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Greetings to all the members of the Wheeler Family!
My name is Randal J. Loy, and I am conducting research on the major memorial gifts, including the stained glass windows, in the Nave of the church I attend, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri. I am writing a small book for the use of the congregation which will NOT be printed commercially.
Our oldest (surviving) stained glass window was made in 1901, and was a memorial to John Alexander Ross (1850-1901), who was the son of Catharine Wheeler Gabaudan (1828-1867). Her mother was Eliza Wheeler (1769-1856), daughter of Samuel Wheeler (1760-1819).
I am trying desperately to learn what happened to the other daughter of Eliza Wheeler Gabaudan, who was named Mary Elizabeth Gabaudan (b. 1834). It appears from the records I found in Marietta, Ohio, where Mary Elizabeth was born, that she began to favor the name "Elizabeth", and quit using "Mary" altogether.
Elizabeth Gabaudan just disappears! Her older sister Catharine married in 1849 and moved to Greenupsburg, Kentucky. Their father, John Gabaudan (1780-1852), died in Marietta, in 1852. His Last Will and Testament does not list any real property, so, evidently, the family rented property. Eliza Wheeler Gabaudan dies in 1856. We cannot find (Mary) Elizabeth Gabaudan in the 1860 Federal Census. She is not listed as living with her sister, Catharine, in Greenupsburg, Kentucky. There was no marriage license issued for Mary Elizabeth Gabaudan in Washington County, Ohio, either. The final frustration is that, unlike everyone else in the family, Mary Elizabeth is not buried with her father, mother, sister, and brother-in-law in Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio. So, she did not predecease her parents or her sister -- otherwise, I'm certain she would have been buried there.
I am wondering if she moved to Connecticut to live with her mother's family -- but I cannot find anything online about this branch of the Wheeler family. John Alexander Ross came to Kansas City in 1871, to visit a first cousin of his mother's, whose name was Mary Bowen Case (1844-1921). She was married to Ermine Case, and I have not spent any time looking for his life dates, as he predeceased her. Her mother's name is listed on the death certificate as "Mary Wheeler", and I assume that she was a sister of Eliza Wheeler Gabaudan! I do not yet have any dates for Mary Wheeler Bowen, or for her husband, George Bowen.
I believe that (Mary) Elizabeth may have moved to Connecticut because of the fact that in 1867, when John Alexander Ross left from his home in Kentucky to attend Yale, his mother, Catharine, went with him. (In fact she died there, on December 11, 1867. I assume that she contracted typhoid and died, because there was an article about a typhoid epidemic in Yale in late October, 1867, but I cannot find proof of that yet, either.) I think perhaps she was there because her sister was there, but I cannot find any evidence that (Mary) Elizabeth Gabaudan was residing in New Haven, Connecticut! The New Haven Public Library voluntarily searched for her name in city directories for that period, but did not find her, either. The library wants to charge me $15 to look for an obituary for Catharine Wheeler Gabaudan Ross, but I can't afford that, so that's why I don't know what caused her death.
Can anyone assist me in this endeavor? Unfortunately, I do not have any funds for this: I am currently umemployed, and there is no budget for this project. I have had to raise the funds from church members to print the book I'm writing when it is finished.
All I need to know is what happened to (Mary) Elizabeth, whether she married, and to whom, and when she died.
I appreciate any help I can get. The deadline for the book I'm writing is quickly approaching, as I also received a grant which will expire soon. If you have information, please contact me directly at: RandalJLoy@gmail.com.
Thank you all so very much.
Sincerely,
Randal J. Loy
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