Geraldine Hartshorn Wheeler

Background

Wheeler, Geraldine Hartshorn was born on February 5, 1919 in Pomona, California, United States. Daughter of Albion True and Beatrice Osa (Barnes) Hartshorn.

Education

Associate of Arts, Santa Barbara (California) Community College, 1950's.

Career

Co-owner, Atheling's, Santa Barbara, California, 1971-1976; co-owner, Atheling's, Pomona, 1976-1990; chairman of the board of trustees, Atheling Heritage Trust, Claremont, California, since 1994.

Achievements

• Geraldine Hartshorn Wheeler has been listed as a notable historian, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer Parent-Teachers Association, Fontana and Santa Barbara, 1945-1960. Member various committees and choir First Congressional Church, Santa Barbara, 1952-1972. Leader Cub Scouts American, Santa Barbara, 1953-1956.

Grey lady unit chairman Santa Barbara chapter-American Red Cross, 1958-1962. Women's project board vice president, activities chairman, active various committees Santa Barbara History Society, 1960-1974. Executive secretary 1960 Nixon for President Campaign, Santa Barbara, 1960.

Member speakers bureau Nixon for Governor Campaign, Santa Barbara, 1962. Member Republican state central committee State of California, 1962-1964. Blitz chairman Rockefeller for President Campaign, Santa Barbara, 1964.

Coordinator volunteer services Office of Civil Defense, City of Santa Barbara, 1965-1976. Coordinator tv series on earthquakes Station KEYT, Office of Civil Defense, Santa Barbara, 1968. Board directors California Central Coast Area, United Service Organizations, 1968-1976, treasurer board, 1970-1976.

Supporter Visiting Nurses and Hospice Association, since 1994. Others. Member Academy Political Science, California History Society, New England History and Genealogical Society, The Pomona Ebell (president 1998-2000), Wilson Center Associates, Smithsonian Associates, National Trust for History Preservation, American Farmland Trust, National Woman's History Museum, National Arbor Day Foundation, Pomona Valley History Society, La Verne History Society, La Salle County History Society, National Wildlife Federation, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Postcard Society (founder), Musicians Club Pomona Valley, Shakespeare Club Pomona Valley, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (past regent chapters), California Huguenot Society, National Society Daughters Founders and Patriots (past national officer, organization president Southern California chapter), Colonial Dames American (organization president chapter XX), National Society Daughters Colonial Wars (state officer), National Society Women Descendant Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (past national chaplain and state officer), Society Mayflower Descendant (past colony governor), National Society Dames of the Court of Honor, National Society New England Women, Hereditary Order Descendant Colonial Governors (past national officer), Society Descendant Most Noble Order of the Garter, Americans Armorial Ancestry, Americans Royal Descent, Colonial Order of the Crown, The Plantagenet Society, National Society Magna Charta Dames, Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in United States of America, National Society Americans Royal Descent, National Society Descendant Early Quakers (founding national clerk), National Guild St. Margaret of Scotland (founder), National Gavel Club, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Order of the Merovingian Dynasty.

Interests

• Avocations: book collecting, reading, genealogy, classical music, needlework.

Connections

Married Lloyd Franklyn Wheeler, December 2, 1938 (deceased March 1996). Children: Russell Lloyd, Robert Gerald.

Father:

Albion True Hartshorn

Mother:

Beatrice Osa (Barnes) Hartshorn

Spouse:

Lloyd Franklyn Wheeler

child:

Robert Gerald Wheeler

child:

Russell Lloyd Wheeler