The Wheelock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,827 people carried this name — #8,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,815).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wheelock surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Wheelock’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 805 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 38 people named Wheelock live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 38

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

89 families named Wheelock, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 481 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 61
Vermont 12
New Hampshire 11
New York 2
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 268 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Wheelock in American newspapers,
1889–1917.

Newspaper page from The Mitchell Capital carrying the name Wheelock
The Mitchell Capital 1889-05-03
Newspaper page from Saturday News carrying the name Wheelock
Saturday News 1917-01-11
Newspaper page from The Herald-advance carrying the name Wheelock
The Herald-advance 1906-05-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 115,061 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wheelock in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

704 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wheelock. The most, 138, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 9.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 518
New South Wales 63
Victoria 63
South Australia 29
Queensland 16
ACT (Canberra) 9
Tasmania 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wheelock.

Who carried it

People named Wheelock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eleazar Wheelock
    Eleazar Wheelock 1711–1779 · educator
  • Charles Augustus Wheelock
    Charles Augustus Wheelock 1812–1895 · politician
  • Louis L. Wheelock d. 1897 · politician
  • Thompson B Wheelock d. 1836
  • Benjamin Wheelock 1678–1746
  • Ralph Wheelock 1683–1748 · deacon

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wheelock,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States409 records

409 records of the Wheelock name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 67
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 30
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 29
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Glennis R. Wheelock

    Born 1921 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Erie; inspector from Crawford County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William A. Wheelock

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool, aged 56; banker.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Hugh Franklin Wheelock

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 2001; buried at St Wilfred's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Marion, Alabama.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 409 records for Wheelock in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada168 records

168 records of the Wheelock name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 164
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gordon H. Wheelock

    Buried in 1984 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 69.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Whitfield Wheelock

    Died 1965 in Nictaux Falls, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Victor Robert Wheelock

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 168 records for Wheelock in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia28 records

28 records of the Wheelock name in Australia
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 11
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hy Wheelock

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Scottish Glens, aged 40; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William James Wheelock

    Solicitor of Nth Ballarat, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Wheelock

    Married 1855 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 28 records for Wheelock in Australia.

Counts: State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Wheelock name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. T. Wheelock

    Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record V. R. Wheelock

    Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Wheelock.

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