George A. Brewer

Spouse: Edith May Oakley
Marriage: 21 Feb 1931, Akron, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632 : accessed 29 May 2020); citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY; Certificate number 2877.

Arthur Henry Browning

Spouse: Edith May Oakley
Marriage: 21 Aug 1909, Niagara Co, NY

• "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61377 : accessed 29 May 2020); citing New York County marriages, various county clerks offices, New York.

Prudence Dudley

Death: 14 Jan 1802, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Leicester Vital Records to 1850

Spouse: Henry King
Marriage: 18 Jun 1772, Sutton, Worcester Co, MA

• Sutton Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849

1. Henry King, born 27 Feb 1779, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA
2. Charlotte King, born 8 Jun 1783, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

Henry King

Birth: 9 May 1748, Sutton, Worcester Co, MA

• Sutton Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849
• William A. Benedict, and Hiram A. Tracy, History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, From 1704 to 1876 (Worcester, Massachusetts: Sanford & Co, 1878), p. 680; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs00bene/page/680/mode/2up : accessed 2 June 2020).

Death: 2 Jan 1822, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Leicester Vital Records to 1850; Age 74 when he died on 2 Jan 1822.

Spouse: Prudence Dudley
Marriage: 18 Jun 1772, Sutton, Worcester Co, MA

• Sutton Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849

1. Henry King, born 27 Feb 1779, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA
2. Charlotte King, born 8 Jun 1783, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

Pamelia D. King

Birth: 5 Oct 1812, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Leicester Vital Records to 1850; Unnamed daughter of Henry King, Jr., born 5 Oct 1812.
• Worcester County, MA, probate case file 35333, 2 Oct 1827 guardianship for Pamela D. King (et al), over 14, daughter of Henry King of Leicester, deceased; Worcester County Probate and Family Court, Worcester, MA; database with images "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/worcester-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1731-1881 : accessed 1 June 2020).
• Spencer Vital Records to 1850; Pamelia D. Bemis, widow of Martin, died 17 Mar 1842, age 29.

Death: 17 Mar 1842, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850

Father: Henry King
Mother: Abigail Wheelock

Spouse: Martin Bemis
Intention: 26 Jan 1834, Oxford, Worcester Co, MA

• Oxford Vital Records to 1850; Martin Bemis of Spencer, and Pamelia D. King.

Marriage: 26 Feb 1834, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850

Notes:

Per Worcester County probate documents, dated 2 Oct 1827, Pamelia D. King was "over 14 years of age, a child of Henry King late of Leicester deceased and made choice of Abigail King [her mother] for her guardian."¹

Her middle name was Davenport, according to the The Bemis History and Genealogy.²

Pamelia D. King was from Oxford when she married Martin Bemis in Spencer, 26 Feb 1834. They lived in Spencer, had sons Milton Bemis, who died at age 23 (Spencer VRs to 1850); Henry Bemis, who died in Spencer 1 June 1905 (MA 1905/84:388); and Joshua Edwin Bemis who died in Spencer, 26 July 1915 (MA 1915/74:257).

Pamelia died 17 March 1842, aged 29. This places her birth in the year before 17 March 1813, which aligns with the unnamed daughter of Henry, Jr. whose birth was recorded in Leicester, 5 Oct 1812.³

Sources:

1. Worcester County probate records, case 35333, guardianship Pamela D. King et al (1827); FHL DGS 100787728, image 574-76 of 1111.
2. Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Bemis History and Genealogy: Being an Account in Greater Part of the Descendants of Joseph Bemis of Watertown, Mass. (San Francisco, California: Stanley-Taylor, 1900), p. 171; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/bemishistorygene00drap/page/170/mode/2up : accessed 24 Apr 2024).
3. Leicester Vital Records to 1850, p. 56.

Howard J. Koch

Birth: 8 Oct 1894, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images,FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTF-RF3 : accessed 16 July 2023), Howard John Koch; FHL 001712055.

Death: 25 Aug 1960

• Howard J. Koch death notice, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 26 Aug 1960, p. 4, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 15 July 2023.

Father: William Koch
Mother: Anna Eckhart

Spouse: Esther E. Wheelock
Marriage: 17 Jan 1920, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/ : accessed 30 May 2020); NY State Marriage Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY; Marriage certificate number 22492.

Notes:

In 1900 he was living in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, born Oct 1894, with his parents, William and Anna Koch, his sisters Gertrude and Ella, and brother Harvey. Per 26 Aug 1960 death notice, Howard J. Koch was the husband of Esther E. (Wheelock) Koch; father of Phyllis Ann McGrath, Mrs. Albert Meier (Dorothy), and William H. Koch; brother of Mrs. Charles Vincent, Ella, Mrs. Arthur Kilbridge, Mrs. Joseph Zeppenfeld, and the late Harvey Koch. [Src: Howard J. Koch death notice, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 26 Aug 1960, p. 4, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 15 July 2023.

Eleanor Virginia Morgan

Birth: 30 Nov 1908, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243172462/eleanor-virginia-morgan: accessed 16 July 2023), gravestone photo for Eleanor Virginia Morgan (30 Nov 1908–14 Nov 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 243172462, White Chapel Memorial Park, Amherst, Erie Co, NY.
• "Eleanor V. Morgan," obit, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 15 Nov 1998, p. 34, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 16 July 2023.

Death: 14 Nov 1998, Gladwyne, Montgomery Co, PA

• "Eleanor V. Morgan," obit, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 15 Nov 1998, p. 34, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 16 July 2023.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243172462/eleanor-virginia-morgan: accessed 16 July 2023), gravestone photo for Eleanor Virginia Morgan (30 Nov 1908–14 Nov 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 243172462, White Chapel Memorial Park, Amherst, Erie Co, NY.

Burial: White Chapel Memorial Park, Amherst, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243172462/eleanor-virginia-morgan: accessed 16 July 2023), gravestone photo for Eleanor Virginia Morgan (30 Nov 1908–14 Nov 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 243172462, White Chapel Memorial Park, Amherst, Erie Co, NY.

Spouse: Allen Howard Wheelock
Marriage: 21 Oct 1939, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/ : accessed 30 May 2020); NY State Marriage Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.
• "Wheelock-Morgan," Eleanor Virginia Morgan - Allen H. Wheelock engagement notice, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 15 Dec 1937, p. 14, col. 7; Newspapers.com, accessed 16 July 2023.

Notes:

Eleanor apparently shed the Wheelock surname, perhaps after the death of her husband. In 1940, Eleanor Wheelock was living in Buffalo, New York, with her husband, her brother, Dudley W. Morgan, and her mother, Belle Morgan. In 1950 she appears in the Buffalo city directory as Eleanor V. Morgan. She died in Gladwyn, Pennsylvania, 14 Nov 1998. Her obituary, under the name Eleanor V. Morgan, states that she was born and lived in Bufffalo, and moved to Gladwyn about 1988. She was survived by her brother, Dudley W. Morgan, of Gladwyn.¹

Sources:

1. "Eleanor V. Morgan," obit, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 15 Nov 1998, p. 34, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 16 July 2023.

Edith May Oakley

Birth: 1889

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127600354/edith-m-brewer: accessed 16 July 2023), gravestone photo for Edith M Oakley Brewer (1889–1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127600354, Royalton Union Cemetery, Royalton Center, Niagara Co, NY.

Death: 24 Jun 1954, Medina, Orleans Co, NY

• "New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61535 : accessed 16 July 2023), Edith M. Brewer death (1954), certificate no. 38014, citing New York State Death Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Burial: Royalton Union Cemetery, Royalton, Niagara Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127600354/edith-m-brewer: accessed 16 July 2023), gravestone photo for Edith M Oakley Brewer (1889–1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127600354, Royalton Union Cemetery, Royalton Center, Niagara Co, NY.

Father: George Oakley
Mother: Jennie Schad

Spouse: Arthur Henry Browning
Marriage: 21 Aug 1909, Niagara Co, NY

• "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61377 : accessed 29 May 2020); citing New York County marriages, various county clerks offices, New York.

Spouse: Clifford Frederick Wheelock
Marriage: 17 Nov 1915, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632 : accessed 29 May 2020); citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Spouse: George A. Brewer
Marriage: 21 Feb 1931, Akron, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632 : accessed 29 May 2020); citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY; Certificate number 2877.

Notes:

Edith's parents are identified as George Oakley and Jennie E. Schad, per record of marriage to Arthur Henry Browning.

Allen Howard Wheelock

Birth: 28 Feb 1912, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238 : accessed 30 May 2020); citing draft registration cards for the states, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975, Record Group 147, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, MO.
• 1915 N.Y. state census, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY.

Death: 18 Apr 1948, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• "New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61535 : accessed 30 May 2020); NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Father: Clifford Frederick Wheelock
Mother: Irene Rittman

Spouse: Eleanor Virginia Morgan
Marriage: 21 Oct 1939, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/ : accessed 30 May 2020); NY State Marriage Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.
• "Wheelock-Morgan," Eleanor Virginia Morgan - Allen H. Wheelock engagement notice, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 15 Dec 1937, p. 14, col. 7; Newspapers.com, accessed 16 July 2023.

Notes:

In 1940 Allen Wheelock was living in Buffalo, age 29, with his wife, Eleanore Wheelock, 30, her brother, Dudley W. Morgan, and her mother, Belle Morgan.

His death notice appears in the 'Deaths' section of the Buffalo Evening News, 20 Apr 1948, p. 29 (fultonsearch.org):

"Allen Wheelock, in Buffalo, April 18,1948, stepson of Mrs. George A. Brewer; brother of Harold R. of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Howard Koch. Funeral from the Ernest Wedekindt Funeral Home, 5 Walden Ave. at Genesee, Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Friends invited."

Clifford A. Wheelock

Birth: about 1904

• 1905 N.Y. state census, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY.

Death: 19 Jun 1908, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK9-6SX7 : accessed 29 May 2020), Clifford Wheelock, 1908.

Burial: Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60217358/clifford-a-wheelock: accessed 16 July 2023), gravestone photo for Clifford A Wheelock (1904–1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60217358, Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).

Father: Clifford Frederick Wheelock
Mother: Irene Rittman

Harold Rittman Wheelock

Birth: 21 Feb 1898, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238 : accessed 30 May 2020); citing draft registration cards for the states, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975, Record Group 147, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, MO.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch.org(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTF-1GG : accessed 30 May 2020), Harold Rittman Wheelock, 1917-1918.
• 1900 U.S. census, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY; Lists birth date as June 1897, in conflict with draft registration records.

Death: 7 May 1979, Los Angeles, CA

• "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5180 : accessed 20 May 2020).

Father: Clifford Frederick Wheelock
Mother: Irene Rittman

Notes:

He lived with his parents in Hamburg and then Buffalo until at least 1925. By 1930 he had moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a supervisor and a shipping clerk. He was single in 1950, and probably never married.