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Wise Family History & Genealogy

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Early Wises

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Helen Wise of Australia was born in 1789, and died at age 76 years old in 1865.
Catherine Wise of Australia was born in 1791, and died at age 83 years old in 1874.
John Wise of Australia was born in 1795, and died at age 60 years old in 1855.
John Wise of Australia was born in 1801, and died at age 73 years old in 1874.
Sarah Wise of Richmond Australia was born in 1801, and died at age 81 years old in 1882 in Richmond.
John Wise of Bdale Australia was born in 1803, and died at age 83 years old in 1886 in Bdale.
Thomas Wise of Australia was born in 1806, and died at age 65 years old in 1871.
John Wise of Australia was born in 1808, and died at age 72 years old in 1880.
Hannah (Wise) Savin was born in 1810, and died at age 79 years old in 1889. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hannah (Wise) Savin .
Mary Maria Wise of Avoca Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 80 years old in 1890 in Avoca.
John Wise of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 68 years old in 1878.
John Wise of Ebdens Stn, St James Melbourne Parish County Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 30 years old in 1840 in Ebdens Stn.

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Pearl W Clavelle
Pearl W. (Wise) Clavelle was born to Glence Wise Sr. (1894 - 1959) and Permella Carpenter (1897 - 1970). Both of her parents were born in Louisiana. She had full siblings: Phillip, Lucy, Mindy, Ellen, Hattie, Mary, Nettie, Lionel, Bettye, and Ruby, plus two more sisters. She also had half sibling Edgar Wise.
Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia United States was born on June 25, 1923 in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County to Andrew Francis Wise and Fannie Elizabeth Beard Wise. She married George Dunn Jr in September 1945 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, and had children George "Skip" Dunn III, Crystal Lynn (Dunn) Miller, James David Dunn, Carol Ann (Dunn) Tabler, Roger Lee Dunn, and Lois Ray (Dunn) Miller. Clara Dunn died at age 89 years old on December 6, 2012 at Willowtree Nursing Home in Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV, and was buried circa December 9, 2012 at Rosedale Cemetery 917 Co Rte 45/6, in Martinsburg, Berkeley County.
Richard Wise of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia United States was born to Fannie Wise and Andrew Francis Wise, and has siblings Joseph F Wise and Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard wise.
Joseph F Wise was born on October 20, 1922 to Fannie Wise and Andrew Francis Wise, and had siblings Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn and Richard wise. Joseph Wise died at age 90 years old on November 27, 2012, and was buried at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 1C Row H Site 329 1390 Main St., in Agawam, Ma. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph F Wise.
Fannie Wise of Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia was born on September 6, 1891, and died at age 78 years old in January 1970.
He married Fannie Wise, and they had children Joseph F Wise, Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn, and Richard wise. Andrew's partner was Fannie Elizabeth Beard Wise, and they had a child Clara Belle (Wise) Dunn. Andrew Wise died in 1938. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Francis Wise.
Joanne Luettich Wise
Joanne Wise was born on September 17, 1931 in Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois United States to John Kleckner Luettich, Sr. and Celeste Towell Luettich, and had siblings John K Luettich, Richard Albert Luettich, Susan Luettich Froelich, and Sally Luettich Martin Stading. She married Lucien David Wise in 1952 in Oswego, Kendall County. She would also marry Lucien David Wise in August 1952 in Oswego, Kendall County. They had children David Brian Wise, Stephen Powel Wise, Jeffrey Wise, and Douglas Wise. Joanne Wise died at age 79 years old on January 13, 2011 in Biloxi, Harrison County, MS. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joanne Luettich Wise.
Douglas Wise was born on December 24, 1976 at Copley Hospital, Aurora, Illinois in Aurora, Illinois United States to Joanne Luettich Wise and Lucien David Wise, and has siblings David Brian Wise, Stephen Powel Wise, and Jeffrey Wise. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Douglas Wise.
Eric Wise was born to Jeffrey Wise and Leigh Ann, and died in 2021 at Mississippi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eric Wise.
Jeffrey Wise was born on July 27, 1961 to Joanne Luettich Wise and Lucien David Wise, and has siblings David Brian Wise, Stephen Powel Wise, and Douglas Wise. Jeffrey Wise married Leigh Ann, and has a child Eric Wise. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffrey Wise.
Stephen Powel Wise was born on July 17, 1958, and died at age 13 years old on September 17, 1971 in Biloxi, Mississippi United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Stephen Powel Wise.
David Brian Wise was born on February 24, 1954 in Waco, Texas United States to Joanne Luettich Wise and Lucien David Wise, and had siblings Stephen Powel Wise, Jeffrey Wise, and Douglas Wise. David Wise died at age 66 years old on January 14, 2021 in Oswego, IL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David Brian Wise.
Lucien David Wise was born on October 19, 1928. Lucien Wise was married to Joanne Luettich Wise in 1952 in Oswego, Kendall County, Illinois United States, and died at age 90 years old on October 28, 2018.
Lucien Wise was married to Joanne Luettich Wise in August 1952 in Oswego, Kendall County, Illinois United States, and has children David Brian Wise, Stephen Powel Wise, Jeffrey Wise, and Douglas Wise. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lucien David Wise.
Leeann Wise of Cressona, Pennsylvania United States was born on August 21, 1972 to John v Mcgurl and Barbara L Harding. She has siblings Barbara Ann McGurl, Lynn Ann McGurl, Susan McGurl, and Nicole Zahodnick. Leeann Wise is the mother of Carl Fertig. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leeann Wise.
Dianne Elizabeth McLean
Dianne Elizabeth (Wise) McLean of Elizabeth Street, in Tea Tree Gully, SA Australia was born on January 17, 1947 in Balmain, NSW to Elizabeth (Betty) Wise. She had siblings Michael Nartek and John (Carl) Wise (Robertson). She married Neil Franklin McLean on May 21, 1966 at St. Johns Church in Balmain, Inner West Council County, New South Wales, and had children Karen Elizabeth Caratozzolo, Cheryl Jennifer (McLean ) Farrugia, and Scott Neil McLean. Dianne McLean died at age 74 years old on October 22, 2021 at Royal Adelaide Hospital North Tce - Elizabeth St, in Adelaide, SA County, SA.
Laura Ann (Till) Wise was born on July 26, 1915 in Texas United States, and died at age 90 years old on July 29, 2005 in Corpus Christi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Laura Ann (Till).
James Robert Wise Jr. was born on March 10, 1939 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas to James Robert Wise Sr. and Laura Ann (Till). James Wise was in a relationship with Jackie Kay (Baker) Wise, and has a child Ronald Joseph Wise. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Wise.
James Robert Wise Sr. was born on August 30, 1914 in Texas United States. He was in a relationship with Laura Ann (Till), and had a child James Wise. James Wise died at age 75 years old in April 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Robert Wise Sr..
Ronald Joseph Wise was born on August 13, 1963 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ronald Joseph Wise.

Popular Wise Biographies

Pearl W Clavelle
Pearl W. (Wise) Clavelle was born to Glence Wise Sr. (1894 - 1959) and Permella Carpenter (1897 - 1970). Both of her parents were born in Louisiana. She had full siblings: Phillip, Lucy, Mindy, Ellen, Hattie, Mary, Nettie, Lionel, Bettye, and Ruby, plus two more sisters. She also had half sibling Edgar Wise.
Dianne Elizabeth McLean
Dianne Elizabeth (Wise) McLean of Elizabeth Street, in Tea Tree Gully, SA Australia was born on January 17, 1947 in Balmain, NSW to Elizabeth (Betty) Wise. She had siblings Michael Nartek and John (Carl) Wise (Robertson). She married Neil Franklin McLean on May 21, 1966 at St. Johns Church in Balmain, Inner West Council County, New South Wales, and had children Karen Elizabeth Caratozzolo, Cheryl Jennifer (McLean ) Farrugia, and Scott Neil McLean. Dianne McLean died at age 74 years old on October 22, 2021 at Royal Adelaide Hospital North Tce - Elizabeth St, in Adelaide, SA County, SA.
Faroong Wise
Faroong Wise was born to Luther Franklin "Frank" Wise Jr. (1920 - 2005) and Hong Chareerak (1947 - 2003). She had one half-brother, Bruce Wise. Frank was born in North Carolina and served in the United States Air Force. He retired in 1974. Also in 1974, he married his third wife, Hong, who was a native of Thailand and Faroong's mother. In Frank's obituary, Faroong was described as a "Thai supermodel." Faroong was born in Thailand and the family moved to California, where she lived in Riverside, California and Moreno Valley, California. Faroong died in Moreno Valley from a gunshot wound. She was an aspiring model and actress at the time of her death.
Henry Fredrick Wise was born to mother Eliza Mary Ann Jane Wise in 1897 in the United Kingdom. He served as a gunner in World War I, fighting for the United Kingdom in the Royal Field Artillery. On October 28, 1917, Henry Fredrick Wise was killed in action in France and he is buried at the Godewaersvelde British Cemetery I. K. 39. in Godewaersvelde, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. When he died, Henry Wise's mother was 35 years old and living on Crampton Street, Walworth, London.
Edward Burton Wise
Co-owned Wise and Thompson, which later became Wise and Kearns plumbing.
He was my families heart and soul. We miss him more than anything. Our youngest brother, Dylan, wasn't as lucky as the rest of the family as to meet him, but he knows about him and cherishes him. Losing him was really hard, but we are making it through together.
Beatrice Viola Wise
Beatrice Viola Wise was born in 1906. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Beatrice Viola Wise.
Ann Caroline (McDonald) Wise
Ann Caroline (Mcdonald) Wise was born in 1847, and died at age 71 years old in 1918. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann Caroline (McDonald) Wise.
James Wise
James Wise was born in 1850. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Wise.
Addison Wise
Addison Wise was born in 1862. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Addison Wise.
John Edward Wise
John Edward Wise was born in 1843, and died at age 79 years old in 1922. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edward Wise.
Alexander Wise
Alexander Wise was born in 1852. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alexander Wise.
George Wise
George Wise was born in 1865. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Wise.
George W. Wise
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George W. Wise.
Penny Wise was born on August 31, 2021. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember PENNY WISE.
Nancy Jane (Wise) Heckman
Nancy Jane (Wise) Heckman was born in 1872, and died at age 79 years old in 1951. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Jane (Wise) Heckman.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ramona Jane (Wise) Carlisle.
Virgil Patricia (Wise) Lester of Atlanta, Georgia United States was born on March 30, 1960. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Virgil Patricia Lester .
Ruby Fay Adkins Wise was born at Huntington, West Virginia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruby Fay Adkins Wise.
Elizabeth (Betty) Wise
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Betty) Wise.

Wise Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Wise family member is 72.0 years old according to our database of 26,233 people with the last name Wise that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

72.0 years

Oldest Wises

These are the longest-lived members of the Wise family on AncientFaces.

Karen Wise was born on January 3, 1857, and died at age 115 years old in April 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Karen Wise.
115 years
Augusta A Wise of Nashville, Davidson County, TN was born on May 8, 1896, and died at age 109 years old on October 26, 2005.
109 years
Nellie C Wise of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on December 13, 1887, and died at age 106 years old on September 5, 1994.
106 years
Elsie E Wise of Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS was born on August 15, 1903, and died at age 105 years old on March 19, 2009.
105 years
Louise I Wise of Austell, Cobb County, GA was born on September 15, 1893, and died at age 105 years old on July 11, 1999.
105 years
Mildred S Wise of Davis, Yolo County, CA was born on June 29, 1898, and died at age 105 years old on March 22, 2004.
105 years
Frances A Wise of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX was born on April 16, 1892, and died at age 105 years old on April 7, 1998.
105 years
Thelma A Wise of Ohio was born on March 2, 1903, and died at age 106 years old on May 23, 2009.
106 years
Airel B Wise of Palm Springs, Riverside County, CA was born on April 8, 1896, and died at age 104 years old on February 1, 2001.
104 years
Marion C Wise was born on May 14, 1886, and died at age 105 years old on June 29, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marion C Wise.
105 years
Beulah N Wise of Union City, Randolph County, IN was born on January 7, 1902, and died at age 104 years old on January 4, 2007.
104 years
Lily G Wise of Monroe, Walton County, GA was born on January 31, 1895, and died at age 105 years old on July 28, 2000.
105 years
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