{"id":36,"date":"2021-10-20T07:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T07:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:35:38","slug":"wheeler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEELER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010467-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The house Mathew and Ellen left to emigrate to New Zealand. Roadcommon, Somerset, England<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P1010465-scaled-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mathew, Ellen and her sister<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Matthew-Wheeler-and-Ellen-Wheeler-nee-Noyce-1908.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Matthew-Wheeler-and-Ellen-Wheeler-nee-Noyce-1908.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Matthew-Wheeler-and-Ellen-Wheeler-nee-Noyce-1908.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Matthew-Wheeler-and-Ellen-Wheeler-nee-Noyce-1908-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ellen WHEELER nee NOYCE and Mathew WHEELER. Pioneers at Gebbies Valley, near Motukarara, Selwyn, New Zealand.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-25.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-25-1024x790.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-25-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-25-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-25-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-25.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;Merope&#8217; 1870 at Gravesend: Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1592\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26.png 1592w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-768x201.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-1536x401.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gebbies-Pass-Homestead-adj-scaled-1-2048x1274.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original Wheeler Home, Gebbies Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1-1536x972.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Church-Farm-Snow-scaled-1-2048x1296.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Church Farm&#8221; &#8211; Gebbies Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/matthew-wheeler-font-at-gebbies-valley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/matthew-wheeler-font-at-gebbies-valley.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/matthew-wheeler-font-at-gebbies-valley-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The little brass plaque says &#8220;Made and Presented by Matthew Wheeler, 1880&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20190620_0003-scaled-1-2048x1450.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On the verandah of &#8220;Church Farm&#8221;, Gebbies Valley, sit Ellen WHEELER nee NOYCE and part of her extended family. Her husband died in 1908 and she passed away in 1922. The small boy centre back, is my grandfather Harold Edwin CHAMBERS born 1911. Man on right is Thomas C Wheeler. Small boy in front is Charles CHAMBERS, brother of Harold.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Child<\/th><th>Born<\/th><th>Married<\/th><th>Children<\/th><th>Died<\/th><th>Comments<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/thomas-charles-wheeler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Charles<\/a><\/td><td>7 May 1863\u00a0<\/td><td>16 Dec 1891\u00a0<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>20 Sep 1919<\/td><td>Radford<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/emily-jane-wheeler\/\">Emily Jane Noyce<\/a><\/td><td>4 Apr 1865<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>27 Jul 1889<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/henry-alfred-wheeler\/\">Henry Alfred<\/a><\/td><td>27 May 1867<\/td><td>10 May 1893\/<br>1920\u00a0<\/td><td>7\/<br>0<\/td><td>29 Jul 1954<\/td><td>Ridley\/<br>Anderson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/john-wheeler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John<\/a><\/td><td>25 Nov 1870<\/td><td>12 Apr 1898\u00a0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>18 Jul 1949\u00a0<\/td><td>Fussell<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/emma-grace-wheeler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma Grace<\/a><\/td><td>2 Apr 1873<\/td><td>9 May 1893<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>21 Nov 1961<\/td><td>Ryde<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/eliza-ann-wheeler\/\">Eliza Ann<\/a><\/td><td>22 Aug 1875<\/td><td>19 Apr 1906<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>17 Nov 1957<\/td><td>Chambers<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/M-and-E-Wheeler-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/M-and-E-Wheeler-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/M-and-E-Wheeler-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/M-and-E-Wheeler-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/M-and-E-Wheeler.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Church of the Epiphany &#8211; Credit: Southern Man<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child Born Married Children Died Comments Thomas Charles 7 May 1863\u00a0 16 Dec 1891\u00a0 5 20 Sep 1919 Radford Emily Jane Noyce 4 Apr 1865 27 Jul 1889 &#8211; Henry Alfred 27 May 1867 10 May 1893\/1920\u00a0 7\/0 29 Jul 1954 Ridley\/Anderson John 25 Nov 1870 12 Apr 1898\u00a0 2 18 Jul 1949\u00a0 Fussell Emma &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WHEELER&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4480,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}