Holden family help to confirm the family since one of the witnesses on the certificate was Susanna Holden the sister of Mary.
Secondly, the 1851 census verifies a number of issues and Maria Rowley was Maria Wheeler who married Thomas Rowley in 1814 (igi) and Richard being listed her father. This points towards the marriage of Richard Wheeler and Mary Thorne in 1792 in Bobbington being the possible parents of George.
I have just searched the igi tapes C040273 - C040276 and using the surname Wheeler constructed the two generations of families(assuming the link is correct).
In 1844 George Edward Holden Wheeler was born (igi) this is constructed from the christian and surnames of the parents and the tradition continued for six generations.
I have greater confidence that George and Phoebe are the parents since both generations are in Old Swinfrod.