Postmarked Aberdeen, SD -- Jan 1910

"Penny Postcard"

Research reveals:
1910 Federal Census
Aberdeen, SD - Ward 3
Wheeler, John H., age 48, b. IA; Marr 1, 28 yrs.
Wheeler, Dora, wife, age 46, b. IA; Marr 1, 28 yrs; mother of 6 children/4 living
Wheeler, Gladys, dau, age 14, b. Neb
Wheeler, Merrill, son, age 8, b. Neb
1910 Aberdeen City Directory
Wheeler, John, Pastor Seventh Day Adventist Ch.
res 824 S. Main

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More Research:
John Hartley Wheeler
Died: 02 May 1953
Dora L. (Sanders) Wheeler
Born: 14 Jul 1864
Died: 07 Jan 1940

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Aberdeen, S.D.
Jan. 8, ’10

Dear Cousin,
Well how are you all this cold weather.
It has been very cold here ever since we arrived.
I suppose you are visiting with Charley these days.
Wish he had come sooner. How is your sick boy by this time.
I hope he is all right and how are you all.
We are well and like our new home.
[Signature written along left side of the postcard] Mrs. J. H. Wheeler
[Card addressed to:]
Mrs. John Wonderlich
Cambridge, Neb.

Photo on the other side of Postcard

Research on ancestry.com unveiled this picture (below) of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wheeler. Comparing the two pictures, it appears that the older woman standing at left in the PC photo is Mrs. John H. Wheeler. **Assuming that the other younger woman "might be" the Wheelers' daughter, Gladys, who was age 14 in 1910 Census.**

Additional RESEARCH -- the 1881 Iowa Marriage License:

Lee County IA Marriage License
By whom affidavit, if any, made: O. C. Wonderlick

GROOM: John Hartley Wheeler
Res: Keokuk, Iowa
Occu: farmer
White, Age 21
Born: Iowa
Father: Calvin Wheeler
Mother: Sarah M. Baker

BRIDE: Dora L. Sanders
Res: Keokuk, Iowa
White, Age 19 [more research shows actually age 17]
Born: Iowa
Father: J. M. Sanders
Mother: Adelaide McCampbell

Married: at Bride’s Fathers House
Date of Marriage: Dec. 28, 1881
Witnesses: J. Kissell
By Whom Certified: J. Kissell
Registered on Dec. 30, 1881

Researcher & Submitter: Brown County Coordinator, Linda Ziemann