Oliver Wheeler. Gunmaker

Dublin trading dates and addresses	Oliver Wheeler             Gunsmith     Dublin & Kilkenny. Oliver Wheeler is listed as a Freeman in 1771*
1772-1773	Cork Hill/Dame Street
1773-1774	Fade Street
1774-1776	Lower Castle Yard
1799-1803	5 Great Ship Street

Oliver Wheeler Dublin trades directory entry for 1773.

Dalton	Edward		College Green
Gelous	Robert		Francis St
Govers	John		Dame st
Rainsford	James		Dame St
Thorp	Thomas		Darby Sq
Truelock	Thomas		Dame st
Wheeler	Oliver		Dame St

As can be seen for the above data Oliver Wheeler appears not to be listed in Dublin for the period

1777 through to 1799? However, he is officially listed in Kilkenny for the period 1783-1787.

Research ongoing.

Kilkenny

1783-1787                      Rose Inn Street.

       Oliver Wheeler of Kilkenny mentioned as a maker of magazine pistols. "12 shots with one         loading"-  Fin's Leinster Journal 22/8/1787. This reference relates to pistols as made to the specification detailed in our blog of 22/2/2016

Oliver Wheelers Kilkenny business was continued by Thomas Way.

Oliver Wheeler originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

                       *Libraries and Archive: Ancient Freemen of Dublin

Courtesy of 

Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

Dave Stroud.  ramrodantiques.co.uk